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How Moscow patriarch transformed love thy neighbour into kill thy neighbour

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Weather

Here’s what weather to expect on Friday

World

Defiant Iran seeks to bruise Trump ahead of midterm elections

News

WATCH: ‘Three policemen came into my room while I was naked’: Eden Park councillor on incident causing tension between Saps and the community

World

France withdraws support for Infantino in FIFA presidential election

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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

News Petition against Eskom’s 8.83% tariff hike passes 5 700 signatures as public hearing looms

News 12-year divorce battle: Husband’s R5.9m, R12m pension, no kids’ maintenance, and R2.9m girlfriend loan

Motoring Fuel shock looms: October set to smash South Africa’s price records – Here’s how much you might pay

South Africa MK party slams R23.3bn RAF claims by foreign nationals, vows law change

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Crime

‘He didn’t escape on his own’: Who let Rooigrond prisoner loose?

Education

KZN pupils put province on SADC intellectual map

News

Claim of drunken rage fails as Eastern Cape High Court jails girlfriend’s killer for life

News

Petition against Eskom’s 8.83% tariff hike passes 5 700 signatures as public hearing looms

News

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Education

GDE responds to Villa Liza school infrastructure concerns

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Politics

‘Unifier’ Chikane’s exclusion from ANC mayoral list could spell doom for the party

Crime

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News

Spring Day murder accused abandons bail as victim laid to rest

Crime

Trio arrested after foreign national found dead near Fouriesburg

News

Let parents see the sex offender list: Why those names could save lives

News

DNA evidence ends rapist’s decade-long run, KZN court sentences man

News

Joburg water cuts: Officials meet to fix Eskom-City Power supply crisis

Courts

‘Ill’ Mapisa-Nqakula not in court, case postponed

Weather

No rain on the cards for Gauteng this weekend

Elections 2026

Zuma disbands top task team again, removes mayoral candidate amid MK Party election candidate list fiasco

News

WATCH: Analysts warn Majodina swearing at disabled resident reinforces perception ANC leaders are detached and arrogant

Opinion

ANC and SACP alliance on the edge of disintegration

Crime

WATCH: Two foreign nationals arrested in multimillion-rand mandrax lab bust in Erasmia

Opinion

Kruger’s recovery reminds South Africans what’s worth protecting

Opinion

Cartoon of the day: 10 September 2026

News

Book Club: Peter Hain’s ‘Smuggler Kingpin’ is fiction … or is it?

News

Creecy accused of bias as bus operators challenge repatriation contracts

Opinion

UK air traffic chaos raises alarm bells about rogue AI threat

Local News

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