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Eight killed as Malawi‑bound bus plunges off Limpopo mountain pass

A devastating bus crash on the notorious Soutpansberg mountain pass along the N1 in Limpopo has left at least eight people dead and 44...

Concourt: Parly acted unlawfully in blocking Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment

The Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional a National Assembly rule that allowed members of parliament to block a full impeachment inquiry through a preliminary...

ILF’s Norma Mbatha and Deputy Minister Nonceba Mhlauli in showdown over...

Izwi Labantu Forum (ILF), an organisation that represents the interests of black farmers and disadvantaged communities in South Africa, has stated that the country...

I was treated as a suspect in the cocaine theft –...

The theft of 541kg of cocaine from a police facility in Port Shepstone was a targeted operation carried out by people with inside knowledge,...

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis draws line in sand over looming Phala...

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says the party will not turn a blind eye to an adverse ruling should the Constitutional Court find...

Khusela Diko lashes out as Ghana moves to drag SA ‘xenophobia’...

ANC MP and portfolio committee member Khusela Diko has fiercely pushed back against Ghana’s move to place alleged xenophobic attacks in South Africa on...

WHO reveals how bird‑watching trip sparked global hantavirus alert

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finally pieced together how a bird-watching couple unknowingly helped spark an international hantavirus scare that reached South Africa,...

Hawks chiefs failed to act before R200m cocaine vanished, Madlanga told

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Jakobus Prinsloo, a former member of the SAPS Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), has told the Madlanga commission of inquiry...

TVET deputy director-general Sam Zungu resigns from DHET

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has been rocked by the sudden resignation of its deputy director-general responsible for technical and vocational...

No more Mabena: Cabinet approves SANDF rescue plan after years of...

South Africa’s battered military could finally be marching towards redemption after years of public ridicule, deadly foreign deployments, shrinking budgets and extraordinary scenes of...