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In case you missed it: ConCourt rules against Zuma | MK warns parties of DA’s ‘tactics’ | Did Limpopo premier fail?

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ConCourt rules against Zuma, but he wants officials held accountable for R28.9m legal costs

Weather

Weather update: These provinces could see rainfall on Monday

News

Traffic cop seen ‘shaking hands’ with taxi driver on maternity leave, probe launched

Crime

14-year-old Mpumalanga boy faces murder charge for allegedly killing domestic worker

Education

Grade 1 and Grade 8 applications: Still 77 000 pupils unplaced in Gauteng

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News ConCourt rules against Zuma, but he wants officials held accountable for R28.9m legal costs

Elections 2026 ANC divisions exposed by poor local election results – will the GNU survive?

Weather Weather update: These six provinces could see thunderstorms on Sunday

News ‘Grossly inappropriate’ – Presidency condemns Nigeria High Commissioner’s conduct on social media

Elections 2026 Mantashe bemoans fragmented black vote after ANC decline

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ANC divisions exposed by poor local election results – will the GNU survive?

News

4-year-old girl rushed to hospital after swallowing pills found in rubbish bin

News

Jobs bloodbath sparks debate in Limpopo

MK’s Manyi warns parties against being outmanoeuvred by DA

10 hung councils in Limpopo: Did Premier Phophi Ramathuba fail?

Sport

OPINION: SA women’s marathon running set for a resurrection

News

South Africans mourn passing of journalist Nabeelah Shaikh

Opinion

The ANC’s political complacency is exhausting

News

More than 90% of the cattle herd in South Africa has been vaccinated against FMD

News

In case you missed it: SACP backs ANC’s coalition decision | Mantashe on ANC’s decline | Ramathuba cracks the whip on MECs

Weather

Weather update: These six provinces could see thunderstorms on Sunday

News

‘Grossly inappropriate’ – Presidency condemns Nigeria High Commissioner’s conduct on social media

Crime

Mine employee in North West arrested for stealing explosives

Crime

Deaths of Oudtshoorn police sergeant and wife investigated

Elections 2026

Mantashe bemoans fragmented black vote after ANC decline

Elections 2026

ANC’s resistance to forming coalitions with DA welcomed by SACP

Politics

‘No more excuses!’ – Ramathuba cracks the whip as opposition demands action, not speeches

World

Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ as outage triggers global chaos

Courts

Four accused over farmer Donovan Marx’s attack abandon bail

Courts

Eastern Cape father gets two life terms for raping his daughter

News

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Courts

‘I have no idea’: Mastermind denies role in Phala Phala theft, but pleads for leniency

Weather

Saturday weather: Orange level 5 severe thunderstorm warning, flooding, disruptive rain and damaging winds

Courts

Three ex-cops get eight years for kidnapping and extorting foreign national

World

Spies and silicon chips: Alice Huang’s tangled corporate web

Africa

‘Smoke everywhere’: Chaos as expelled gold miners flee Guinea