News24 | ‘Imam Muhsin taught me it’s possible to be a believer and a queer person’: Murdered cleric lauded
Imam Muhsin Hendricks was murdered last weekend in Gqeberha in what is believed to have been a targeted killing.
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Wits, SRC to support deserving students with housing and aid
According to Wits management over 97% of undergraduate students have been registered.
Denosa concerned about violence against healthcare workers
A group of men assaulted an intern doctor and held security personnel at gunpoint in Chiawelo
News24 | Ramaphosa takes commercial flight; Rand strengthens post-budget drama: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Water and Sanitation impressed by dam levels improvement
The Water and Sanitation Department says it’s impressed by the improvement of dam levels.
News24 | UCT reaches fee block deal, but some self-funded students remain at risk
The University of Cape Town has reached an agreement with the institution’s Student Representative Council to address 2024 fee debt issues for financially vulnerable students.
Search and Rescue mission underway in Klerksdorp
Search and Rescue mission is underway in Klerksdorp after pedestrians were swept away by flood water
Lamola hails historic G20 foreign ministers meeting
G20 top diplomats are concerned about the instability in certain parts of the world.
Body of missing 9-year-old found in Soshanguve
The SAPS has recovered the body of a nine-year-old boy.
Death toll following heavy rains, mudslides in KZN rises to 7
The hardest hit areas were largely in the south of the Durban metro.
Funeral services of seven of 14 SANDF soldiers to held over weekend
funeral services of seven of the 14 SANDF soldiers to be held in Limpopo over the weekend.
Crime prevention wardens are underutilized: DA Mpumalanga
DA in Mpumalanga says crime prevention wardens are underutilized.
Western Cape recorded highest number of gang-related murders: Mchunu
Mchunu says Western Cape has recorded the highest number of gang-related murders.
Hoedspruit accident DNA tests yet to be concluded
14 people lost their lives, in a horrific crash, in Hoedspruit, two weeks ago.
Limpopo parents, learners concerned about state of scholar transport
Parents and learners in Mafefe, Limpopo are outraged about the state of scholar transport.
News24 | Three women shot dead in Eastern Cape home
Three women were shot dead in the crime-ravaged Lusikisiki area of the Eastern Cape on Thursday night.
Call for the eradication of the term ‘child pornography’
They say that using the term child pornography assumes that a child consented.
eThekwini Metro implements water rationing due to high demand
A water rationing schedule will be made available for residents.
News24 | Globetrotting Cabinet members cost taxpayers millions
Just seven months into their term of office, globe-trotting ministers in the government of national unity have already cost taxpayers millions of rand.
The Joslin Smith disappearance trial set for March 3
Judge Nathan Erasmus set down the date and the venue during pre-trial proceedings
Three women shot dead in Lusikisiki
Eastern Cape police are investigating a case of murder after three women were shot dead.