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The Legal Practice Council's chairperson has dismissed as 'inappropriate' Dali Mpofu's bar association's efforts to persuade him to 'rethink' misconduct charges against the advocate.

Four prison warders have been arrested in connection with the death of an inmate at a Free State correctional facility.

Murder accused Jaco Kemp's actions following the fatal assault of Dumisani Phakathi on a North West farm was not the conduct of an innocent man.

After being wrongly accused of sexual harassment during his interview for the position of Chief Justice, Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo is now one of four candidates chosen by President Cyril Ramaphosa to potentially fill the Deputy Chief Justice vacancy.

A young boy from the farming and mining town of Fochville in Gauteng, driven by the loss of his parents, held on to one dream: becoming a Springbok to honour their memory and make them proud. And he just made the junior side.

A ballistics report by police on the damage to Deputy President Paul Mashatile's official vehicle found the car was likely struck by stray pellets from a shotgun round and was probably not fired on intentionally.

On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Ukrainian counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelensky, for a working visit to the Union Buildings.

The foreign DNA found under Kirsten Kluyts' fingernails was allegedly that of a woman, according to sources close to the defence team of Bafana Mahungela, who has been charged with the Johannesburg teacher's 2023 murder.

The Gauteng Department of Education will dock the pay of teachers and office-based staff who participated in a national march by the South African Democratic Teachers Union on Wednesday.

In this financial year, the police will spend R2.3 billion protecting so-called very important persons, which is about half a billion more than they will spend on analysing forensic evidence.

A string of memorial lectures will follow as ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile embarks on his party presidential bid ahead of its December 2027 national elective conference, News24 has established.

A minibus taxi driver and a commuter had to be freed from the vehicle on Wednesday afternoon after a collision along Kloof Nek Road in Tamboerskloof, bordering Gardens, in Cape Town.

Deputy Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has said documents necessary for numerous fraud and corruption investigations were not affected by the blaze at the records room at Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital on Wednesday.

The ANC in the Northern Cape has voted to retain its top five leaders, and the party has once again put its faith in chairperson Zamani Saul, signalling an unfailing grip on the province.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has accused AfriForum of a vilification campaign in its bid to have Premier Oscar Mabuyane and ANC politician Babalo Madikizela prosecuted in a money laundering case.

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms and widespread showers in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal.

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The only way she'd be convinced that she was still alive and had any feeling left was to cut herself, and only when she saw the dripping blood would she know that she was still capable of feelings.

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has lauded Africa's Travel Indaba for its immense contribution to the economy and tourism – saying interest is surging from major markets including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and India.

The ANC in the Western Cape has temporarily suspended former Knysna mayor Aubrey Tsengwa amid misconduct allegations.