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Ramaphosa dismisses June 30 deadline for undocumented migrants

Politics

Young people who wear ANC regalia are mentally disturbed, says Malema

Politics

Hill-Lewis says DA is not a party for one race

News

Young people have become laughing stock in their communities, Ramaphosa told at Youth Day event

News

Presidency pushes back on WHO claims of xenophobic killings

World

Trump says Hormuz to reopen Friday under US-Iran deal

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News ‘She now sleeps outside’: Judge criticises City of Ekurhuleni for apartheid-like evictions

Courts Court hears Cat Matlala’s ex hasn’t withdrawn affidavit amid fingerprint dispute

Politics Is Nomvalo next on Zuma’s revolving MK party chopping board?

News Patients at risk as fake doctors become more difficult to identify, warns Sama

News Gauteng traffic chief Samuel Mashaba suspended over R300m cocaine scandal

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Courts

Government to pay back at least R1.7m to company running ‘Thabo Bester prison’

News

Foot and mouth disease in SA: how a tracking system would control outbreaks

Local News

Defence argues no evidence links accused to sister’s murder-for-hire plot

News

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News

‘She now sleeps outside’: Judge criticises City of Ekurhuleni for apartheid-like evictions

Weather

Youth Day weather: Fog, drizzle and thundershower across provinces

World

Norway crown princess’s son gets four-year sentence for rape

World

MSF sacks 18 staff over abuse of Sudanese refugees in Chad

Courts

Court hears Cat Matlala’s ex hasn’t withdrawn affidavit amid fingerprint dispute

News

Sihle Makhaye’s family speaks out as authorities stay mum about Russian war recruitment scam

Crime

Two suspects arrested at Kuilsrivier B&B after being found with drugs worth R3m

Education

245 Gauteng schools flagged as high-risk as violence, drugs and bullying threaten pupils

News

Damage from severe weather in Western Cape to cost R9 billion

News

Outages across Joburg this week as City Power does more maintenance

Politics

Is Nomvalo next on Zuma’s revolving MK party chopping board?

World

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces social media ban for under-16s [VIDEO]

South Africa

Eskom load reduction is still hitting Gauteng – here is every area affected this week

News

WHO chief slams xenophobia in South Africa as ‘tragic betrayal’

News

Fatal N2 crash claims five lives, bus passengers injured

News

Student dies after allegedly jumping out of moving bakkie with two others

South Africa

From 1976 to 2026: ‘Youth still fighting for opportunity,’ says Ramaphosa

Crime

Cape Town Airport sting: Man nabbed with 150 venomous scorpions hidden in luggage

Crime

Hawks bust trio linked to Eastern Cape kidnapping and armed robbery

South Africa

Pretoria slams claims SA being ‘xenophobic and unwelcoming’

Politics

ANC grants Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri special leave due to health

Crime

Police hunt killers behind Khayelitsha triple murder