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Suspended Crime Intelligence top cop Major General Feroz Khan was discharged from hospital on Friday afternoon, more than two weeks after he was shot in Houghton.

The attorney representing South African Police Service Colonel Ismail Dawood has accused the police of acting maliciously after officers allegedly attempted to arrest his client on Friday evening, despite his offer to hand himself over on Monday.

Sharks winger Lyle Matthews starred on debut with a hat-trick of tries in a 26-24 win over the Pumas at Mbombela Stadium in the opening round of the Carling Currie Cup on Friday. Matthews crashed over three times in the first half to give the Sharks a 19-5 half-time lead.

The owner of a KuGompo company, outside whose premises a young woman was gunned down in broad daylight earlier this week, has died.

What began as a dispute over the annual flying of the pride flag at Bishops Diocesan College has become a fierce public debate over who gets to define the values of one of South Africa’s oldest schools, with rival campaigns, alumni and parents now lining up behind competing visions for the institution.

There are few things sweeter in the beautiful game than watching a lumbering, self-righteous giant brought down to earth by the sheer grit, artistry, and defiance of the underdog, writes Fred Khumalo.

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille toured Johannesburg’s failing infrastructure, visiting three sites which laid bare years of neglect.

For months, a retired Gqeberha mathematics teacher, also a widow, exchanged thousands of romantic messages with her younger love interest, intent on building a future together.

A coordinated operation by SAPS, the Western Cape Liquor Authority and SARS Customs Unit has led to the seizure of illicit liquor worth an estimated R12 million at a storage facility in Plankenbrug, Stellenbosch.

The court appearance of one of Nelson Mandela Bay’s most wanted suspects and his alleged girlfriend hit a snag in the Kariega Magistrate’s Court.

A fire at an orphanage in the province of Algiers has killed 11 people and injured 19 more, authorities said. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed his condolences amid his trip to Berlin.

A Zimbabwean ruling party MP has called for the immediate expulsion of an estimated 25 000 South Africans living and visiting Zimbabwe in retaliation for the treatment of Zimbabwean nationals during anti-immigration protests in South Africa.

Veteran actor Sello Maake kaNcube has paid tribute to his peer Seputla Sebogodi, describing him as a pillar of South African theatre whose 88th and final play, Black Moon, premiered just weeks before his death.

A generally fine and cool day is forecast for most of the country, with temperatures ranging from warm in the northern regions to cool along the coasts, according to the South African Weather Service.

ActionSA will be asking the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to set aside the police’s disciplinary proceedings, which cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security chief, Major General Wally Rhoode, over his handling of the Phala Phala investigation.

Two South African National Defence Force soldiers have died after falling down an abandoned mine shaft while pursuing suspected illegal miners during a zama zama-focused operation at the disused CRD Mine in western Johannesburg on Friday morning.

On 9 November 2013, a 21-year-old Pieter-Steph du Toit came off the bench to make his Test debut in a 24-15 victory against Wales in Cardiff.

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Researchers deployed an AI-powered symptom checker on a Department of Health maternal health platform, and it returned clinically sound advice in 98.4% of cases.

Spaza shops, most of them owned by foreign nationals, have shut their doors in parts of Crossroads, Cape Town, after armed men allegedly demanded an additional R2 000 from shopkeepers on top of the monthly protection fees they had already paid.