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Kubayi says SA not funding voluntary departures as over 50 000 foreigners repatriated, deported

News

Fake Tshwane electricity contractor arrested for illegal reconnections in Soshanguve

Crime

KZN gripped by violence: One dead, multiple injured, and mystery body discovered

Politics

Race for Johannesburg mayor post intensifies as Zille targets city’s budget

Politics

DA backs Chris Pappas for second term as uMngeni mayor

News

World Cup gambling sparks more suicidal thoughts in SA as debt and addiction bite

EDITOR'S CHOICE

News King Misuzulu responds to viral video insulting wife and Shembe

News Employers and landlords feel impact as foreign nationals leave

Courts US jails former SA Air Force brigadier-general for acting ‘as an agent of a foreign country’

Politics Are there still credible leaders in the ANC? Why Ramaphosa is struggling to make good appointments

Politics Morero assures Joburg’s residents that full blown service delivery collapse is not on the cards

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Local News

Man leaves pregnant partner to confront ex-girlfriend and dies in alleged love-triangle attack

News

GNT accused of cadre deployment after ANC member gets executive job

Opinion

Why must we pay for Joburg to be fixed when it’s politicians who broke it?

News

In case you missed it: Buckets of human organs | Jayden Adams dies | ANC’s ‘poor leadership’

News

Suspect nabbed hours after fatal Zwide shooting leaves man dead

Weather

Fine, cool conditions with no severe warnings for Sunday

News

Hawks nab five for illegal chrome mining in Thabazimbi

News

Two arrested after buckets of human organs found alongside hijacked state vehicle in Soweto

Education

TVET college employee’s dismissal for sexual harassment against student upheld

Courts

Sold a car that didn’t exist – Fraudster’s 15-year sentence stands after losing appeal

Courts

SCA rules ‘ill-tempered’ advocate can’t be a judge

News

Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of SA’s economic crisis

Local News

Bail hearing postponed for woman accused of deadly house fire

News

ANC’s ‘poor leadership’ blamed for funds being withheld from Limpopo municipalities

News

UK triple murder suspect Ndodana Tshuma arrested in Gauteng

Courts

Northern Cape pensioner gets 20 years for raping three children

News

In case you missed it: King Misuzulu apologises | Enyobeni Tavern owners liable | Ex-Hawks official on Idac’s Johnson

Courts

Eastern Cape man accused of killing his brother in alleged love triangle

Courts

More delays in Malusi Gigaba’s Transnet corruption case as state eyes 2027 trial start

Weather

Weather alert: Yellow warning for KZN showers as provinces brace for cold

Crime

Police arrest two in murder of Mahikeng activist Thato Molosankwe

News

Have your bins not been collected? Here’s when Pikitup says it will be in your area

Africa

How US is using cash and threats to dump migrants in Africa

News

Shebeshxt case postponed as defence challenges reinstated charges

Politics

Did the ANC and Nasiphi Moya give suspended Tshwane CFO a ‘soft landing’?

World

Landslides kill 15 in Philippines as biggest typhoon in decades nears Taiwan