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Youth Day weekend safety: Creecy explains why June is a ‘very unfortunate month’ on SA’s roads

Mchunu unveils bold Saps restructure to tackle crime and corruption

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Taking unemployment lessons from a bank boss who can’t count?

Amerikaners founder denies claims of ‘struggling’ South African ‘refugees’ in US

Friday the 13th: Do you suffer from Friggatriskaidekaphobia?

Israel strikes Iran: what we know

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Alleged underworld kingpin Andre Naudé shot dead in Parow

Fewer guns mean fewer funerals in South Africa

SA expresses sadness, offers condolences to India after Air India crash [VIDEO]

Cartoon of the day: 13 June 2025

Trade policies past and present haunt South African industry

South Africa calls for end to suffering in South Dafur

ANC holds provincial conferences ahead of local government elections

Ten of 11 accused in Sassa R260 million fraud case granted bail

Underdogs no more as SA teams chase glory

New Covid variant raises concern over vaccine access

Jewish communities face global wave of hate and fear

We can’t just ‘get over’ apartheid

Eastern Cape floods: Death toll rises as residents recount grim tragedy

Three drug traffickers arrested in one week at OR Tambo Airport

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State of disaster in four provinces as floods claim 67 lives in Eastern Cape

Mashatile avoids answering questions about 8 VIP protection service members cleared by Saps

WATCH: Video of pupil allegedly assaulted by KZN police during protest under investigation

Weather alert: Fog, frost and cool temperatures for most provinces

Police probe multiple murders after three bodies found in Tshepisong veld

Eastern Cape disaster: Sassa steps in

Protests spread across US despite Trump threats

SCA overturns Nulane accused’s acquittal and orders retrial

French prosecutors seek murder charge for school stabbing suspect

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