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Importers’ beef with state as admin ‘bungle’ threatens oxtail supply
South Africans may soon have to pay more for one of the country's most-loved winter comfort foods after a bureaucratic dispute disrupted imports of...
Govt declares 2018 school pit toilet backlog cleared
The basic education department says it has replaced every unsafe pit toilet identified in its 2018 national audit.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announced during...
Khan’s interest in Ekurhuleni manager’s London trip questioned
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry evidence leader, Advocate Adila Hassim, has questioned why deputy crime intelligence head Major-General Feroz Khan appeared to have an...
Two men granted R10K bail each over illegal blue lights on...
Two men who have been accused of illegally fitting blue lights to a private vehicle have been released on R10,000 bail each after appearing...
Govt extends condolences after Malawian national dies during repatriation operation
The South African government has expressed its condolences to the family of a Malawian national who died while being repatriated to Malawi as part...
UN’s Guterres warns AI outpacing oversight, urges rules to protect children
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up with, calling for globally harmonised rules...
EMPD officer in court over R15m precious stones theft
An Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officer and a civilian have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances...
Why you can trust ConCourt’s NHI ruling, whichever way it goes
In early May this year, South Africa’s Constitutional Court became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes over health legislation since democracy.
The...
July 6 deserves to be a public holiday
In any normal democracy, July 6 should be a holiday.
Just like Americans light fireworks every July 4 to celebrate the birth of their republic,...
DA calls for immediate lifestyle audit of minister Dina Pule
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the presidency to conduct an immediate lifestyle audit of newly appointed Minister of Social Development Dina Pule,...
