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The MK Party has yet again tweaked its leadership structures, deploying its senior national leaders to Mpumalanga and the North West to bolster its electoral fortunes ahead of the local government elections on 4 November.

The South African Weather Service has forecast cloudy and cold conditions across the country, with disruptive snow in the Eastern Cape.

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Cape Town’s Amura has just secured a spot on one of hospitality design’s most prestigious global lists.

Gerald Shaw, the Cape Times journalist whose Political Survey column chronicled South Africa’s turbulent journey from apartheid to democracy, died peacefully at his Rondebosch home at the age of 92, write Robert and Maryann Shaw.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has postponed the legal battle between expelled National Freedom Party member Mbali Shinga and the party, after the court directed the NFP to file its answering affidavit first.

Heavy rains lashed the Eastern Cape’s Sarah Baartman District and Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday, triggering evacuations, widespread road closures and school shutdowns.

Alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi has been denied bail after being accused of staging a fake assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus in November last year.

In this special briefing, Spotlight pulls together all you need to know about a “breakthrough” HIV prevention jab, which will become available at some of South Africa’s public sector clinics for the first time on 5 June.

While many matric pupils are counting down the days to their final school dance, 18-year-old Wellington matric pupil Miguel Hendricks has been working tirelessly to make sure he can afford to attend his.

Disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding, and very cold, windy conditions are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape, with snow in some areas, according to the South African Weather Service.

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Two people have been arrested for the murder of two tourists in the Kruger National Park.

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the bail appeal of suspended SAPS Organised Crime Unit Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, who is accused of possession of illegal weapons and stolen police dockets.

Angela Blackwell and her guide dog, Jaydee, became the first blind-person-and-dog duo to complete the challenging 65km Pondo Trail along the Eastern Cape coast, and have now reached their R500 000 fundraising goal.

The MK Party has suspended its chief whip, Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, “with immediate effect”, pending an internal corruption investigation.

The ANC has recalled Madibeng Local Municipality Mayor Douglas Maimane from both his mayoral and councillor roles, with immediate effect.

The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings for disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.

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The National Prosecuting Authority will re-enrol the fraud case against Johannesburg Development Agency CEO Themba Mathibe after the presiding officer struck it off the roll of the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court after he found that the State’s request for more time was unacceptable.