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MK party opens case against Zille over ‘profane and vulgar’ outburst at unaired debate

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In case you missed it: Cars burn in Soweto | No taxi fare hike… yet | ‘Apartheid is not coming back’

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WATCH LIVE: Acting police commissioner briefs media on violent protests in Durban and Soweto

News

Cars torched as Soweto residents clash with foreign nationals [VIDEOS]

Courts

AKA-Tibz murder trial: Three police witnesses testify on gun allegedly linked to Eddie Myeza

Weather

Friday’s weather: Partly cloudy and warm with showers

EDITOR'S CHOICE

South Africa ‘Don’t come and clog our system’, Ntshavheni warns foreign nationals seeking refuge

Crime Zama zamas offer to help police identify Wedela mass shooting killers

News Some Joburg licensing centres closed due to supply shortages as Morero promises union R10bn

News Eswatini denies releasing US deportees into South Africa illegally

Courts ‘All the people who disappeared, Cat Matlala dealings’ – Mr M has files on Sibiya, court hears

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‘Women have lost faith in the justice system’: DA marches against murder and GBV

World

Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA’s Apollo program, dead at 90

World

High school pupils turn out for new protests across France

News

Fuel price hikes: Santaco says there will be no taxi fare increases … yet

News

Here’s which public pools in Johannesburg are open and why the others are closed

South Africa

‘Don’t come and clog our system’, Ntshavheni warns foreign nationals seeking refuge

Education

Matric exams: Umalusi backs DBE’s plan to tackle marker shortages in these three subjects

News

Shot dead days before Khan testimony: ‘Preggy’ Padayachee laid to rest as questions mount

Elections 2026

TikTok, IEC unveil Election Centre to tackle misinformation

News

Woman jailed 20 years for raping nine-year-old neighbour

Weather

Gauteng weekend weather: Thunderstorms forecast before sunny skies return

News

Gauteng MEC for Roads says repeat offenders continue to operate taxis without proper licensing

South Africa

BMA rejects claims of deportees entering SA through informal border crossings

Opinion

ANC’s internal squabbles dampen hopes

Crime

Multi-million-rand drug lab busted in Krugersdorp as five arrested [VIDEO]

Crime

Zama zamas offer to help police identify Wedela mass shooting killers

News

Fuel crisis deepens as experts warn worst is yet to come

News

Some Joburg licensing centres closed due to supply shortages as Morero promises union R10bn

News

US issues Durban safety alert after foreign nationals targeted in looting and violence

Opinion

SAPS must hear what zama zamas know about Wedela shooting

Crime

Three Limpopo cops arrested in theft and corruption crackdown

Local News

Graves in Kokosi at Fochville covered in rubbish

Crime

Police urged to engage zama zamas over Wedela mass shooting

Local News

Middelburg’s ‘Copper King’ walks free as case not enrolled

Sewage flows past homes and schools in Wesselton

Steenhuisen dismisses poll predicting MK Party majority in Durban