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South Africa

Eskom revives Thyspunt nuclear plan as green fight heats up

Courts

Free State Eid tragedy: Man granted bail after girl killed by stray bullet

Opinion

Policy vacuum fuels xenophobia as leaders dodge immigration crisis

News

Great white sharks vanish from Gansbaai waters

Courts

Lesotho national gets life for brutal Komani farm murders

Opinion

Joburg’s broke because city dwellers keep freeloading

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Politics Phala Phala: Ramaphosa ignores opposition calls amid impeachment threat

News WEATHER WARNING: Mercury plunges in Joburg as cold front grips Gauteng

Courts High Court in Pretoria dismisses Fannie Nkosi’s bail appeal

South Africa ICJ sets new deadlines for SA-Israel genocide in Gaza case

Weather Weather alert: Flooding and light snowfall in parts of SA

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South Africa

933 Mozambicans leave SA in major repatriation operation

Local News

Umdloti woman narrowly avoids 2.4m black mamba in her bathroom

Politics

Eastern Cape ANC rebels take Luthuli House to court again

Local News

National Police officials condemns xenophobic violence in Garden Route

Local News

Pretoria family’s four-legged heroes save children from puff adder attack

Local News

Nancia Engelbrecht celebrates her 100th birthday surrounded by loved ones

Courts

Court orders Ramabulana trial to proceed after delay tactics

Opinion

SA is no longer the promised land for foreigners

Politics

Phala Phala: Ramaphosa ignores opposition calls amid impeachment threat

Opinion

‘Why I came back to the DA’

Opinion

When political parties become pit stops for ambitious politicians

Crime

Braamfischerville teen murder: Police arrest 19-year-old suspect

News

WEATHER WARNING: Mercury plunges in Joburg as cold front grips Gauteng

Crime

‘Violence is not activism’: Natjoints cracks down on Xenophobic unrest

News

In case you missed it: ICJ genocide case deadlines | ‘Africans and Coloureds’ on WC school waiting lists | Malawi repatriation

Courts

‘I’ve never dreamt wearing an orange uniform’: Usindiso building fire accused maintains innocence

News

Cop claims whistle-blower confessed in R200m cocaine theft, admits Hawks officers may be involved

Weather

Orange level rain warnings: Snow, floods, rough seas in WC and EC storm

News

New Delhi hotel fire kills at least 21

News

Cape Town’s dams sitting over 70%, well above last year’s levels

News

WATCH: Did blades beat rails? SAAF Alouette vs Gautrain – Here’s who won

World

UK PM slams violence over police handcuffing of dying student

South Africa

Eskom, Cogta, Salga and Ramokgopa on solving R467bn municipal electricity debt crisis

Weather

More schools close in the Eastern Cape amidst severe weather warnings

Education

Classrooms still missing: GDE delays Dulcie handover over MEC’s ‘competing priorities’

Politics

EFF boycotts budget debate, says Ramaphosa ‘does not deserve an audience in parliament’