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Lebombo border crossing handles holiday rush with ease as backlog of trucks cleared

Mother and four children laid to rest after fatal Free State N3 collision

Top 10 stories of the day: Ramaphosa on national dialogue | Eastern Cape fatal crash | Joburg water cuts

Crime

FAKE NEWS: No attempt on Steve Hofmeyr’s life: News houses’ websites cloned

Bela Act clauses part of a ‘major revenge project against Afrikaans’ – DA’s Helen Zille

Rape of 7-year-old child: Mother accuses police of being slow to act

Crime

‘I did it first, four times’ – Bushiri unhappy with SA media calling Chris Brown ‘biggest crowd puller’

Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in six provinces

Gauteng accounts for large share of SA’s road fatalities during festive season – Maile

Crime

Former school principal among two arrested for child sex crimes in joint SA-US operation

Game over for Ndlozi in the EFF as party concludes third NPA

De Lille slams slow application process of R1.2bn tourism fund

Crime

Decomposed zama zamas bodies found in Gauteng as three suspects nabbed for illegal mining

Hlophe warns against leadership battles and factionalism at MK party anniversary rally

Johannesburg has a water leaks problem: Here’s what’s being done about it

Crime

Cliffdale shooter killed by police after fatally gunning down six people, including two officers

‘Malema has created a militant style of leadership in the EFF’

Courts

Basic Education launches court bid over publication of matric results in newspapers

Godrich Gardee replaces Floyd Shivambu as Malema returns for third term as EFF president

Ex-HPCSA president remains member despite financial misconduct allegations

Courts

‘Serial offender’: Chinese national denied appeal after R100k bail revoked for illegal abalone harvesting

Top 10 stories of the day: EFF’s NPA | Mbeki speaks at SACP congress | Rain showers loom over SA

Plans for new dams slated for end of 2025, while municipal debt to water boards persist

Mbeki to the fore as SACP snubs Ramaphosa at party congress