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Weather alert: Possible flooding and hail in five provinces

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City of Ekurhuleni’s legal head denies receiving ‘loyalty bonus’ for protecting EMPD’s Mkhwanazi

Crime

Water dispute near Delmas turns deadly

Africa

53 migrants dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya – UN

Education

Gauteng scholar transport crisis: Department says it’s still working on unpaid invoices

World

Brain training reduces dementia risk by 25%, study finds

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News City of Ekurhuleni’s legal head denies receiving ‘loyalty bonus’ for protecting EMPD’s Mkhwanazi

News Paul O’Sullivan to testify in person at parliament’s ad hoc committee

Cricket Key players: Five members of the Proteas squad to watch at the T20 World Cup

Politics Msimanga seen as serious challenger in race for DA party leadership

News SIU ordered to return super cars believed to belong to tender kingpin Hangwani Maumela [VIDEO]

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South Africa

KZN speeding driver tries to evade arrest, busted after he forgets ID with traffic officers

News

Paul O’Sullivan to testify in person at parliament’s ad hoc committee

Courts

DJ Warras’s murder: Mozambican national abandons bail, fears for his life

South Africa

Eskom load reduction: These Gauteng areas should brace for power outages this week

South Africa

Here’s what Eastern Cape children ate before suspected food poisoning — four discharged, two dead, one critical

South Africa

Sars a blueprint for rebuilding state institutions in the wake of state capture, Ramaphosa says

South Africa

Ramaphosa appoints Dipak Patel as Deputy Chairperson of Presidential Climate Commission

News

Mantashe steps into minefield over rehabilitation responsibilities

Politics

Msimanga seen as serious challenger in race for DA party leadership

News

At least 20 people including school children injured in KZN bus crash

South Africa

‘Nigerian suspect shot’ during ActionSA’s Xolani Khumalo anti-drug operation in Joburg suburb

News

Wiandre and fiancée happy hours before his death

News

Morning Fix: Two illegal miners shot and killed in gun battle with police in Carletonville | He’s no Johnny-on-the-spot

Politics

State of the Nation Address: Is it even worth tuning in?

Politics

Trump will hate the SA-China tariff deal, but it’s his fault says expert

News

Expert makes taxing jobs and entrepreneurship look like child’s play

News

Criminals behind front desks and nearly 30 detectives in one office at Olievenhoutbosch police station

Local News

Malalane residents urged to report roaming elephants

Local News

SAPS warn of fake donation requests

Local News

City steps up maintenance drive in Johannesburg South

Local News

Thembisa-born mentor shaping football and community futures

News

Madlanga Commission set to resume after postponements, attempted hit, and suicide

News

Why farmers have mixed feelings on the Foot-and-Mouth vaccine

News

SIU ordered to return super cars believed to belong to tender kingpin Hangwani Maumela [VIDEO]

Opinion

He’s no Johnny-on-the-spot

Crime

Husband kills wife, turns gun on himself in murder suicide in Limpopo