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Millions spent on lavish councillor farewell parties while residents live in poverty

Elections 2026

Why don’t we ask Modjadjies for rain, say residents amid long battle to get boreholes online

Opinion

Shake up of SA’s refugee system is a non-starter

News

In case you missed it: Six trucks set alight in Mpumalanga | Home Affairs asylum changes | Tshwane mayor warns informal traders

News

Tshwane mayor warns informal traders not to pay for Marabastad stalls

Weather

Sunday’s weather: KZN braces for severe storms and flooding as heat wave grips Gauteng

EDITOR'S CHOICE

News Home Affairs gazettes new changes affecting asylum seekers

Politics Another EFF flip-flop: Calls for Tshwane CFO to be placed under suspension

News Former Idac boss Andrea Johnson, ex-Crime Intelligence official Feroz Khan arrested

Elections 2026 ‘Factionalism brought incompetent people to leadership’: Former insider explains ANC Joburg ‘collapse’

News Protection orders used to dodge disciplinary action at work

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News

Taxi violence in Cape Town: Committee urges affected scholar transport operators to report to WCED

Crime

Six trucks set alight in Mpumalanga as search for two drivers continues

News

‘Don’t sell the livestock’: Ramathuba warns traditional leaders

News

Home Affairs gazettes new changes affecting asylum seekers

Will the ANC meet Ramaphosa’s 90% vote target in Limpopo?

News

Truck driver awarded R25 000 over k-word slur

Cricket

OPINION: There’s just nothing better than Test cricket

Courts

Free State father sentenced to life for raping teenage daughter

Courts

Jub Jub firearm case to proceed after DPP declines alternative resolution bid

News

Maumela’s ‘hidden’ Bentley nowhere to be found as SIU searches Midrand property

News

In case you missed it: Johnson and Khan granted bail | More charges against Carrim | Nomvalo breaks silence on MK party sacking

Weather

Saturday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms and heatwave in Eastern Cape

Courts

Ex-Idac head Johnson and ex-Crime Intelligence official Khan granted R10 000 bail each

News

‘I’ve been shocked three times’: Joburg residents zapped while showering, washing dishes

World

Netanyahu bloc finishes ahead in Israel vote – but well short of majority

Africa

Malawi’s fuel shortages, record prices deepen economic crisis

World

Thousands of students, workers protest in Italy under heavy security

Elections 2026

PODCAST: DA banking on voter turnout to secure stronger position in local elections

Courts

State adds two additional charges against Suliman Carrim

News

Labour Court upholds reinstatement of Ster-Kinekor worker dismissed over popcorn tasting

Politics

Former MK party SG Nomvalo denies working with Ramaphosa, plotting to remove Zuma

IEC flags AI-generated Nelson Mandela video ahead of local government elections

News

Minister Aucamp condemns attack on 50-year-old cattle farmer who had both his ears cut off

News

Health department assures HIV medicine supply is safe after court sets aside two tender awards

News

Commuters stranded as taxi go-slow disrupts transport, operations at Cape Town International

News

No drugs found, man assaulted: Soweto resident awarded R200 000 in damages