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Court orders R31m forfeiture in KZN land restitution fraud case

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Gauteng MEC for Roads calls on taxi operators to verify their licences and applications

Rugby

OPINION: Pietersen and his Sharks deserve all the credit they’re getting

South Africa

‘Mngxitama does not belong in parliament’: Parties want MK member punished over farm attack post

Elections 2026

Voting: What you need to know

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Motsepe-backed digital bank plans to expand its services

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Weather Gauteng braces for another sizzling week as temperatures climb to over 30°C during elections

News Gauteng checks unclaimed bodies at mortuaries for links to GBVF cases

News Senzo Mchunu questions legality of police raid at his home – report

News Home Affairs gazettes new changes affecting asylum seekers

Politics Another EFF flip-flop: Calls for Tshwane CFO to be placed under suspension

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‘Race card’ played as all suspects nabbed for farm attack

ANCYL challenges Buffalo City leadership over Mbalula endorsement and mayoral race

Opinion

On the road to nowhere

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Eastern Cape road death toll hits 21 after fourth fatal crash

News

The men that public toilets forgot

WATCH: Mbalula doubles down on climate change pothole claim

Opinion

Bavuma’s golden era continues

Elections 2026

Ramaphosa: ‘No party has done more for South Africans than the ANC’ [VIDEO]

Elections 2026

‘I smelt of paraffin’: The childhood that shaped DA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate

Elections 2026

Gauteng voters warned of possible thunderstorms on election day

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Joburg water crisis deepens as outages enter second week

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Blame game amid CFO probe

Elections 2026

Rain or shine, go make your cross

Opinion

Plumbing new lows in politics

Elections 2026

Local government elections: Two ballot papers in metros and three in local municipalities

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Six die in truck crash as Eastern Cape road death toll hits 18 in seven days

News

Eskom CFO Cassim retires after steering utility back into the black

Weather

Gauteng braces for another sizzling week as temperatures climb to over 30°C during elections

Crime

Man arrested at Zuma rally over TikTok video targeting Mkhwanazi

‘I’ll die an ANC member’: Zuma stuns MK party rally, attacks GNU ahead of voting [VIDEO]

News

In case you missed it: Gauteng checks unclaimed bodies | Explosives worth R900 000 seized in Limpopo | North West man sentenced to life imprisonment

Weather

Heavy rain and flooding expected in these three provinces on Monday

News

Two women killed in four-vehicle N1 crash near Modimolle as northbound road closed

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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for 2022 rape of teenager in North West

News

Hermanus police arrest 27-year-old with prohibited pistol in Zwelihle

News

Two men arrested with more than R900K worth of explosives on N1 South in Limpopo