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Malatsi approves 2026 National Radio Frequency Plan

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Warning of water contamination and supply to these residents

Politics

Was ANC robbed in Emfuleni by-election? DA says Mbalula’s party must except defeat

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Presidential Shirt opens Sandton flagship, ties launch to Nelson Mandela legacy

PSL

OPINION: Da Cruz’s mixed messages are not helping Kaizer Chiefs

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Paarl couple jailed for life after abusing minors who trusted them like parents

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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South Africa EFF races to ConCourt to revive Ramaphosa Phala Phala impeachment

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Politics A failed succession project? Zuma’s MK party ‘becoming more and more a one-man show’

South Africa ‘Xenophobic violence’, building hijackers and drugs: Inside Nigeria and SA’s high-stakes meeting

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More than 90 taxis and private vehicles taken off roads during operations

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Six foreign nationals killed in Eastern Cape Tsomo business fire

Africa

African youth more optimistic about Trump’s second term, survey finds

Crime

BUST! Inside the multimillion‑rand vehicle licensing cartel in Gauteng and the Free State

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Limpopo mother fights to bring five children home from Pakistan

Courts

Pretoria scholar transport driver jailed for life after raping nine‑year‑old girl

Opinion

Johnson’s resignation can’t become a convenient escape for accountability

Courts

Boschkop man in court for allegedly infecting girlfriend with HIV

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Water Research Commission board denies meddling in operational affairs

Opinion

Future belongs to young Africans who know what is happening

South Africa

EFF races to ConCourt to revive Ramaphosa Phala Phala impeachment

Education

Parents fear another school placement crisis as Gauteng admissions open

Local News

WATCH: 250kg lion thriving after private jet flight to KZN [VIDEO]

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How Pompeii’s rocks reveal the city’s final hours

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Former Ngwathe Mayor dies

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Five armed suspects storm into Mbombela shopping centre

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Meet 12-year-old Tshegofatso Ditshego: Excelling in school, sport and community leadership

Crime

Suspected illegal miners die in shootout with police in Roodepoort

Opinion

Godongwana blinks first as frozen municipal billions released

Opinion

Municipal power struggles fuel political violence in South Africa

Crime

Hillbrow Health Centre: Three arrested in paper theft

Opinion

From dogs to doves: Why being human still beats the alternatives

Crime

KZN drug bust: Trio arrested, R1 million rock cocaine seized

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KZN deploys graders, emergency shelter amid snow and flood fears

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RTMC warns motorists as icy snow and flooding hit EC and KZN

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