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Democracy in retreat: Magaqa’s murder shows the cost of silence and apathy

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Weather alert: Fine, cool and cold weather across SA, with morning rain in KZN

Italian writer becomes first to die under fast-track assisted suicide law

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‘You can’t save Eastern Cape with 1 helicopter’: Mabuyane admits province struggles with disaster management amid weather crisis

‘Asi’Spani’: Frustrated Gauteng ANCYL in an ‘abusive relationship’ with Lesufi

Ramaphosa urges caution as floods claims lives in Eastern Cape

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Police make ‘mass arrests’ in LA during nighttime curfew

Likhona Fose’s alleged killer previously convicted for attempted murder and robbery, case postponed

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