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DA calls for urgent government action to address surge in child...

The DA has written to Liezl Linda van der Merwe, the chairperson of parliament’s women, youth and persons with disabilities committee, requesting a joint...

Cape Agulhas bets on R81m lighthouse precinct makeover to spark tourism...

Organised business has welcomed the completion of the R81‑million Cape Agulhas Lighthouse precinct project, saying the development is expected to give a major boost...

Woman, two teenagers drown during baptism in Embalenhle’s Wellas River

Police have opened an inquest docket after a 59-year-old woman and two teenagers drowned while being baptised in the Wellas River in Mpumalanga on...

‘Work underway to strengthen institutions weakened by corruption and crime’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has underlined the government's determination to confront organised crime and rebuild trust in the state while acknowledging the challenges still faced...

Head-on collision claims life of on-duty female traffic officer

A female traffic officer was killed in a head-on collision between a state vehicle and a long-distance bus on the N2 highway in Jeffreys...

Brazilian ‘drug mule’ arrested at OR Tambo Airport with drugs worth...

Police at OR Tambo International Airport have arrested a Brazilian drug trafficking suspect after intercepting cocaine valued at an estimated R8.7-million. "The 26-year-old transgender suspect...

Malaria-free world no longer a dream as fight unites nations

On Saturday, World Malaria Day arrived not just as a date on the calendar but as a reckoning with a disease that has plagued...

Charmza

The Springbok Sevens squad that won their very first HSBC SVNS Hong Kong tournament in such a clinical and commanding fashion deserve all the...

Moegoe

Beleaguered Ekurhuleni City manager, Kagiso Lerutla, has shown that he is a buffoon of note. This was proven this week when his past shenanigans surfaced,...

My research wasn’t shoddy – BEE has benefited a few connected...

Since the early 1990s, 46 largely politically connected individuals secured 60% of all the black economic empowerment (BEE) value in mining, becoming billionaires or...