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While the health department has spent the last week trying to reassure the public that everything was under control amid a medicines crisis, it has been using Section 21 medicines as a “last resort” to source alternative medication for the country for the past ten years.

While gunmen were unleashing volley after volley of bullets on patrons at Dora’s Tavern last Saturday night, police allegedly hid nearby, too scared to enter without backup, which took two hours to arrive, sources have revealed.

Two Turkish fugitives wanted in their home country for separate gender-based violence cases were arrested in South Africa.

The DA has said that Joburg’s bridges are in trouble after claiming that 78% were rated poor or very poor by the city.

With just over a month left before the local government elections, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) is confident that the “necessary security measures and operational preparations are in place to support safe, secure and orderly elections”.

If Marques Ackerman makes his long-awaited Test debut for South Africa in the coming month, his grandmother Henna will burst with pride.

Scottish actor Dougray Scott plays the antagonist, Quintus Wernich, in the upcoming series ‘Invisible’, which is based on Deon Meyer’s 2007 novel ‘Onsigbaar’ (English title: ‘Blood Safari’).

Seven years after a new multi-million-rand fire station was built for the people of Matsulu, near Nelspruit, villagers saying neglect and a resourcing problems are seeing their homes burn to the ground.

The bodies of 14-year-old twin brothers have been found with stab wounds in their home in Mamelodi West, Pretoria.

Battleground 2026 is not just another election. It’s a moment in time when the tectonic plates that make up South Africa’s political world will shift and realign.

Almost a century after it was founded on the back of the discovery of significant gold deposits, the once gilded future of the West Rand mining settlement of Venterspos has been hijacked by zama zamas and its lustre lost to decay and neglect.

There’s no legal justification for accommodation venues to impose a “no refund” policy on deposits. Don’t get too excited, though – a consumer can cancel, but the company can retain a reasonable penalty, says Wendy Knowler.

The state has lost 2 523 police firearms in four years, while 41 297 people were murdered with illegal guns. As gun violence increases, civil organisations and firearm stakeholders say now is the time to finally fix the Central Firearms Register.

Hot on the heels of the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge, here’s what’s selling, and what’s worth buying.

Two widely shared wildlife clips have gone viral and started debates in the comments section. Andrew Thompson explains how frame-by-frame clues and the cringeworthy commentary point to AI-generated footage.

Lethabo Monametsi started dancing after watching “Strictly Come Dancing South Africa”. Now she’s the one on the floor of the original show.

Unimpressed Dale College parents have blown the whistle on the looming appointment of a new first-team rugby coach after a former Springbok and another former pro player on the current coaching team were both overlooked.

The Special Tribunal has dismissed former ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe’s application to stay proceedings brought against him and his company, Enviro Mobi (Pty) Ltd, by the Special Investigating Unit relating to a R27.6 million tender.

The DA’s legal battle to force opposition parties to reveal their hidden PR candidates has backfired, with ActionSA pointing to two DA candidates ranked near the top of its lists despite findings of serious misconduct.

The SAPS spent its entire R120.9 billion budget but barely hit half its targets. The Auditor-General flagged unreliable performance data, failed probity audits and a new material irregularity over a case docket system that the police don’t implement.