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Exxaro is parting ways with its former head of coal, several months after he was suspended pending an independent probe.

SA's biggest gold miner, Harmony Gold, said on Monday that while heavy rainfall and safety stoppages weighed on its third-quarter production, higher prices have still driven its cash pile to record levels.

Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.

To instill law and order and achieve improved service delivery, South Africa's democracy needs a "little" dictatorship.

Cape Town City FC, once PSL disruptors and early trophy winners, are now battling relegation in a dramatic fall from grace.

The DA is not in the government of national unity to please other parties, especially the ANC.

Strong winds are expected near the northern coastline of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

The State has withdrawn a murder charge against an Eastern Cape woman who allegedly beat a man to death she caught raping her disabled daughter last month.

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Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is free to return to cricket action and is available for the Proteas when they take on Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord's in June.

National school nutrition programme service providers in KwaZulu-Natal protested outside the district offices of the Department of Education in Pietermaritzburg on Monday, with more than 50% claiming they have not been paid for services rendered.

If unplanned breakdowns remain 13 000 MW, Eskom could avoid load shedding altogether this winter, for a second year in a row.

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of missing Pretoria-based journalist Aserie Ndlovu and his partner, Zodwa Mdhluli.

A Hawks captain has described former Free State premier Ace Magashule's one-time assistant, Moroadi Cholota's demeanour as increasingly "aggressive" during interviews in the United States.

The 41-year-old former bouncer of Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria, accused of assaulting and compelling patrons to perform sexual acts on themselves, has found employment at other establishments in Gauteng.

Global rights movement Amnesty International says it is worried about the reported increase in the number of arrests, harassment and detention of human rights activists, opposition party members and journalists in Zimbabwe.

The Middlepos woman accused of torching Joshlin Smith's home will remain in custody for another week.

Western Cape police are on the hunt for suspects who shot and killed DA ward councillor, Xolile Kalipa, in Stellenbosch on Sunday evening.

Whether or not the United States government honours the invitation to attend the G20 meeting later this year, South Africa will make the event a success, according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

Whether or not the United States government honours the invitation to attend the G20 meeting later this year, South Africa will make the event a success, according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile.