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Omphile Sethole was kidnapped from her home in Ga-Mabuela Village, Limpopo.

Missing 2-year-old Omphile Sethole’s grandparents arrested

Omphile’s grandparents were arrested on Friday and are expected to appear before the Mahwelereng magistrate’s court on Monday

Divorcing man has been ordered to pay R90k monthly maintenance to his wife and children. 123RF/skycinema

Court orders divorcing man to pay R90k monthly maintenance to wife

Namibian man must pay R90,000/month to support estranged wife and their two children

Bandile Magibili has defended himself against defamation claims.

TK Nciza overreacting by suing me for my Zahara comments: Magibili

Interview references about singer’s death were metaphorical, not literal - Magibili

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his keynote Freedom Day speech in Bloemfontein on Monday.

The freedom we enjoy today was not handed to us — Ramaphosa

President outlines democratic gains and challenges in SA during keynote Freedom Day speech

Mpumalanga police commissioner Lt-Gen Daphney Manamela.
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Manamela vs Masemola vs Cele: Inside top cops’ bitter conflict

Suspended Mpumalanga police commissioner Lt-Gen Daphney Manamela sent shockwaves across the country after making explosive allegations against senior police leadership during a weekend media briefing in Mbombela

The individual is the 14th person to be arrested in direct connection with the Madlanga commission’s investigations and findings.

Suspended Ekurhuleni top cop arrested

A witness who previously appeared at the Madlanga commission of inquiry in relation to Ekurhuleni matters has been arrested

Joe Latakgomo

‘Journalist’s journalist’ Joe Latakgomo dies

Sowetan’s founding editor Joe Latakgomo, who also served as the Press Council of SA’s public advocate, has died.

The son of late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and another person have being taken in for questioning after a gardener was shot at the Mugabe residence in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.
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WATCH | Gunshots at Mugabe home ‘frequent’, residents claim

Mugabe sons embroiled in new controversy as security concerns rise

Police at the residence of the son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in Hyde Park, after a gardener was reportedly shot this morning.

WATCH | Employee at Robert Mugabe’s son’s house shot

Police say two men are being questioned and Sowetan understands one is Mugabe’s son

Tselane Lebogang Mautla appeared before a packed court gallery in connection with the fatal shooting of five-year-old Obakeng Minyuku in Hammanskraal.

WATCH | Hammanskraal woman charged with five-year-old’s murder after ‘testing new gun’

A tragic incident occurred in Hammanskraal when five-year-old Obakeng Minyuku was fatally shot, reportedly by neighbor Tselane Lebogang Mautla. The woman appeared in court on Tuesday facing a charge of murder.

The wreck in which 13 school pupils lost their lives in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning.

WATCH | Distraught parents force way onto Vanderbijlpark school transport crash site

Parents of the 13 pupils who died in a collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning forcefully entered the crash site where their dead children lay in the wreckage after police repeatedly…

Despite SA potentially achieving a 90% pass rate, experts have warned that these results might not reflect whether pupils are leaving school with the necessary skills to succeed beyond matric.

Expert warns against oversimplifying SA’s matric success

South Africa's potential 90% matric pass rate for 2025 signals improved pupil support but may not reflect true readiness for post-school success, according to education experts.

For learners who are feeling anxious or overwhelmed, waiting can often feel worse than the results themselves.
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LISTEN | Matric results don’t define learners’ future, experts say

As the grade 12 class of 2025 awaits its much-anticipated matric results, experts are urging pupils to remember that these marks do not define their worth or determine the entirety of their future.

Hloniphile Xaba, 60, who died in the collapse of a double-storey building in Doornkop, Johannesburg.

Family seeks help after 3 die in Doornkop building collapse

Family of three people who died in the Doornkop building collapse ask for assistance to bury their loved ones.

Mthembu said HRI is representing 104 women from six provinces — KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga — in their fight for redress.

Forced sterilisation of HIV positive women not our policy - health department

The department of health says it has never been its policy to force sterilisation on women living with HIV, adding that all family planning choices are voluntary and made with proper counselling.