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Police bust suspected mandrax lab in Soweto and arrest four suspects (PICS)

Courts

Free State Christmas stokvel fraudster jailed for 10 years

Courts

Durban protests: Man gets bail despite criminal history and ‘judges must f**k off’ remark

News

In case you missed it: Masemola returns to work | Was Carrim planning to return to SA? | Lions lock Hyron Andrews has died

Crime

Four suspects arrested in R1.4m Stilfontein illicit alcohol bust

Weather

Saturday’s weather: Extremely hot conditions in EC, WC, KZN and Mpumalanga

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Courts Was Suliman Carrim planning to come back to SA? – Flight tickets, old cases argued in bail battle

Politics ConCourt ruling has given Mbalula another shot at the ANC 2027 leadership race

News Ramaphosa lifts suspension of Saps top cop Fannie Masemola

Elections 2026 War of the election posters: Are parties conning voters?

South Africa US may spend millions to find out why Afrikaners aren’t taking Trump’s refugee offer

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Courts

Guardian and friends describe volatile relationship in Northern Cape student murder trial

Courts

Was Suliman Carrim planning to come back to SA? – Flight tickets, old cases argued in bail battle

Are votes for smaller parties a waste, or are the upstarts ‘challenging the established order’?

News

City scratches its head over 160 sick in Tshwane

Education

Gauteng releases 300 000 school placement offers for 2027

Africa

Ethiopia appoints interim Tigray government

World

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘flying’ car

News

Gauteng’s young chess stars battle for provincial honours this weekend

Elections 2026

WATCH: Poop goes punk over Ekurhuleni sewage crisis

Politics

ConCourt ruling has given Mbalula another shot at the ANC 2027 leadership race

South Africa

SAHRC turns spotlight on supermarkets over food prices and hunger

News

Right of reply: CRL Rights Commission welcomes ANC’s clarification on religious freedom and self-regulation

Courts

‘Was I supposed to be shot on the way to court?’ – Fadiel Adams says trial security concerns are ‘BS’

News

Vaal Dam level edges up again: Here’s what its current level stands at

Crime

Couple arrested after 200 people found at alleged illegal rehab centre in Mpumalanga

Politics

Slow progress in disciplining officials linked to contract that grounded Gauteng airwing

Matric

Matrics face language papers: Here’s what pupils are writing next week

News

North West businessman to appear in court after arrest for Madlanga no-show

Politics

ANCYL calls on Ramaphosa to punish DA and get EFF to join GNU

News

Masemola back at the helm: Saps must stay focused on crime fight and reform, Cachalia says

Courts

R54bn Transnet corruption case stays alive as court delays ruling on bid to strike it off the roll

Memes vs municipalities: Is social media actually driving SA’s youth to the polls?

Crime

Father accused of killing daughters, 1 and 11, nabbed after days on the run

Weather

Wet weekend ahead for Cape Town as temperatures dip

Crossing stinky sewage on the way to school, no power at home: The struggles of Thaba Chweu

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: One brutal exam does not make a bad matric