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Joburg freeze: City Power outages double to 6 000 as cold snap bites

Politics

Duduzane Zuma groomed as MK’s heir apparent

Opinion

Is Schreiber’s repatriation bill political marketing?

News

SA’s dietary guidelines outdated since 2012, physicians warn

News

Snow falls in Johannesburg as Gauteng freezes under rare cut‑off low

Opinion

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Crime

Multiple drug busts expose thriving trade across SA

Local News

Carletonville motorist stages daring escape from hijackers

Local News

ICASA investigates illegal radio transmissions in Germiston

Local News

Johannesburg Road Agency confirms no budget to tar President Park’s State Road

Local News

Russian School of Ballet commends first South African graduate from prestigious Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg

Opinion

Beat cancer by getting screened

Podcasts

PODCAST: ‘The Problem Is Us’: EFF’s Moshe Koma on illegal immigration

News

Reiger Park police murders: Alleged gangster to appear in court

Education

North West Grade R practitioners demand overdue payments

South Africa

SA can learn from China’s development models

Crime

More than 20 arrested in Mpumalanga illegal mining crackdown

Opinion

Let’s build a Blue Zone in South Africa

South Africa

NatJoints warns against attempts to disrupt SADC Summit in Durban

News

Heavy rains and snow snarl Gauteng roads, accidents reported

News

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News

No record of Fadiel Adams’ laptop claims, says parliament after Madlanga commission saga

Crime

Limpopo police hunt suspects after three sisters allegedly raped in bushes

Weather

Weather alert: Cold, cloudy and windy Wednesday with snow possible

News

Scientists defend elephant culling and contraception plans amid MP pushback

World

Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 169

World

Syria sentences former ruler Assad to death in absentia over atrocities

News

SA wants Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia to reimburse repatriation costs – Here’s how much was spent

Politics

Pandor says young people in the ANC should lead Joburg… but also likes Frank Chikane

News

Rare ‘cut-off low’ brings snow to Joburg and other parts of SA

Weather

Public safety MMC urges Joburg residents to prepare for severe cold weather and possible snowfall

News

WATCH: Snow falls in Johannesburg as Gauteng freezes