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Controversial Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is implicated in South Africa in alleged money laundering of more than R800 million, died in a fiery crash on Wednesday evening when his helicopter went down, killing his wife, two passengers and two pilots.

Cape Town murder accused Tristan Perez wants Western Province Cricket Association clearance so he can play cricket again.

The former commander of the Sandton police station, Brigadier Egen Moodley, finds himself at the centre of a police investigation regarding a uniform in which a stripper posed for a selfie.

With a month to go before the local government elections, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says a “real political shift is under way in South Africa” after a News24/SABI opinion poll showed his party in the lead in three of the four metros polled.

Most parts of South Africa can expect cloudy conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers on Monday, with seven provinces affected by the wet weather.

The body of a 22-year-old University of Limpopo female student was found partially clothed in a trench next to the institution’s fence in Mankweng on Sunday morning, police said.

Dismissed Crime Intelligence deputy head Major General Feroz Khan has filed his long-delayed statement and confirmed he will appear before the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday.

A teenager who watched his mother being murdered by his father told the Pinetown Regional Court of years of physical, emotional and financial abuse and revealed that his mother could not even buy her children a chocolate without reporting the purchase to her husband.

When it comes to the country’s direction, they’re in the Cape of Storms. But when it comes to their city’s direction, they’re in the Cape of Good Hope. A poll exclusive to News24 has shown how Capetonians feel.

Helen Zille will not secure an outright win in Johannesburg and will have to depend on coalition partners – particularly the ANC – to breach the gap between 50% and the 36% support level at which she is polling.

A News24/SABI poll puts Jacob Zuma’s MK Party at 43% in eThekwini, nearly four times the ANC’s 11%.

The DA beats the ANC in Tshwane with 32% of the vote compared to 24% if the local government elections were held tomorrow.

On 4 November, South Africans vote for the councils that run their municipalities. To find out where voters stand, News24 commissioned SABI Strategy Group to survey 5 001 registered voters: nationally, and in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tshwane and eThekwini. The results show who leads, what voters want fixed, who they trust, and which coalitions they would accept. Explore the findings, the analysis, and the full results.

The News24/SABI poll took the temperature of the electorate. These are the insights we gained.

Nineteen-year-old utility back Luan Giliomee was still playing for the Sharks against Leinster last night and joins the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.

Lhuan-dré Pretorius smashed an unbeaten 188* for the Titans against the Knights in the Pro20 Cup in Bloemfontein on Friday - the highest individual T20 score in history.

Ernst Roets’s Lex Libertas has met with senior White House officials to lobby for US-facilitated negotiations between the SA government and minority groups, which could lead to “sustainable settlements” for minority groups in South Africa.

Arguments advanced on behalf of rape-accused suspended top cop Shadrack Sibiya, his own WhatsApp messages and a recorded threat to the father of his child accuser, paint a very dark picture of a once-powerful police officer who allegedly believed he was entitled to seek sex and sexual material from teenagers, write Karyn Maughan and Iavan Pijoos.

While the EFF respected Jacob Zuma, he was not the future and voters should not believe this either, said the leader of the Red Berets, Julius Malema, as he campaigned in the former president’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

A South African pilot and his New Zealand colleague landed a flydubai jet safely after the co-pilot attacked the captain mid-flight in what experts say could have been a catastrophic disaster.