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SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time

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Joburg CBD power outage: City Power begins staged repairs after Central Substation fire

South Africa

Is it time to reconsider the death penalty in SA? Here are the arguments for and against

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17 illegal firearms seized in Mpumalanga amid recent murders

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Eskom load reduction schedule for the rest of September

Crime

Christmas stabbing: Man gets life for killing partner

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News Mass shootings: Weekend bloodshed leaves questions about police intelligence

News NHI tender scandal: Investigators probe ‘inflated’ contracts

Rugby Springbok player ratings from 42-38 defeat to Wallabies in Perth

Crime Another woman killed in Ekurhuleni: 11th body found strangled in Springs

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Madlanga commission to lay criminal charges against Feroz Khan over non-attendance [VIDEO]

Politics

‘The stokvel party is crumbling’: ANC in KZN says it will take back eThekwini

Education

Here is when students will return to school for Term 4

Icasa opens airwaves: PEB slots allocated as fierce 2026 local polls loom

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Sardine deaths ease, but are they safe to eat?

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Why sharing your pills can harm your health, Gauteng Health warns

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One killed in KZN after taxi overturns on N2

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Robotic legs used to rescue 47-year-old mom off Table Mountain

Crime

Another woman killed in Tembisa

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Elite police team deployed as Wedela Tavern massacre death toll rises

Crime

Limpopo police sergeant allegedly kills man, rapes teen, then commits suicide

South Africa

Undocumented foreigners, crime, and tourism challenges flagged in Mpumalanga

Opinion

Cyril, take action against crime

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Taxi Boss Oupa ‘King of the Sky’ Sindane brought down by Madlanga Commission

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Mass shootings: Weekend bloodshed leaves questions about police intelligence

Special Features

Steven Kitshoff: Rugby’s quiet game‑changer

Opinion

US and SA at an impasse

Crime

Barberton tavern shooting: One dead, three wounded as police launch manhunt

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Harassment or flirting? When the lines blur at office parties

Crime

Ramaphosa: We can’t be a country where people just pick up guns and start shooting at random

Opinion

Men kill, not love women

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N2 Mtubatuba horror crash: Ntuli mourns Maskandi festivalgoers

Opinion

SA and India join forces on defence and military

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NHI tender scandal: Investigators probe ‘inflated’ contracts

Crime

Tembisa cemetery murder: Suspect nabbed in Limpopo hours after grim discovery

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