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IN PICS | Farewell to Mabuza: 'Unity in ANC will allow his spirit to rest in peace'

David Mabuza's youngest sister complained during his memorial service on Thursday that "the public is cruel", having posted about her brother's death before they were even ...

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Mother of boy who died in initiation school fire didn't know he ...

A Limpopo woman whose child died after suffering severe burns at an initiation school that caught fire said she was not aware that her son was there ...

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Chief justice asks Mkhwanazi and Masemola to back up allegations

The acting secretary-general of the Office of the Chief Justice has officially requested national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and ...

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Mpumalanga ANC misled Mabuza into contest with ...

ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe has accused the ANC in Mpumalanga of misleading the late deputy president David Mabuza into challenging Cyril Ramaphosa for the party’s presidency at the ANC national conference in December 2022.
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Gigaba unwavering in bid to gag former wife's tell-all TV interview

Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba says he is actively exploring all available legal options against Goat ...

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Two kidnappers killed, three arrested as police rescue businessman in Randfontein

Two alleged kidnappers were shot dead on Thursday and three others arrested during an operation to rescue a kidnapped ...

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NGOs: NPA must prosecute Mahlangu, Manamela for Life Esidimeni deaths

The families of Life Esidimeni patients, and NGOs Section27 and the SA Depression and Anxiety Group have urged the ...

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WATCH | Kenya's president orders police to shoot violent protesters in leg

Kenya's President William Ruto said on Wednesday that police should shoot protesters who vandalise businesses in the ...

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IN PICS | ActionSA stages picket in Durban in solidarity with Mkhwanazi

ActionSA KwaZulu-Natal leader Zwakele Mncwango believes a commission will not save South Africans from the unfolding ...

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LISTEN | Mkhwanazi finds support in parliament, but ANC says let probe play out

Opposition parties have thrown their weight behind KwaZulu-Natal police chief Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi after his ...

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Caiphus Nyoka’s killer Johan Marais gets 15 years as court cites lack of remorse

Former apartheid police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Pretoria high court ...

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Ramaphosa to address nation on Sunday on Mkhwanazi's allegations

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday brief the nation on developments arising from statements made by KwaZulu-Natal ...

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Public universities carry cost of broken funding system, says NWU professor

While minister promises reforms, universities are on receiving end of crumbling system that is fast becoming ...

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SPCA lodges criminal complaint against Mossel Bay municipality

The Garden Route SPCA is lodging a criminal case against the Mossel Bay municipality related to “severe cruelty” ...

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Suspect held for murder of 102-year-old Eastern Cape woman

A 37-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 102-year-old woman in Butterworth. Police ...

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Man braves strong swells to rescue child from drowning at Durban beach

A man who recently moved from Pretoria to the KwaZulu-Natal south coast saved a boy's life near Baggies Beach on ...

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POLL | Do you believe Senzo Mchunu’s explanation about his relationship with Brown ...

Minister of police Senzo Mchunu is under fire after admitting he does know North West businessman Brown Mogotsi just ...

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'I mentioned the wrong Vusimuzi': Cameron retracts Matlala's company link to MaMkhize

Police portfolio committee chair Ian Cameron has withdrawn the statement he made about the cache of firearms seized ...

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WATCH | Memorial service for former deputy president DD Mabuza

Deputy President Paul Mashatile is delivering the keynote address at the memorial service for former deputy president ...