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Unnatural inmate deaths increase despite thousands receiving mental health care

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Young mother’s life cut short as boyfriend gets 23 years for her murder

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Poverty’s new price tag: Here is how much more it costs to survive in South Africa

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R48 billion and still unfinished: MPs question ballooning costs of Giyani water project

Elections 2026

Parliament hears of elders forced to defecate in plastic packets, as water crisis persists ahead of polls

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Prepare for a ‘construction site’: Big changes coming to an airport near you

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Politics Dlamini‑Zuma apologises to Lamola in ANC vote‑buying allegations storm

Courts Sassa SRD grant: Government ‘simply cannot afford to do more’, court told

Elections 2026 ‘Electionitis’: DA Ekurhuleni caucus torn by factional battles ahead of elections

Politics Former Ekurhuleni mayor accused of pushing R85m land deal

Elections 2026 Here’s why councillors chosen in this year’s elections won’t have their lifestyle audited

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Politics

Lamola welcomes Dlamini‑Zuma’s withdrawal of ANC vote‑buying claims

Crime

Deadly Knysna raid leaves police captain and suspect dead

Crime

High‑speed Limpopo chase ends in R50k cigarette bust

News

Immigration police accused of abusing legal migrants

Crime

Police intercept R200m cocaine shipment at OR Tambo airport

Politics

ANC faces fresh court threat over Buffalo City councillor nominations

Opinion

Winning Joburg votes may not mean winning city hall for DA

Politics

DA welcomes ex-FF Plus caucus leader Grandi Theunissen

Opinion

Trump’s trade tactics risk accelerating decline of US empire

South Africa

Bring back my money: McKenzie clashes with Safa and MPs

Education

Underfunding of public schools is sabotaging learning, unions warn

Opinion

Cartoon of the day: 26 August 2026

Crime

Seventeen arrested in Orange Farms hijacking plot shootout

Local News

Illegal gold refinery shut down in Pretoria North

Local News

Newborn baby found in black refuse bag in Merebank park

Local News

Ventersdorp load curtailment saga could have a light at the end of the tunnel

Local News

SANParks invites South Africans to explore national parks for free

Opinion

Scorched UK serves as warning for SA water crisis ahead

PODCAST: ANCYL president Collen Malatji on the future of the ANC

Opinion

Mineral beneficiation tackles poverty

Opinion

Human body is a prototype that was rushed in production

News

Cachalia vows justice after Knysna killings as four face court

Courts

Four in the dock for boxer Zolani Tete’s murder as state fights bail

News

Driver killed in Alberton tree crash – Firefighters use jaws‑of‑life in late‑night rescue

Politics

Dlamini‑Zuma apologises to Lamola in ANC vote‑buying allegations storm

Celebs And Viral

US country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80: Family