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Special Tribunal cancels R85m KZN-Mozambique border wall tender [WATCH]

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PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results: Friday, 24 April 2026

News

In case you missed it: Gauteng malaria cases and deaths rise | Zille’s raid unlawful? | Hip replacement surgery waiting list

Weather

Saturday’s weather: Storms threaten Northern Cape as provinces face showers

Crime

Free State man charged after trying to strangle grandmother

News

‘Implementation’ will define South Africa’s SADC leadership, says Lamola

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Politics Unlawful entry? Zille’s Johannesburg Metro Centre raid questioned [VIDEO]

Politics Coalition options narrow for DA as Zille rules out ANC, EFF, MK party

South Africa Gauteng hip surgery wait list stretches to ten years

News Ramaphosa suspends SA police commissioner Fannie Masemola

News Manyi says Ingonyama Trust not ‘political independence’ but Orania argues the similarities

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World

Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Iran peace talks stall

News

‘Doesn’t make sense’: Madlanga not convinced by Dhlamini’s explanation on tender list

Africa

Nigeria sets up court martial for officers accused in 2025 coup plot

Politics

Unlawful entry? Zille’s Johannesburg Metro Centre raid questioned [VIDEO]

News

SA’s democracy is failing in KZN as satisfaction collapses from 54% to 6%

Politics

Cope leaders continue fighting – even after Lekota’s death

News

Police instructed to act ‘without hesitation’ against xenophobic attacks

News

Home Affairs dismissals grow to 63 as more officials get the chop

Courts

Phala Phala burglars’ discharge bid dismissed, trial to continue

Courts

Mkhwanazi and Lerutla to spend Freedom Day in custody as bail postponed again

News

Audi sports car recalled for faulty brakes

Education

No ‘extra’ school holiday next week, warns education department

Courts

Sentencing of Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused postponed after guilty plea

News

Almost 2 million Capetonians choke on filthy air

News

‘R35bn worth of fraud and corruption’: Mashaba wants to give info to Madlanga commission about Joburg

Weather

From calm to cloudy: Cape Town’s weekend weather shift

Crime

Gold processing lab discovered and dismantled in Barberton

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: The long walk to freedom has become a long weekend of selfishness

Politics

Coalition options narrow for DA as Zille rules out ANC, EFF, MK party

Elections

No clear winners in 2026 local government elections

South Africa

Want to go the FIFA World Cup? McKenzie sending lucky football fans to the tournament

Opinion

Do not kill the peacemakers who saved South Africa

Politics

Has Mashaba’s X messaging softened on ANC and hardened on DA?

News

Chiefs vs Pirates: Heavy traffic expected for Soweto Derby – what you need to know

News

Puleng Dimpane: From Saps CFO to top cop

Courts

Lengthy sentence given to Mozambican national who murdered pro angler John Wickham