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A WhatsApp warning about fake Home Affairs officials going door-to-door for census-linked ID checks and fingerprints is circulating again in South African community groups.

The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team is again rounding up close associates of alleged crime boss Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala.

The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team is again rounding up close associates of alleged crime boss Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala.

Severe floods in May washed away sections of Meiringspoort, cutting De Rust off from the passing trade the Klein Karoo town depends on. Businesses have closed, and workers have lost jobs. Now the town is waiting for December, when the pass is due to reopen.

The Kannaland Local Municipality manager has had his urgent defamation application against the DA struck from the roll. Dillo Sereo accused the party of damaging his reputation by calling him a “tender bender” and a “tsoti of local government”.

A group of naturists is chafing over signage installed at Cape Town’s unofficial nudist beach, prohibiting them from sunbathing in their birthday suits.

A group of naturists is chafing over signage installed at Cape Town’s unofficial nudist beach, prohibiting them from sunbathing in their birthday suits.

With 13 changes he resisted for the Greatest Rivarly series, Rassie Erasmus’ Bok team for the one-off Test against Australia blurs the line between players with ring rust and players with a point to prove.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has made wholesale changes to his side for the one-off Test against Australia in Perth on Sunday.

Botswana’s First Lady, Kaone Boko, announced the launch of a new Gender-Based Violence Fund at an African Odyssey and Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund event in New York.

The JSE-listed financier of small to medium-sized businesses across Africa says its CEO and cofounder, Warren Wheatley, has resigned with effect from 21 September.

Pick n Pay has announced that former Woolworths executive Spencer Sonn will succeed Sean Summers.

British Columbia sued OpenAI in California ‌on Monday, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province ⁠could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the ⁠massacre.

A close associate of the senior police officer accused of rape and sexual grooming claims that the lieutenant-general is being targeted.

A close associate of the senior police officer accused of rape and sexual grooming claims that the lieutenant-general is being targeted.

With opposition parties fielding mayoral candidates who have no intention of staying in council, voters are being sold snake oil instead of service delivery plans, writes Mbhazima Shilowa.

We cannot celebrate the legacy of 1956 through passive nostalgia. The reality confronting us now is that sexual harassment, bullying by peers or teachers, and dangerous commutes for pupils turn the pursuit of education and a better life into an experience of fear and trauma, writes Pila-sande Mkuzo.

If we wait for commissions to connect dots that institutions already possessed separately, we are investigating failure rather than learning how to stop it, writes Neetu Chetty.

Thistle & Weed started out as a Chenin Blanc producer. Ten years later, its founders are betting that some of South Africa’s lesser-known Mediterranean varieties could have a bigger role to play in the country’s red-wine future.

Thistle & Weed started out as a Chenin Blanc producer. Ten years later, its founders are betting that some of South Africa’s lesser-known Mediterranean varieties could have a bigger role to play in the country’s red-wine future.