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Joburg hijacking shootout: Suspect killed, five arrested and victim rescued

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Weather

Weather alert: A cloudy and wet Friday across SA

Politics

Mashatile denies fixing government tenders for his wealthy friends, slams DA for judging rich black people

Education

Camera in classes, undocumented pupils, and patrollers dominate Maile’s community meeting

Courts

Accused says he was drunk and not at the scene during assault of 19 churchgoers

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Courts My wife and girlfriend working doesn’t excuse me from my duties, says Sotheni in bail application

News 10 killed in head-on collision between bus and taxi in Mpumalanga

News Here’s what Cape Town’s dam levels are at

Opinion Dismissing ministers means little if they are simply redeployed

South Africa Rand Water shutdown sparks fear across parched province

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World

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Courts

My wife and girlfriend working doesn’t excuse me from my duties, says Sotheni in bail application

Politics

Joburg Soca debate: Morero accused of misleading residents inside a church

South Africa

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Education

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Weather

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Courts

Serial rapist jailed for three life terms after attacks on victims as young as 11

News

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South Africa

Pandor calls for civic action and ethical leadership in fragile global times

Courts

Fannie Nkosi’s case postponed as new legal team steps in

Crime

Sedibeng police arrest duo in R3.7m illicit-cigarette bust

South Africa

Sassa fires 43 officials over fraud and corruption cases

News

10 killed in head-on collision between bus and taxi in Mpumalanga

South Africa

SAHRC warns Durban violence against migrants ‘a direct assault on constitutional values’

News

Here’s what Cape Town’s dam levels are at

Education

KZN education dismisses claims that it is placed under administration

News

Winter roads turn deadly: RTMC warns of black ice, fog and rising pedestrian deaths

Courts

San and Khoi leader convicted of assault after forcing cyclists off road

Opinion

Dismissing ministers means little if they are simply redeployed

South Africa

Rand Water shutdown sparks fear across parched province

South Africa

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