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Kidnapping victim saved after screaming from moving car on N1

Weather alert: Low temperatures continue to grip WC and NC

Can Shivambu leave MK party?: Zuma accused of lacking morals when making decisions

Salga looking for ideas to help municipalities despite solution already offered

Fatal Grade 11 stabbing rocks Gauteng as education officials grapple with rising violence

Taliban enforces smartphone ban in Afghan schools

Public Protector flags irregularities in R22m Lesseyton Stadium, questions ’emergency’

‘Unacceptable’: Judiciary budget constraints, shortage of judges and backlogs

Israelis stranded abroad start returning home amid conflict with Iran

SA pupils grab first place at Pan African Mathematics Olympiad

Police deployed to protect Gift of the Givers workers from water mafia in Eastern Cape

Three Mozambican nationals arrested in cross-border motorcycle theft syndicate

Zim woman and Nigerian husband accused of coercing SA women into producing porn

Concerns over Mantashe’s changes to draft mineral resources bill

Is the national dialogue a futile exercise?

Cartoon of the day: 18 June 2025

Is the ANC quietly rewriting empowerment

How the illicit fuel trade is robbing SA of billions per year

AfriForum calls for tougher sentencing for cable thieves

Centurion’s Hennops River clean-up gains momentum

Trump’s ultimatum undermines US credibility

Rethinking conflict on the African battlefield

Why looking good is now a full-time job

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