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A 31-year-old off-duty police officer was shot and killed inside her vehicle close to a primary school in Langa. A few hours later, a police admin clerk was shot dead in nearby Athlone.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has firmly dismissed any discussions around succession, urging supporters of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's presidential campaign to exercise patience and refrain from pushing the agenda prematurely.

A 43-year-old company director is expected to appear in the Evander Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly defrauding a bank by using falsified documents to obtain a R1-million overdraft, which would have seen one of his two companies benefit from the loan.

Holly, a brave dachshund-cross dog, was heroically reunited with her owner, Peter Deering, this week after surviving three days on a mountain engulfed by flames in Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town.

The governemnt has decided to close the South African embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, effective from 30 June this year.

Crawford alumni Thato Ramoshaba and Lebaka Morallane are launching OffCourse?!, a social media platform tackling bullying, hate speech, and addictive behaviors. Inspired by personal struggles, it combines AI and human moderation to create a safe digital space.

The Cape Town communities of Vrygrond and Capricorn are reeling from months of deadly violence linked to a turf war between taxi operators and the JFK gang, which has claimed dozens of lives since March.

The three police officers whose bodies were recovered from the Hennops River this week will be honoured with official funerals.

Holly, a brave dachshund-cross dog, was heroically reunited with her owner, Peter Deering, this week after surviving three days on a mountain engulfed by flames in Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town.

Walter Tebogo Letsie, the chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, is in hot water after he was accused of making "unfounded and defamatory" remarks about the University of Limpopo during media interviews.

Crawford alumni Thato Ramoshaba and Lebaka Morallane are launching OffCourse?!, a social media platform tackling bullying, hate speech, and addictive behaviors. Inspired by personal struggles, it combines AI and human moderation to create a safe digital space.

The three police officers whose bodies were recovered from the Hennops River this week will be honoured with official funerals.

Terrible things are happening in the United States. Horrible things. Some people say the most horrible things ever. For Jan Gerber and Karyn Maughan, who reported on state capture, these things are all too familiar.

When it comes to old school and elder statesman, Jeff Radebe ticks all the boxes. From exile, MK and a stint on Robben Island, to 25 years in government, followed by the thankless task of “renewing" the party in KwaZulu-Natal. Anneliese Burgess talks to him about all this, plus his new-found love for spaghetti Bolognese, and music being first love.

In this week's Braai Briefing, Jonathan Ancer brings you nature’s gentle giants and human nutters, so grab a chop, crack a cold one, and dive into wacky stories about slimy snails, cosmic snoops, and finger-yanking lunatics in lederhosen that made international headlines this week.

Tenderpreneur Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala is a person of interest in a police investigation centred on the botched murder of socialite, influencer and actress Tebogo Thobejane in 2023. This is the latest scandal to blight his R360-million tender windfall, awarded by the same organisation investigating him for conspiracy and attempted murder. He has denied wrongdoing.

Hundreds of doctors have come out against a small group of their peers who are against gender-affirming medical practices and are instead advocating for what they call "evidence-based clinical practice".

Already endangered, local vulture populations could become casualties of South Africa's growing energy needs, conservationists have warned.

Tenderpreneur Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala is a person of interest in a police investigation centred on the botched murder of socialite, influencer and actress Tebogo Thobejane in 2023. This is the latest scandal to blight his R360-million tender windfall, awarded by the same organisation investigating him for conspiracy and attempted murder. He has denied wrongdoing.

The home where missing Joshlin Smith once lived has been burnt to the ground just hours after Judge Nathan Erasmus convicted her mother, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her partner, Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis, and their friend, Steveno van Rhyn, of kidnapping and trafficking in the Western Cape High Court on Friday.