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President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a three-member independent panel to inquire into the circumstances of the docking of the Russian vessel Lady R in Simon's Town in December.
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The SA Weather Service (SAWS) expects widespread thundershowers over parts of the Free State, Northern and Eastern Cape on Sunday, spreading to the Western Cape on Monday, where there is a possibility of heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in places.
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Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday accused the tax collection agency's staff of cutting government revenue by engaging in corruption, colluding with tax evaders and taking bribes.
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Police have launched a manhunt after a Limpopo EFF councillor was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in Ga-Botha village outside Marble Hall.
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A Free State maths and physical sciences teacher who kissed a grade 8 pupil has been fired and declared unfit to work with children.
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St Francis College has won the inaugural Sowetan-SA Home Loans School Quiz title after going head-to-head with Inkonjane Junior Secondary School in the finals on Saturday.
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South Africa hopes its new price edge over major global maize producers will help it secure a share of China's huge grain market, GrainSA has said.
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Free State police arrested a Mozambican national wanted for theft of cellphone tower batteries this week.
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A Northern Cape woman has been found by police in Lephalale, Limpopo, after being missing for 10 days.
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Former president Jacob Zuma was yet again “playing for time” in launching another baseless application for the removal of Adv Billy Downer, as the lead prosecutor in his arms deal-related corruption and fraud trial.
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Four suspects have been arrested in connection with a murder emanating from a mob justice incident at Kgautswane village outside Burgersfort in Polokwane.
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DNA evidence has linked a Free State man charged with robbery to a farm murder committed in 2020.
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One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was "sorry" for the 1994 killings.
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The City of Tshwane has cautioned Hammanskraal residents against buying water from roaming tankers in the area.
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Northern Alliance councillor Gary Van Niekerk was elected Nelson Mandela Bay's newest mayor on Friday.
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A KwaZulu-Natal was sentenced to two life terms for raping his teenage cousin in Mahlabathini in 2021.
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After two grueling rounds, its now down to the final 8 schools for the ultimate showdown of the Sowetan SA Home Loans School Quiz
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King Shaka International Airport says there was no interruption to operations or harm to passengers and staff at the airport after a fire alarm went off on Friday – for the second time in one month.
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A prominent politician has been accused of arson and malicious damage to property after two properties in Limpopo were torched earlier this week.
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Hundreds of disgruntled Durban residents took to the streets on Friday to protest against an increase in electricity, water, sanitation and rates tariffs proposed by the eThekwini municipality.