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EFF comes out guns blazing over Cape Town ballot paper chaos on first day of special votes
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SAHRC warns Gauteng water crisis requires accountability beyond government plans
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Man caught trying to steal R47,000 dialysis equipment for R5,000
Thabiso Mokwana was sentenced after a Hawks sting caught him trying to bribe a dialysis facility manager to steal equipment.
By Khaza Mathebula
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Matlala trial: State's assault theory takes a beating as pathologist stands firm
Forensic pathologist Professor Gert Saayman held firm under cross-examination that Musa Kekana's coughing up of blood fits his claim that police assaulted him.
By Zama Nteyi
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Woman robbed of Xiseveseve money
Two armed men stormed a Mokwakwaila home in Limpopo and fled with cash a woman received as gifts at her Xiseveseve party.
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No child has cervical cancer, Motsoaledi tells DA MP
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says no cervical cancer case has ever been recorded in girls aged nine to 15, after a DA MP misread an HPV vaccination slide.
By Zama Nteyi
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Max Makhanya apologised before arrest
TikTok personality Max Makhanya deleted a video aimed at KZN police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and apologised, but was still arrested at the MK…
By Zama Nteyi
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Early voting rockets 228% as IEC prepares for elections
A record 2.65 million South Africans have been approved to cast special votes on Monday and Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s local government elections, driven by…
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‘Ignore the minister’: Premier accused of defying hospital rescue plan
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the NCOP that a provincial premier, whom he did not name, accused him of acting like a finance minister and claimed…
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Foreign nationals accused of overwhelming neonatal ICUs
A senior Department of Health official told Parliament that foreign nationals were overwhelming neonatal ICUs but offered no figures, and the department's own…
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Kefibo dumps husband barely three months after wedding
Influencer Kefilwe “Kefibo” Mabote has reportedly split from her husband, Delani Prince Makaya, barely three months after their wedding.
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