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Have you been overbooked by FlySafair? You’re not alone … and now they’re in hot water

Education

Why thousands of students are still waiting for Umalusi certificates

Weather

Clouds drift over Gauteng as cool weekend weather settles in

Courts

Serial rapist jailed for three life terms after attacks on victims as young as 11

News

‘Charity can never replace economic justice’: Fawu demands R3 000 vouchers for Shoprite workers

South Africa

Pandor calls for civic action and ethical leadership in fragile global times

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News 10 killed in head-on collision between bus and taxi in Mpumalanga

News Here’s what Cape Town’s dam levels are at

Opinion Dismissing ministers means little if they are simply redeployed

South Africa Rand Water shutdown sparks fear across parched province

Courts Justice prevails: Rosemary Ndlovu and Nomsa Mudau found guilty after failed murder plot

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Courts

Fannie Nkosi’s case postponed as new legal team steps in

Crime

Sedibeng police arrest duo in R3.7m illicit-cigarette bust

South Africa

Sassa fires 43 officials over fraud and corruption cases

News

10 killed in head-on collision between bus and taxi in Mpumalanga

South Africa

SAHRC warns Durban violence against migrants ‘a direct assault on constitutional values’

News

Here’s what Cape Town’s dam levels are at

Education

KZN education dismisses claims that it is placed under administration

News

Winter roads turn deadly: RTMC warns of black ice, fog and rising pedestrian deaths

Courts

San and Khoi leader convicted of assault after forcing cyclists off road

Opinion

Dismissing ministers means little if they are simply redeployed

South Africa

Rand Water shutdown sparks fear across parched province

South Africa

PICS: Dozens of cars gather dust at OR Tambo International Airport

South Africa

Ramaphosa hails Botswana state visit as ‘historic reunion of brethren’

Local News

Growing sinkholes along R500 continue to threaten motorists near Carletonville

Opinion

Joburg is going nowhere, fast

Local News

Pretoria to face 10-hour power outage in these areas on Saturday

Local News

Mpumalanga police net driver with R3m dagga haul

Local News

Umdloti canoe ace Lovemore wins two more World Cup medals in Germany

South Africa

Ratepayers lose millions on abandoned mayoral house sale

News

EFF to meet IEC officials to discuss matters of ‘mutual interest’

South Africa

TUT mural turns Pretoria wall into water plea

South Africa

South Africa contributes $2.5m to Ebola outbreak response

Opinion

Long may the Gunners party

South Africa

Sassa warns insurers preying on pensioners grants

Politics

Pakistan and SA seek stronger ties in changing world order

Opinion

When the keepers of the law become the problem