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SA’s Christmas babies: KZN records first birth, Limpopo notes youngest mother

Crime

7 suspects, including 2 linked to Mozambican national murder, arrested for illegal firearms

News

5 politicians who were in the dock this year … and what they did

Water restrictions in eThekwini suspended to accommodate holiday influx

Job losses soar: South Africa’s employment landscape in 2024

Top 10 stories of the day: Christmas babies | Illegal miners still underground | Mashatile urges moderate drinking

Explosive truck fire shuts down N1 Highway near Kroonstad

How SA’s influential spent Christmas Day

Archbishop Makgoba warns GNU will be punished ‘if politicians continue to live in the past’

Crime

TMPD officer fatally shot on Christmas Eve; partner arrested

Thunderstorms and fire warnings issued for Day of Goodwill

More rainfall with cooler conditions expected across SA for last weekend of 2024

Crime

Two men charged for accomplice’s killing after cop’s murder in Mabopane armed robbery

Steinhoff Scandal: four key developments in the 2024 fraud case

Mashatile asks nation not to drink excessively, acknowledges the year that was

Five politicians who died in 2024

SA’s ICJ case against Israel would mark a historic first if granted in 2025

Electricity to be off in some parts of Johannesburg CBD on Christmas

Gauteng EMS prepares for surge as festive emergency calls break records

Crime

Police rescue kidnapped Pakistani businessman, woman arrested

Eastern Cape road fatalities could have been avoided, says MEC as 8 arrested for drunk driving

Crime

Tip-offs on X lead to arrests for unauthorised borehole drilling in Joburg CBD [PICS]

Christmas forecast brings thunderstorms, heat, and fire risks

Hammanskraal clean water promise pushed to 2025