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Courts

Witness D murder suspect allegedly found with cellphone in prison

South Africa

Gayton gets slapped over diversity of Saps’ new recruits

World

Workers, migrants focus of documentaries by Oscar winners at Venice

News

Here’s why you should not go to Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay anytime soon

News

Action SA ‘exposes the rot’ after RAF allegedly paid R29 million to 16 suspended employees

News

Mozambican national caught with 16 passports sentenced to five years

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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South Africa MK party slams R23.3bn RAF claims by foreign nationals, vows law change

Courts R200m Port Shepstone cocaine theft: Accused claims prison ‘not conducive’ to his health

Courts ‘What was so special about the wig?’ State asks Mapisa-Nqakula in corruption trial

Elections 2026 WATCH: ‘We’re not buying votes,’ ANC’s Mantashe says after RDP housing backlash

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World

Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa dies aged 89

News

Gauteng sees improved HIV and TB treatment retention in 2025-26

News

King Charles classifies Harry and Meghan as ‘private citizens’

Courts

Mapisa-Nqakula maintains she received no money from SANDF service provider

News

Kruger National Park’s Letaba Camp trades submerged chalets for a sleek new facelift and open gates

News

Sky, the K9, dies in police care

News

Phala Phala impeachment committee freezes evidence leader process as EFF heads to court

News

Concerned over the treatment of police dogs

News

Two suspected armed robbers die in crash after holding up Limpopo petrol station

Elections 2026

Inside the former killing fields of KZN

Education

Prepare for the holidays: Here’s when schools close

News

Steve Biko inquest halted

News

More than 100 drivers found operating without valid licences

Local News

Masakhane motorists warned as thieves target cars parked at home

Local News

Kagiso reservoirs run critically low after power outage

Local News

Woman turns down reward after finding missing Umgeni Park man

Local News

Home Affairs urges voters to secure IDs before local elections

Courts

Madadeni killers handed life sentences for ‘brutal, senseless’ murder

Opinion

Mmusi Maimane’s lifeline is local

Matric

Zimbabwean Grade 12 pupils brought back to SA to write matric exams

Activists call out political parties for excluding disabled people

Opinion

Madiba memories belong to South Africans

Opinion

Cartoon of the day: 9 September 2026

Crime

Laudium residents demand police oust drug dealers near station and nursery

South Africa

Ramaphosa heads to New Delhi as Brics confronts global tensions and pushes reform

Courts

Polokwane Court hands life plus 33 years to Limpopo killer