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Teacher dismissed for sexual harassment after denying smacking Grade 8 pupil’s bums

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Former Proteas cricket player convicted in T20 match-fixing scandal

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Mpumalanga teen girl sends police on a hunt for her rapist, but she lied

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Bribe-taking NC police officer sentenced to six years

RTMC warns motorists en route Comrades to drive safe

SIU and Transnet freeze R20 million in luxury assets amid fraud probe

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KZN ready to tackle weather threats during Comrades Marathon

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Bogus lawyer ordered to pay back murder accused client’s R40k

Trump-Musk breakup: Will 49 ‘refugees’ return to South Africa?

‘Using k-word is illegal’: Northern Cape teacher fired for racist outburst loses reinstatement battle

Off-duty police officer dead, another injured in KZN murder suicide

Teacher dismissed for sexual harassment after denying smacking Grade 8 pupil’s bums

French grandmother files genocide complaint over Gaza killings

Ukraine war ‘existential,’ Kremlin says, launching revenge strikes

Former Proteas cricket player convicted in T20 match-fixing scandal

Santaco condemns Mfuleni taxi rank shooting that killed four

Defence raises concerns over new evidence about Longwe Twala in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

A national embarrassment? ‘Scorpions 2.0’ bill pitched to save failing NPA

Mpumalanga teen girl sends police on a hunt for her rapist, but she lied

Basic Income Grant implementation postponed again

Justice committee chair slams Mokgoatlheng’s ‘unfortunate’ comments in Meyiwa trial

Cape Town get ready for wet and windy weekend, warns Saws

KZN education opens criminal case over teacher job scam

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: We need a ceasefire in the war on children

Four killed, three others injured at Mfuleni taxi rank in Cape Town

Police launch search for teen kidnapped by fake cops in Vereeniging

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak rocks South Africa’s cattle industry

Comrades demands grit but so does the courtroom

WATCH: NPA ‘infiltrated by those against the rule of law’ – Batohi

Industry warns of meat price spike and hunger as SA faces supply crisis

Gauteng family pleads for safe return of their little daughter

Ban on Brazil poultry imports adds to SA food insecurity

Rising meat costs will punish the poor