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The R135 million deal to turn Cape Town’s iconic Good Hope Centre into a place of worship has taken another twist, with the City confirming it has completed its due diligence and formally notified the winning bidder of its decision.

An international intelligence hub has been proposed as a tool to fight the organised crime driving drug crime in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban was set to hear an urgent application by eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba, city manager Musa Mbhele and executive director for water and sanitation Ednick Msweli against the DA and its eThekwini mayoral candidate, Haniff Hoosen, but the hearing did not proceed.

The FF Plus has declared a dispute in the coalition clearing house over International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola’s handling of relations with Washington.

Yet another cyclist has been killed after being struck by a motorist on the N2, about 4km from Swellendam towards Heidelberg, on Wednesday.

The ANC succeeded in the Constitutional Court in having its candidate lists for six municipalities accepted by the Electoral Commission of South Africa.

It was the fourth day of excavations at Post Chalmers Farm outside Cradock that led those tasked with gathering evidence into the deaths of the Pebco Three to a breakthrough.

The perjury trial of Phadima Fukula, who claimed that Premier Oscar Mabuyane tried to bribe then-Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, was postponed because the prosecutor was unavailable.

The murder trial of AKA and Tibz was postponed after sweltering heat and a broken air conditioning system made conditions in a Durban courtroom unbearable, sparking a clash between the judge and lawyers.

Shadrack Sibiya claimed he had “dealt with” the Madlanga Commission and 121 dockets, but his former bodyguard’s allegations undid him, the State argued in his bail hearing.

The man who allegedly opened fire on a crowd of ANC Youth League members, killing four of them in Katlehong on Tuesday, appeared unfazed in court as insults were hurled at him.

The National Prosecuting Authority has dismissed claims by the March and March Movement that arrest warrants have been issued against its leader, Jacinta MaNgobese Zuma, and SA First Forum acting CEO Xolani Zuma, insisting that its prosecutorial decisions are independent and guided by the law and evidence.

A 37-year-old amputee from Pretoria is walking 5 000km across all nine provinces on a prosthetic leg to prove that disability is not inability – and he is already more than halfway.

The case against Lawrence Mudzinganyama, the businessman filmed lambasting and threatening women in the bathroom of a Johannesburg restaurant, has been postponed to 30 October.

South Africa has declared its newest national park in the Eastern Cape highlands after landowners, conservation partners, and an unopposed community rallied behind a voluntary biodiversity stewardship model.

The 18-year-old allegedly raped by Shadrack Sibiya was “totally intoxicated” on the night in question, did not even know she had been penetrated and only learnt of it afterwards, the State told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

The father of slain ANCYL member Njabulo Ngcongo has questioned why young people are dying in political violence after his son was among four people killed in a Katlehong shooting.

Elderly Vosloorus residents confronted Deputy President Paul Mashatile with inflated municipal bills and unresolved service delivery problems, even as some pledged to keep voting ANC ahead of the 4 November local government elections.

An off-duty private combat specialist has emerged as the hero after he came to the aid of a little girl fighting for her life after she was brutally attacked on Tuesday.

An investigation by PETA has called into question whether South African ostrich feathers supplied to US pop star Lady Gaga were sourced ethically.