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EFF’s Dunga appointed as finance MEC in Lesufi’s Cabinet reshuffle

News

‘It’s an expensive process’: Provinces grapple with high cost and resistance to lifestyle audits

Local News

Orphaned white rhino becomes a mom for the second time [VIDEO]

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Prison for therapy? Here’s why mentally ill patients are behind bars instead of in hospitals

Weather

Weather alert: Heatwave grips Eastern Cape as temperatures soar

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Police captain suspended over alleged millions fraud

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Politics City of Joburg writes off debt: Commitment to the poor or political gimmick?

Courts Unemployed man seeks court order forcing wife to support child from affair

News Are corrupt water officials getting away with it?

News Amad denies firing gun in viral funeral video

South Africa R80 million legal bill deepens Prasa dispute

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South Africa

Government misses 30-day deadline on R22 billion in invoices

World

Trump says war could end in two, three weeks as Israel strikes Tehran

Celebs And Viral

‘I will not apologise’: Kenny Kunene fires back at Malema’s R1m lawsuit

News

Cardiac crisis at Charlotte Maxeke: Gauteng health dept denies high surgery death rate claims

Africa

‘Dozens’ killed in Burundi after arsenal fire: security sources

Crime

Woman’s body found in home freezer sparks inquest in Upington

News

Fuel prices bite: These fast-food menu items in SA will cost more

News

WATCH: IEC unveils ‘Get up. Show up. Vote.’ ahead of 2026 municipal elections

Courts

‘Next time you won’t have an excuse’ – court tells state as DJ Warras murder case delayed

South Africa

US envoy Bozell pushes for growth-focused economic partnership with SA

South Africa

SA’s water crisis deepens as audit reveals municipalities are losing more water than they use

News

Is South Africa benefiting from a rerouting of shipping due to Middle East conflict?

Politics

City of Joburg writes off debt: Commitment to the poor or political gimmick?

Courts

Unemployed man seeks court order forcing wife to support child from affair

News

Easter road spike highlights hidden toll on crash survivors

News

Are corrupt water officials getting away with it?

Crime

Foreign national sentenced for illegal possession of explosives

Crime

Two people gunned down in Hannover Park in Western Cape

South Africa

Energy inequality deepens as paraffin users left exposed to punitive hike

World

Middle East war: American journalist kidnapped

South Africa

No April Fools: Fuel and electricity up, wallets empty as SA feels the pain

Opinion

Top cop faces his defining moment in court

South Africa

More than half of SA’s children still face multiple deprivations – Stats SA

South Africa

Fuel levy cut offers relief but falls short

South Africa

Diesel shortage brings Tshwane buses to a standstill

News

Amad denies firing gun in viral funeral video