KwaZulu-Natal Organised Crime Narcotics police officers have dismantled a suspected drug syndicate following the arrest of three people in Umzinto.
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The death toll from the collapse of a four-storey temple building in Redcliffe, Verulam, has risen to three after two more bodies were recovered from the rubble on Saturday.
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Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has issued a notice of intent to cancel the registration of private higher education colleges, Damelin, City Varsity, and ICESA City Campus.
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The City of Ekurhuleni has put its controversial head of human resources, Linda Gxasheka, on immediate precautionary suspension after serious allegations surfaced at the Madlanga Commission.
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The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a preservation order valued at over R12.1 million, targeting an extensive network of properties and luxury vehicles belonging to people linked to a zama zama mining syndicate.
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Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding are forecast in parts of the Free State, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng, according to the South African Weather Service.
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The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has delivered a crushing blow to the Information Regulator’s bid to block the publication of matric results, upholding an appeal by the Department of Basic Education, and dismissing the regulator’s key arguments as “fanciful” and likening their approach to “a poorly constructed thought experiment”.
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The ANC national general council has decided that SACP members should be recused from ANC election workshops and strategy meetings amid discussions on addressing differences between alliance partners.
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The South African Weather Service has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms, with heavy rain leading to localised flooding for multiple provinces, while damaging waves are forecast in the Western Cape.
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