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Money doesn’t go to SA’s athletes as Smith leaves

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Ventersdorp residents battle service collapse as hung JB Marks council sparks hope

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10111: ‘An emergency number that people cannot reliably reach’

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Mpumalanga police urge stokvel members to protect festive season savings

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#TwoBits: KwaDukuza’s political shake-up offers a chance to put KwaDukuza first!

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Kingsol promises to fix broken Emfuleni

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UN appoints SAHRC’s Tshepo Madlingozi to lead global racial justice mechanism

DA begins coalition talks with ANC and new party in Mpumalanga

Opinion

Helpline crisis must be fixed as 10111 collapses

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NPA steps in after harassment allegations involving senior advocate

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Tennis for all at Ellis Park as children rediscover courts

Opinion

Votes now bargaining chips in coalition talks

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SABC power crisis exposes deep financial woes, sparks calls for funding shake-up

Courts

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Elections 2026

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Weather

Weather alert: Thursday will be hot to very hot in 5 provinces amid heatwave

Courts

Stuart James Scharnick to defend himself in firearm-related case

Courts

Man’s ‘unsound’ 15-year fraud conviction in R700k email scam scrapped after appeal

Elections 2026

Are political donors unfairly swaying SA’s democracy after DA’s R225m revealed?

News

Labour Court upholds dismissal of municipal manager’s senior employee over false assault claim

News

‘More than greed’: Matlala says Cele kept asking him for money, unaware Idac sought former minister’s arrest

World

Politicians ‘must listen’: General strike over housing hits Spain ahead of election

Africa

‘End to tyranny’: DR Congo president Tshisekedi opens way for third term under new constitution

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‘We’ve been dealing with the Zuma drama’: ANCYL leader says Zuma’s daughter is free to leave the ANC

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Shebeshxt remains in custody after police-escorted bank visit in Polokwane

Sport

OPINION: Olympic codes in SA need an overhaul, or the exodus won’t stop with Tatjana Smith

South Africa

Here is the alarming number of 10111 calls dropped or unanswered in Gauteng

Mashaba says ActionSA replaced ANC as the hope of ‘black’ South Africans, as coalition talks continue

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SABC fights to stay on air after explosion deepens Auckland Park power crisis