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In case you missed it: Chikunga over attacks on women | Gauteng murder rate drops | Eight killed in N17 crash

South Africa

SA study links air pollution to deadly pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis risks

Crime

Elephants trample poacher in Kruger National Park illegal incursion

Crime

Police seize R9m in fake goods, including Springboks gear, in Gauteng raid

South Africa

Chikunga demands action after women attacked while exercising

Weather

Monday weather: Several warnings in parts of South Africa

EDITOR'S CHOICE

South Africa Ramaphosa calls for accountability over Palestine, Sudan, Iran

Crime Kempton Park serial killer fears: Saps warns women after four bodies found

News WATCH: Anastasia Fourie shines at Zulu Reed Dance as 30 000 maidens gather in KZN

Courts Bafana Mahungela found guilty of Kirsten Kluyts’ murder

Business Transnet posts profit for the first time in four years, but still long way to go to recovery

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Saps investigates four women’s bodies found in Kempton Park

South Africa

Ramaphosa Backs China’s Brics AI plan, warns against risks

Education

61 illegal schools face closure as Gauteng allocates R1.13bn

News

Gauteng crime stats: Murder down, but no room for complacency

News

Eight, including two children, killed in N17 head-on collision

South Africa

Ramaphosa calls for accountability over Palestine, Sudan, Iran

Courts

30 years’ service, a lost job and payout: Numsa criticised over abandoning ex-worker’s case

Elections 2026

Mbalula hits back at Andile Lungisa’s court challenge as ANC battles candidate-list fallout

Politics

Pay now or face consequences, warns mayor

Elections 2026

Quit the political mudslinging

Crime

Kempton Park serial killer fears: Saps warns women after four bodies found

News

In case you missed it: Man arrested over Parliament security breach | Ramaphosa pushes UN reform at Brics | Search intensifies for missing runner

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Africa Braces for strongest El Niño since 1950 – heat, drought and floods loom

News

Saps intensifies search for missing Kempton Park runner

Crime

High‑speed chase ends in R2 million dagga bust on N4

South Africa

Eskom slams inflated Kusile, Medupi cost reports, confirms official budgets

News

Parliament security breach: Man arrested after unlawful entry into precinct

Weather

Weather alert: Damaging winds, storms and rough seas loom

News

WATCH: Anastasia Fourie shines at Zulu Reed Dance as 30 000 maidens gather in KZN

Education

TUT students get Nsfas funding restored after code errors

South Africa

Ramaphosa demands UN reform, accountability at Brics Summit in India

Courts

Western Cape department loses appeal over pothole crash that cost motorcyclist his leg

News

South Africa has new electricity pricing rules after 18 years: what it gets right and wrong

‘Stop these murders’: KZN police tells parties to ‘compete without violence’ amid political killings

Elections on water: Another ‘decade of decline’ in Limpopo as water access tightens

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