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Ex-lover says cash-strapped metro police boss planned R14-million stone theft

A secret witness told the Madlanga Commission that suspended EMPD chief Julius Mkhwanazi planned a R14-million precious stones theft because he was desperate for money.

Joburg wins court battle over controversial water levy

Johannesburg residents will pay a higher water levy from 1 July after the city defeated AfriForum's urgent court bid to stop the increase.

Police ready for anti-migrant protest day

Police have identified protest hotspots across South Africa ahead of 30 June, when anti-illegal immigration groups plan demonstrations.

She cooks for the whole street and R45 is all she can charge

Khanyisa Bezana feeds up to 15 people a day from her stall in Lusikisiki, charges R45 a plate, and her grocery bill alone has jumped by R1,000 in a single year.

NFP defies court order and suspends Shinga again within days

The Pietermaritzburg High Court reinstated Mbali Shinga on Friday. By Monday the NFP had suspended her again, and her lawyer is now threatening fresh legal action against the party.

Farmer tells government to help cut costs or lose the next generation

A Limpopo crop farmer says rising feed prices are squeezing small farmers out, and that government training on making affordable fertiliser is the only fix.

Your child could retire a millionaire for R423 a month

South Africa has a retirement solution hiding in plain sight and most people have never heard of it.

KZN news bites: Saps commanders with failing stations told not to apply for top posts

Celani Sikhakhanebrings you KwaZulu-Natal’s latest news. 

‘He was buried like a dog’ family says after bishop found in shallow grave

The family of a Zion Church bishop say he was found in a shallow grave wrapped in a blanket, cowhide and plastic while his coffin, displayed at a public funeral, held only building blocks.

Police committee chair presses state over June 30 inciters still walking free

Parliament's police watchdog says people who publicly called for violence ahead of the June 30 deadline have not been arrested, even as the government spends R600 million on security.

Eight in ten new voters are young and most of them do not trust any party to deliver

Nearly 380,000 of the 477,174 South Africans who registered to vote this weekend were aged 16 to 29, but many say no party has earned their trust yet.

Former Zambian president’s widow wins court battle to bury him in South Africa

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled the Zambian government failed to prove Edgar Lungu agreed to a State funeral, handing his widow the right to bury him in Johannesburg.

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