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Level 2 weather warning: Damaging winds and cold conditions expected on Sunday

Leaked Bushiri case affidavit puts witness at risk, warns NPA

Suspended Kenny Kunene resigns as councillor and MMC for transport in Joburg

Police arrest 183 rape suspects in one week

Police investigate allegations of Basotho military-style training camps in South Africa

Prasa initiates probe into R18bn contracts after Hawks raid

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City Power denies claims its headquarters raided by Hawks

Aviation Co-ordination Services rejects Acsa claims over OR Tambo grenade security breach

ConCourt sets date for MK party’s case against Ramaphosa over Mchunu

Residents of Limpopo village fed up after not getting water for 15 years

Missing Mpumalanga deaf toddler found alive in a ditch

Chinese nationals fined R400k for abalone worth almost R2m

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EC woman sentenced to life for murdering boyfriend in repeat GBV case

KZN man handed two life terms for killing Grade 12 pupils

Ramaphosa says Madlanga commission mustn’t take more than one year

Khayelitsha court hears disturbing details of seven-year-old’s rape and murder

Parliament fire: Over R500m already spent as restoration project now expected to cost R4.4bn

Ramaphosa motion of no confidence: MK party requests secret ballot

Weather alert: A cloudy and wet Saturday ahead

Evidence challenged in Jayden-Lee Meek murder investigation

Fort Hare corruption case split into five parts to speed up prosecution

Children starve in Gaza as EU powers push ceasefire talks

Does Africa still need liberation parties?

Missing Bolt driver found and arrested on immigration charges

Court processes clogging prisons, hears correctional services committee

French car dealer charged over Takata airbag injury

SA sees ‘dramatic’ increase in munitions exports in last three months — here is where they went

Cape Town braces for cold front which will clear by Sunday

Tourism surge: R4.2 billion spent on SA hotels in second quarter of 2025

Gauteng weekend weather: Showers and cool temperatures expected

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