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The Minister and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services have been ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that runs the private, maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre, from which rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022, GroundUp reports.

Eight people were killed and several were injured when a minibus taxi and an articulated truck collided on the N4 toll road in Mpumalanga on Tuesday morning.

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Donations as small as a pensioner’s R70 and as generous as R5 000 have helped turn a Wellington teenager’s matric ball dream into reality, after News24 readers almost doubled the money he had earned by selling grapes and fruit.

Legendary South African pianist, composer and global jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91.

South Africans can expect cold to cool conditions across most of the country, with morning fog patches in several provinces and isolated showers in some areas, according to the South African Weather Service.

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The Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town has grown from a small vegetable farm on abandoned bowling greens to one of the leading farmers’ markets on the continent.

For far too long, the humble potato has been relegated to the sidelines, a glorified side character, holding up plates as the faithful supporting act, but these are five recipes that make a convincing case for putting it firmly centre stage.

Gauteng traffic chief Samuel Mashaba, who is accused of attempting to steal 715kg of cocaine, has been suspended.

Gauteng traffic chief Samuel Mashaba, who is accused of attempting to steal 715kg of cocaine, has been suspended.

South Africans should prepare for cold conditions, with very cold daytime temperatures expected in parts of the Northern and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

TV presenter and rapper Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye was arrested on Sunday, Gauteng police said.

When Brendan Murray, co-founder of the Owl Rescue Centre, went to settle his bill for his usual coffee fix in Brits, someone had already paid it. Anonymously.

Eastern Cape police are appealing for assistance in locating a missing police dog and tracking down three armed suspects who robbed a primary school before vanishing into dense bush in Mdantsane.

Western Cape police have launched a manhunt after two men and a woman were gunned down in a brazen late-night shooting in Khayelitsha, adding to growing concerns over violent crime in the area.

A sting operation saw 150 live venomous scorpions discovered in a man’s luggage at Cape Town International Airport.

A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Johannesburg’s Amalgam industrial area in the early hours of Saturday morning, destroying the facility and causing extensive structural damage.

Sung Kang is one of the most popular actors in the Fast and Furious movie franchise, and there is hardly a petrolhead who doesn’t know him. Cape Town showed up in numbers to welcome the star with the coolest cars this side of SA, and he loved it, writes Janine van der Post.

South African dive instructor and marine teacher Silindile Mbuyazi has been named the 2026 Wayfinder Award recipient and is set to receive the award at the National Geographic Explorers Festival on 18 June in Washington, DC.