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Weather alert: Calm conditions with morning fog on Wednesday

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Ramaphosa halts NHI rollout until legal challenges are settled

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11 South Africans recruited to fight for Russia head home

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EFF to table motion to scrap debt of some Ekurhuleni households

World

Ex-Philippines president Duterte drew up ‘death lists’, boasted about murders: ICC prosecutor

World

Zelensky says Ukraine unbroken after 4 years, but Russia vows to fight on

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South Africa ‘We are in two different worlds’: Brown Mogotsi on his undercover life

News Sibiya admits sharing confidential audit report on Medicare24 contract with Matlala’s ‘friend’

Politics Lesufi’s Sopa in numbers: Here is how much the Premier is throwing at Gauteng

Crime SIU reveals ‘network of religious figures’ exploited Home Affairs for 20 years; Bushiri, Omotoso, 3GAR named

News Sibiya denies Witness F and Matlala’s testimonies about impalas

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Education

66% of children in SA schools parents don’t pay school fees

South Africa

‘We are in two different worlds’: Brown Mogotsi on his undercover life

News

Sibiya admits sharing confidential audit report on Medicare24 contract with Matlala’s ‘friend’

News

Flights in and out of Cape Town International Airport suspended

Education

15% of Grade 3 pupils can’t read a single word

Business

Samwu wants more Tshwane VIP protectors to be millionaires

Politics

‘We are against the mkhukhu mafia’: Lesufi outlines plan to stop Gauteng becoming a ‘shanty town’

Multimedia

WATCH LIVE: Brown Mogotsi appears before Adhoc committee

Education

Sopa: Lesufi unveils AI campus for Gauteng

News

Morning Fix: Lesufi’s Sopa in numbers | Limpopo family sues health MEC over psychiatric patient’s death

Crime

Crime stats nothing to celebrate: Three lives lost every hour despite murder drop

News

No electricity: Prepare for planned outages in these Joburg areas this week and next

Opinion

Bellarmine Mugabe’s case is NPA’s chance to fix past wrongs

News

‘You won’t be forgotten’: Two years on Joshlin Smith still missing

Politics

Lesufi’s Sopa in numbers: Here is how much the Premier is throwing at Gauteng

Weather

Heavy rain moves toward Eastern Cape

Opinion

Murder and rape data nothing to praise

News

Pets take the lead in groundbreaking TV ad

Local News

Court grants R50 000 bail to four of 33 accused in Mpumalanga education fraud case

Local News

Thembisa CoE debt stands at R1.6bn, MMC tells residents

Local News

Service cables now the responsibility of the property owner

Local News

Bramley property owner illegally leases her yard to recyclers

Opinion

Cartoon of the day: 24 February 2026

News

Limpopo family sues health MEC over psychiatric patient’s death

Local News

Mpumalanga Department of Education condemns illegal school raids

Opinion

Letting the cat out of the bag