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In case you missed it: Ramaphosa orders Mbalula to rest | March and March slams government | Zuma-Sambudla’s warning over her father

South Africa

South Africans warned how one stolen password could expose their accounts

News

March and March leader says government is similar to apartheid regime

Weather

Severe thunderstorms, fire warnings for parts of SA on Sunday

News

MPs raise alarm after Home Affairs bought kiosks that remain unused

Politics

Ramaphosa ‘orders’ Mbalula to rest after dramatic collapse

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Elections 2026 ‘Joburg needs own Madlanga moment,’ Zille says as she vows corruption crackdown [VIDEO]

News ‘If anything happens to my father’: Zuma-Sambudla warns, demands urgent probe

Courts Was Suliman Carrim planning to come back to SA? – Flight tickets, old cases argued in bail battle

Politics ConCourt ruling has given Mbalula another shot at the ANC 2027 leadership race

News Ramaphosa lifts suspension of Saps top cop Fannie Masemola

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Election day warning: Extreme heat could affect millions of SA voters

Crime

Suspect from Home Affairs passport fraud syndicate arrested

‘Joburg needs own Madlanga moment,’ Zille says as she vows corruption crackdown [VIDEO]

‘We are in this game to win’: Ramaphosa confident ANC can grow support in Western Cape

News

‘If anything happens to my father’: Zuma-Sambudla warns, demands urgent probe

News

‘A very cruel thing’: McKenzie pays tribute after Lions lock Hyron Andrews dies at 31

Crime

Police seize R160m in counterfeit goods in Johannesburg CBD raid

Politics

Mashatile believes in Limpopo, but business leader questions investment conference effect

News

R4.6bn parliament rebuild plagued by delays and financial control weaknesses

Crime

Police bust suspected mandrax lab in Soweto and arrest four suspects (PICS)

Courts

Free State Christmas stokvel fraudster jailed for 10 years

Courts

Durban protests: Man gets bail despite criminal history and ‘judges must f**k off’ remark

News

In case you missed it: Masemola returns to work | Was Carrim planning to return to SA? | Lions lock Hyron Andrews has died

Crime

Four suspects arrested in R1.4m Stilfontein illicit alcohol bust

Weather

Saturday’s weather: Extremely hot conditions in EC, WC, KZN and Mpumalanga

Courts

Guardian and friends describe volatile relationship in Northern Cape student murder trial

Courts

Was Suliman Carrim planning to come back to SA? – Flight tickets, old cases argued in bail battle

Elections 2026

Are votes for smaller parties a waste, or are the upstarts ‘challenging the established order’?

News

City scratches its head over 160 sick in Tshwane

Education

Gauteng releases 300 000 school placement offers for 2027

Africa

Ethiopia appoints interim Tigray government

World

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘flying’ car

News

Gauteng’s young chess stars battle for provincial honours this weekend

WATCH: Poop goes punk over Ekurhuleni sewage crisis

Politics

ConCourt ruling has given Mbalula another shot at the ANC 2027 leadership race

South Africa

SAHRC turns spotlight on supermarkets over food prices and hunger