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Electoral Court rules that MK party’s 2024 election case is ‘flawed’

World

French literary prize removes novel from longlist after AI claims

Africa

Heavy fighting, internet disruption as Ethiopia conflict rages

News

Former CFO Mthethwa returns to take Acsa hot seat

South Africa

Here’s how much the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture spent on creating 24 000 jobs

Elections 2026

GOOD asks legal team to probe whether Zille is allowed to run as Joburg mayoral candidate

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Phakaaathi Three Bafana players to watch against Guinea

Elections 2026 ‘Municipal resources don’t belong to the ANC’: ATM calls for jobs-for-votes investigation

News Junior employee at municipality fired ‘for rejecting advances’

South Africa AfSA blasts Lex Libertas’ 3 000 white crosses in Washington over SA’s farm murders

News ‘The story of white genocide does not exist’ – Lamola

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Crime

KZN man shot and killed after girlfriend and friend kidnapped in robbery

South Africa

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News

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Crime

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News

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Crime

Giyani police arrest son suspected of murdering 82-year-old mother

Lifestyle

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Crime

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South Africa

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News

Young driver killed, four injured in Ekurhuleni truck collision

News

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News

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Business

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News

Junior employee at municipality fired ‘for rejecting advances’

Courts

Hitman jailed for 30 years in murder plot allegedly orchestrated by victim’s wife

News

Tshwane sewage spills left unrepaired for months

News

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Crime

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News

Support soars for petition to get justice for police K9 dog Sky

Opinion

Handcuffs mirror error of our ways

Opinion

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Opinion

Call harassment what it is: rape

News

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Opinion

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