The National Council of Provinces passed the Appropriation Bill on Wednesday, bringing Budget 2025’s fraught passage through Parliament to an end.
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A SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier, who was conducting border patrol duties in Limpopo near Zimbabwe, was trampled to death by a herd of elephants, the military has said.
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Three more people have appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court in connection with a R300 million shareholder fraud case, bringing the total number of accused to 10.
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The sporting community is mourning the death of Kerry Grundlingh, a women’s rowing student-athlete at Princeton University in the United States.
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The body of a University of Cape Town student was found at an off-campus student residential property in Victoria Road, Woodstock at the weekend.
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A witness in the murder trial of a taxi driver who died after being assaulted and set alight during the July unrest in Phoenix has told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban that the entire ordeal was captured on cellphone by some of those who were present on that day.
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Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has expressed concerns over the decline in government efficiency and crime-fighting systems that he recalls were in place during his tenure.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of strong winds resulting in damage to temporary structures in parts of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
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The family of a six-year-old boy who died during a perilous 19-hour, 30km journey on foot to see his sickly mother is now facing another nightmare - the possible loss of the three surviving boys who accompanied him.
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