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The South African Weather Service has said a weather notification currently circulating, which warns South Africans of colder temperatures, is fake.

Fifteen people have died in a head-on collision between two vehicles in the Eastern Cape.

The South African Weather Service has said a weather notification currently circulating, which warns South Africans of colder temperatures, is fake.

Initially, this was meant for the hung local municipalities such as the Rustenburg, Ditsobotla, JB Marks, Madibeng and Bojanala District Municipality, but it has now been extended to all the municipalities in the province.

Godongwana's third budget speech will be delivered on 21 May, and according to him, this time it will include "thorough consultations with all political parties" in the GNU.

Patrick Stuurman replaces the controversial ex-mayor Sonwabile Mngenela, who stepped down on 23 April.

This latest action from Thobela senior follows on the back of him approaching the Master of the High Court, citing that the dissolution process was flawed.

The broadcaster wants to develop its own streaming service called SABC+.

Police arrested a 27-year-old woman accused of setting alight the wooden shack of convicted criminal Racquel "Kelly" Smith in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay, on Friday night.

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.

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.

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

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