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Around 150 Eskom employees and contractors at the Koeberg nuclear power station are believed to have suffered internal radioactive contamination during three maintenance-related incidents, with some workers reportedly requiring iodine treatment and two senior managers now suspended pending an investigation.

The ANC is expected to name Reverend Frank Chikane as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, with senior party leaders hoping the respected former director-general can revive the party’s fortunes and blunt Helen Zille’s high-profile campaign.

The SANDF has tightened security at its De Brug quarantine camp after military police allegedly discovered dagga hidden inside packets of chips, while a court challenge over the controversial 21-day isolation period continues.

A viral Facebook post helped an Elsies River family find a pensioner they spent two weeks searching for after an ATM released the R2 000 cash withdrawal he had left without when he thought the transaction failed.

Fikile Mbalula issued a sweeping directive against ANC candidate manipulation, threatening decisive action – then withdrew the endorsement memo the same evening.

The troubled Construction Education and Training Authority’s (CETA) own recruitment office has questioned the appointments of four “independent consultants”, including its former chief operating officer, Innocent Ngenzi, 67.

This Sunday, the Unread video bulletin wraps up Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala court challenge, details Koeberg’s trio of “radioactive events”, passes forward to the FIFA World Cup final, and digests the dystopian sale of “Gus” the T-rex.

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and National Director of Public Prosecutions Andy Mothibi have held an urgent meeting with the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, following damaging allegations against her and the unit.

Sixty-nine people, aged 18 to 52, have been arrested in Jeffreys Bay in the wider Kouga region of the Eastern Cape after an anti-immigration march turned violent.

A single mother spent more than R22 000 to give her daughter something she never had: The chance to study and build a career doing what she loved. But her daughter is still without a qualification.

Sue Martin fundraised R60 000 in six weeks to bring a beach wheelchair to Scottburgh Main Beach, becoming its first user. Paraplegic since 2015, she now surfs weekly. But across South Africa’s approximately 2 800km coastline, few beaches have gained access, while the vast majority still offer nothing for people with disabilities.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has temporarily halted the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s planned re-examinations for affected Bachelor of Laws modules, following a reported breach.

National Treasury’s decision to withhold national equitable share payments to 69 municipalities will not only punish citizens instead of errant officials, but it is also unlawful, the Financial and Fiscal Commission told Parliament.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi for his alleged involvement in the theft of precious stones worth just under R15 million during a bogus police raid.

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.

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.

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.