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South Africa has no law governing pre-election opinion polls, and scholars warn they can distort voter choices and erode electoral trust. Regulation is needed, but to what degree is up for debate.

Judgment has been reserved in the bail application of the Mthatha businessman from whose company premises the police seized 140 firearms last week while 135 remained unaccounted for.

Judgment has been reserved in the bail application of the Mthatha businessman from whose company premises the police seized 140 firearms last week while 135 remained unaccounted for.

While Cape Town sweltered through temperatures of up to 35°C on Wednesday amid unusual but not unprecedented September heat, parts of Johannesburg and surrounding provinces were battered by severe storms, hail and damaging winds, illustrating the country’s split weather personality on the cusp of summer.

While Cape Town sweltered through temperatures of up to 35°C on Wednesday amid unusual but not unprecedented September heat, parts of Johannesburg and surrounding provinces were battered by severe storms, hail and damaging winds, illustrating the country’s split weather personality on the cusp of summer.

The question of why the National Student Financial Aid Scheme paid four intermediaries a whopping R615 million to manage student accommodation – when arguably just one could have done the job – was a burning issue in Parliament.

The question of why the National Student Financial Aid Scheme paid four intermediaries a whopping R615 million to manage student accommodation – when arguably just one could have done the job – was a burning issue in Parliament.

The president talks tough, yet again, on fighting gender-based violence, and the Springboks look to bounce back against Italy and win the Nations Championship – this is News24’s Unread.

The president talks tough, yet again, on fighting gender-based violence, and the Springboks look to bounce back against Italy and win the Nations Championship – this is News24’s Unread.

A 32-year-old man is set to make his first appearance in the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court on Thursday after police officers arrested him for robbery and the alleged murder of Mariette Mouton, who was found dead inside her home last Monday.

Thursday will bring with it mostly cloudy and cool conditions, with scattered thundershowers. It will be very hot in places in the Western Cape and warm to hot in the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

Thursday will bring with it mostly cloudy and cool conditions, with scattered thundershowers. It will be very hot in places in the Western Cape and warm to hot in the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero told councillors on Wednesday that the rainfall in the City was a blessing for their political term.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero told councillors on Wednesday that the rainfall in the City was a blessing for their political term.

The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has found Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in breach of a housing agreement it has failed to honour for nearly three decades, ordering it to finally take concrete steps to complete a development that has left thousands of indigent families without fully serviced homes.

The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has found Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in breach of a housing agreement it has failed to honour for nearly three decades, ordering it to finally take concrete steps to complete a development that has left thousands of indigent families without fully serviced homes.

Bernhard Bredell watched the family’s Helderberg farm being sold and the vines ripped out. Then he went back to the original Bredell cellar to prove Sinai Hill’s worth, not as a Bredell, but as a Scion of Sinai.

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An expectant Buffalo City mother bought several items of clothing ranging from 0 to 3 months in anticipation of her baby boy’s birth. But after giving birth at the Life Beacon Bay Hospital in KuGompo, she had to go back to the outlets to exchange them because her baby, Izimakhe, needed clothes ranging from 3 to 6 months.