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KwaZulu-Natal’s transport and human settlements MEC Siboniso Duma says the owners of both the heavy-duty truck and the overloaded taxi which were involved in a crash near Isipingo, south of Durban, on Thursday morning will face the law for a number of tra

The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept interest rates unchanged. The repo rate will stay at 6.75% and the prime lending rate at 10.25%.

Central bank holds firm as new risks emerge

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero urged against politicising service delivery during an election year, before a no-confidence motion against him by the Al Jama-ah party, amid continued waste collection issues in the city.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the formation of a task team to investigate police misconduct revealed by the Madlanga commission, with acting police minister Firoz Cachalia and national commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola leading the effort.

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and the Democratic Alliance have attacked Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie over problems linked to his department.

After supposedly reaching an amicable agreement with Pikitup executives and the City of Johannesburg, frustrated Pikitup employees torched two waste collection trucks.

Hospital report highlights widespread problems with Yaser Jabbar’s operations.

Team-mate Gael Fickou says France have lost the best prop they have ever had after Uini Atonio was forced to retire with a heart problem.

South Africa’s central bank kept its main lending rate unchanged at 6.75%.

A Mpumalanga municipal employee, already suspended for theft, was beaten by the community and handed to police for allegedly stealing a water pump, leaving residents without water for three days.

It comes as Sir Keir Starmer visits Beijing – the first UK prime minister to do so in eight years.

Leo Ross is thought to be the youngest knife crime victim in the West Midlands.

A case of fraud has been opened after ballot papers from the ANC Johannesburg regional conference were discovered at a house in Pretoria in a sting operation that included the police.

The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates unchanged at its January meeting.