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Police hunt three suspects after Trichardt shooting claims lives of two brothers

Elections 2026

Here’s how the eight metros stand as the IEC begins to wrap up results

News

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Courts

Bail denied for man accused of killing TUT student in Soweto

Weather

Saturday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms, flooding and hail expected in parts of SA

Elections 2026

Election survey shows drop in trust in IEC – Here’s what else it found

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Elections 2026 All eyes on Joburg battle as ANC-ActionSA alliance potentially emerges

Elections 2026 Zuma’s MK party draws coalition red lines: here’s its non-negotiable

Elections 2026 Duduzane Zuma confident of MK party victories: ‘We’re shaking, we are baking… The champagne is on ice’

Elections 2026 DA claims more than 1 million black South Africans voted for it, but analyst says ‘not so fast’

Elections 2026 Mbeki predicts rise in hung municipalities as Ntshavheni questions foreigners voting

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Courts

Peter ‘Gagash’ Nonyane seeks bail again amid plea negotiations in estate fraud case

Courts

‘Can’t take it at face value’: Defence ‘unhappy’ over docket in Mkhwanazi blue lights case

World

‘Enjoy the moment’: The German clubs limiting smartphones in stadiums

Africa

Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders

Politics

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla on possible MK party return

Crime

Two live pangolins worth R1m found in car boot, four arrested in Rustenburg

Opinion

Collen Malatji | South Africans did not vote for the ANC to take an ‘L’

Courts

Blow for Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla as court denies bid to have charges dropped in terrorism trial

Elections 2026

Coalitions: Who the ANC should work with – ANCYL

News

Woman’s body recovered from Free State river, police urge public to help identify her

Elections 2026

DA eyes mayoral chains as coalition talks begin

News

More than 250 taxi drivers found operating without proper licencing ahead of the festive season

Elections 2026

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: We are in the dwwaaang … but it may be of our own making

Elections 2026

ActionSA claims ANC voters abandoning party as it sweeps township votes

Opinion

Home is where politics are

Elections 2026

All eyes on Joburg battle as ANC-ActionSA alliance potentially emerges

News

Zuma Foundation cuts ties with fundraiser, warns public over unauthorised approaches

Opinion

Politicians have one job: save Johannesburg

Small parties, big ballots: Debate over electoral reform

Zuma’s MK party draws coalition red lines: here’s its non-negotiable

News

Rough ride for RAF claimants as hospitals refuse treatment

Mokonyane concedes poor service delivery driving down ANC voter turnout

Opinion

Tshwane water crisis not new

Opinion

Can SA afford Agoa’s loss as US ends eligibility?

News

Zama zamas’ gun battle sends Primrose residents fleeing

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