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🚨 After withdrawing from the race for the UN SG position, former Senegal president Macky Sall will actually seek the presidency of the Francophonie int'l organisation. africaintelligence.com/west-…
South African lock Hyron Andrews, who was found dead in his team's hotel ahead of a Champions Cup match in France, died due to a "tear in the aorta".
South Africa has announced fresh fuel-relief measures on Wednesday to cushion motorists and commuters battered by record pump prices as uncertainty roils global energy markets.
In October, pump prices surged to record highs, with petrol topping 30 rand a litre and diesel exceeding that level, while paraffin prices also climbed, squeezing low-income households that rely on the fuel for cooking and heating.
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JUST IN: Eastern Cape police say an aircraft has landed at King Phalo Airport following a reported bomb threat.
Police say a call was received from an unknown caller using a private number, alleging the presence of a bomb on the aircraft. All 184 passengers on board have safely disembarked.
A bomb disposal unit, K9 explosive detection dogs, hostage negotiators and airport security are on the scene.
Residents of neighbourhoods in South Africa's Tshwane metro, which includes the capital Pretoria, have been told to stop drinking tap water after water-borne pathogens led hundreds of people to seek medical treatment.
Tap water in Bronkhorstspruit, Dark City, Ekandustria, Ekangala, Rethabiseng, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality and Zithobeni is NOT safe.
Please use water from City of Tshwane-approved water tankers until we tell you that the tap water is safe again.#BronkhorstspruitWater
A 65-year-old woman has died after being mauled by a shark while swimming at a popular beach on South Africa's south-eastern coast.
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Exiled critic of Rwandan president found beheaded bbc.in/3TKimdt
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JUST IN | KZN Police have arrested a man who issued threats that he and his followers will shut down Moses Mabhida Stadium to prevent the MTN8 Cup Final match between Orlando Pirates FC and Mamelodi Sundowns from taking place.
Police say the suspect had gathered a group of people at King Dinizuku Park with the aim of staging a march.
Those who were with him managed to run away.
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Why are you spreading lies? @WonderMahlobo
"Asylum seeker status does not give a person the right to vote in South African elections. Only South African citizens who are 18 years or older & on the voters’ roll are eligible to vote."
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No woman causes herself to be abused
No item of clothing causes rape
No argument justifies assault
No relationship gives one person ownership over another
No rejection justified violence
And no man has the right to take the life of a woman because she chooses to leave him. -- President Ramaphosa
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5 days, 44 deaths: How September became SA’s deadliest month for mass shootings news24.com/southafrica/crime…
Gunmen kill 27 in two shootings in South Africa
- The 1st shooting took place in Wedela, a semi-rural township of brick houses and small businesses, surrounded by wide expanses of land scarred by mining.
- 2nd was at an entertainment venue in a township outside Cape Town.
My story on 🇿🇦 mass shootings for @AFP
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🇿🇦 Des hommes armés ont tué au moins 27 personnes lors de deux fusillades de masse dans les deux principales villes d'Afrique du Sud, ont annoncé la police dimanche, dans un nouvel épisode de violence dans le pays gangréné par la criminalité ⤵️
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🇿🇦 Gunmen killed at least 27 people in two mass shootings in South Africa's two main cities, police said on Sunday, in the latest violence to hit the crime-weary country.
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ALT Residents stand behind police tape near the scene where gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a bar in Johannesburg, on September 27, 2026.