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In case you missed it: 10 of 300 Ghanaians leaving SA legal | Sibanyoni case re-enrolled | Sizwe Dhlomo leaves Kaya 959

Weather

Thursday’s weather: A fine day awaits with light rain in EC

World

5 of 7 people trapped in Laos cave found alive

News

No improvements for many Joburg communities as Masuku delivers ‘difficult but honest’ budget speech

World

Bangladesh probes hospital deaths of six newborns

Motoring

Bi-turbodiesel quietly departs Volkswagen Amarok range

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News No improvements for many Joburg communities as Masuku delivers ‘difficult but honest’ budget speech

News Immigration checks delay departure of Ghanaians, as only 10 of 300 in SA legally

Politics Morero’s Cabinet of crooks: Another Joburg MMC in hot water

South Africa Zimbabwean-owned firm nabs millions in dodgy transport tender

Courts ‘I don’t even get that salary’ – Judge questions Fannie Nkosi’s cash stash in bail appeal

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Education

State of education 2025: Nearly half of South Africans still do not have matric

News

Here’s what level the Vaal Dam is currently sitting at

News

City Power will cut power to these Joburg suburbs next week

News

Too many taxis? Yup, there are 80 000 more on our roads than there should be [VIDEO]

News

Immigration checks delay departure of Ghanaians, as only 10 of 300 in SA legally

Politics

Morero’s Cabinet of crooks: Another Joburg MMC in hot water

News

Extortion case against taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni re-enrolled, set for Delmas court

South Africa

Sassa June grants to be paid on these dates next week

News

‘Show us the registers’: Survivors take centre stage as SA’s church accountability battle reaches parliament

Opinion

Foreign nationals are not scapegoats

South Africa

Zimbabwean-owned firm nabs millions in dodgy transport tender

News

Polio strains found in sewage but SA still polio free

Opinion

SA must nurture small-scale farmers

South Africa

Farmers hail victory as judge slams FMD vaccine delays

South Africa

Portable desks help long-term child patients keep learning

Opinion

SA’s debt crisis shows why maths literacy matters

South Africa

Mpumalanga family evicted after seven years land battle with mine

Opinion

Ukrainian ambassador falls in love with rainbow nation

Opinion

Well-watered, deeply moisturised, wildly overwhelmed

News

In case you missed it: Ramaphosa revives Phala Phala report court battle | SA’s top earners in debt | Missing 90 000 refugees

South Africa

DPP files complaint against Chief Magistrate Tonjeni after Joe Sibanyoni case collapse

Weather

Wednesday’s weather: Morning fog then sunshine across provinces

News

Saps procurement boss Fani served another suspension notice over Matlala’s Medicare 24 tender

World

Mango founder’s son says accusation he killed his father ‘unfounded’

World

Paris school aide tried for alleged sexual assault of preschoolers

News

Ramakgopa and Morero ‘find each other’ over Johannesburg’s Eskom debt