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Election reform panel split on way forward but agrees public is growing disinterested

Lifestyle

Man pleads guilty in Austria to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert

Weather

Weather alert: Frost along Lesotho border and thunderstorms in 3 provinces

Crime

Teen arrested in Eastern Cape after being found with unlicensed gun

World

Bahrain sentences five to life for plotting ‘terrorist’ acts with Iran

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Politics City of Joburg told to ‘stop taking loans’ and collect the money it’s owed

Education Gauteng overcrowding crisis: Nearly half of public schools are operating beyond capacity

Courts Mkhwanazi and Lerutla granted bail of R30 000 each

News Freedom Day celebrations across SA, silence and decay at Vlakplaas

News Stranger is pocketing my old age grant, claims granny

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World

Peace efforts stall as US examines latest Iran proposal

News

Kariega police search for two missing teenage girls from KwaNobuhle

News

Dhlamini denies sending Sergeant Nkosi confidential tender document

News

New DNA lab in KZN should improve backlog, investigations and prosecution of GBVF cases

Politics

City of Joburg told to ‘stop taking loans’ and collect the money it’s owed

News

Accountability drive exposes absenteeism and case-buying trend in Zululand policing

News

Botswana formally removes same-sex ban from law

Education

Gauteng overcrowding crisis: Nearly half of public schools are operating beyond capacity

Crime

18 undocumented foreign nationals arrested for illegal mining in Mpumalanga

Crime

Police probe motive for triple murder at fast-food outlet in Joburg CBD

Crime

Man arrested for firing gun near restaurant in Mpumalanga

Courts

Mkhwanazi and Lerutla granted bail of R30 000 each

South Africa

Here’s Eskom’s Gauteng load reduction schedule for the remainder of April

News

From sinkholes to zip-lines, Zille dramatises Joburg failures [VIDEO]

News

More children are not being vaccinated in Gauteng

Crime

Zero‑tolerance drive nets 80 bribery arrests nationwide

News

AI hallucination forces policy withdrawal, but expert frames it as governance lesson

News

Freedom Day celebrations across SA, silence and decay at Vlakplaas

News

Stranger is pocketing my old age grant, claims granny

South Africa

US ‘open to constructive engagement’ with SA after months of diplomatic strain

Opinion

Mining’s B‑BBEE divide

News

Joburg CBD remains in darkness as City Power fights substation damage

Opinion

Let’s not take our freedom for granted

News

Modise Molefe: Boipatong’s minister, filmmaker and environmental activist

Crime

‘Dangerous’ Limpopo murder suspect escapes hospital custody, police launch manhunt

News

Ramaphosa faced ‘no harm or security threat’ during Freedom Day incident in Free State, says govt