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After 10 years of waiting, the ANC-led Dihlabeng Local Municipality in the Free State suddenly built 90 houses – just in time for the 4 November local government elections.

MPs have questioned why the director-general of the Department of Basic Education, Mathanzima Mweli, personally visits about 190 matric marking centres annually rather than delegating the responsibility to provincial education departments.

MPs have questioned why the director-general of the Department of Basic Education, Mathanzima Mweli, personally visits about 190 matric marking centres annually rather than delegating the responsibility to provincial education departments.

The Constitutional Court has saved ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s political career. But Mbalula’s outburst at the DA will have set many people talking. Carol Paton analyses Thursday’s momentous events.

The Constitutional Court has saved ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s political career. But Mbalula’s outburst at the DA will have set many people talking. Carol Paton analyses Thursday’s momentous events.

Spain has put forward some of the country’s biggest football stadiums, including Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu and ‌Barcelona’s Camp Nou, as part of its ⁠bid to host the 2035 Rugby World Cup, the Spanish ⁠Rugby Federation said on Thursday.

Furious Sea Point residents are waging war against a luxury boutique hotel they say will choke an already narrow road.

Furious Sea Point residents are waging war against a luxury boutique hotel they say will choke an already narrow road.

Two ANC members were shot and killed while conducting a door-to-door campaign in Umgababa, Durban, on Thursday.

Two ANC members were shot and killed while conducting a door-to-door campaign in Umgababa, Durban, on Thursday.

Lies about citizenship and voting rights went viral after a Constitutional Court asylum ruling – Home Affairs is fighting back with digital reform, not political spin, argues Leon Schreiber.

Home Affairs’ retreat from its own lawful directive after disinformation-fuelled violence, shows not strength but weakness – and signals to anti-rights groups that intimidation works, argue Sharon Ekambaram, Dale McKinley and Rebecca Walker.

March and March, supercharged by social media amplification that spreads disinformation and artificially inflates outrage, is pulling the country apart through polarisation and institutional attack, write Kyle Findlay and Aldu Cornelissen.

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Malawi’s High Court has reversed an order seeking to extradite controversial preacher Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, to South Africa “because of serious procedural and legal flaws”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he was not in favour of a ‌preemptive strike against Iran before Israel’s 27 October election, but also warned Tehran and its proxies against striking Israel.

Second-row Thibaud Flament said on Thursday he will miss France’s Nations Championship campaign in November with a shoulder injury, leaving coach Fabien Galthie without his first-choice lock partnership.

The Madlanga Commission has rejected allegations that its members sought to interfere with a criminal investigation, calling the claims “false, incoherent and not supported by any facts”.

The Madlanga Commission has rejected allegations that its members sought to interfere with a criminal investigation, calling the claims “false, incoherent and not supported by any facts”.

A Stellenbosch University security guard has finally bought a car after a fundraiser raised over R50 000, but a family tragedy delayed his plans.