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Munyaka Johannesburg Beach 2
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Look: Johannesburg’s ‘first beach’ will be ready by NEXT YEAR

stellenbosch university
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Just in: Stellies SUSPEND white student who urinated on black student’s belongings

Stellenbosch student urination apology
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Stellenbosch urination scandal: Guilty student SLAMMED for ‘awful apology’

Munyaka Johannesburg Beach 2
Offbeat

Look: Johannesburg’s ‘first beach’ will be ready by NEXT YEAR

stellenbosch university
News

Just in: Stellies SUSPEND white student who urinated on black student’s belongings

Stellenbosch student urination apology
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Stellenbosch urination scandal: Guilty student SLAMMED for ‘awful apology’

Cape Town traffic road closures
News

TEN road closures set to cause ‘traffic chaos’ in the heart of Cape Town

By Tom Head16-05-2022 12:57

Cape Town will suffer a small-scale ‘traffic nightmare’ over the next weeks, after a number of city centre road closures were announced.

Rogue cop Gauteng traffic
News

Watch: Rogue cop SHOOTS Gauteng civilian in leg during ‘road rage’ row

By Tom Head16-05-2022 11:59

This rogue cop was previously seen fighting with a taxi passenger in Gauteng – but things escalated even further in this road rage incident.

Gqeberha rainfall
Weather

Relief for Gqeberha! Major rainfall set to lash city ‘on verge of Day Zero’

By Tom Head16-05-2022 11:21

Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay, and even the rest of the Eastern Cape – it seems there is A LOT of rainfall coming your way.

Snow forecast
Weather

Latest snow forecast for SA: THREE provinces set for flurries this week!

By Tom Head16-05-2022 10:07

An updated snow forecast for the week ahead has revealed that the white stuff will be making its way to these parts of Mzansi…

Petrol price June
News

Petrol price latest: Enormous increase for June could get even WORSE

By Tom Head16-05-2022 08:40

We are TIRED. As if last week’s petrol price forecast wasn’t harrowing enough, we’ve learned that things could escalate further in June.

COVID-19 FIFTH WAVE
News

Promising news! SA’s fifth wave of COVID ‘already slowing down’

By Tom Head16-05-2022 06:30

Although it’s too early to celebrate at the moment, those crunching SA’s fifth wave numbers have found some reasons to be cheerful.

Trucker mpumalanga
News

Watch: MANIC Mpumalanga trucker weaves in and out of oncoming traffic

By Tom Head16-05-2022 05:45

What is this lunatic doing on the roads with such a huge vehicle? An Mpumalanga truck driver is going viral for all the wrong reasons…

Kimberley woman BUSTED for ‘hi
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Kimberley woman BUSTED for ‘hiring hitmen’ to kill her husband

By Tom Head15-05-2022 16:43

A woman from Kimberley has been arrested for trying to organise both the kidnapping AND murder of her unsuspecting husband.

Elon Musk Twitter hack
Offbeat

Going rogue? Elon Musk shares ‘life-changing’ Twitter hack…

By Tom Head15-05-2022 15:56

Twitter users have welcomed the advice Elon Musk shared this week – changing the way Tweets appear on our feeds.

Sibanye-Stillwater mining Neal froneman
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Sibanye-Stillwater boss gets R300m BONUS – but won’t give miners a raise!

By Tom Head15-05-2022 12:54

Neal Froneman has been rewarded for a job well done at Sibanye-Stillwater – so it’s a shame his employees can’t say the same thing…

Johannesburg kaserne building implodes implosion
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Ka-boom! Watch as five-storey building in Johannesburg IMPLODES

By Tom Head15-05-2022 11:36

Going, going… gone. The Kaserne Building in downtown Johannesburg has been strategically destroyed on Sunday morning.

Bonteheuwel cape town suburg gangsters
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Cape Town suburb ‘celebrates’ the deaths of TWO local gangsters

By Tom Head15-05-2022 10:31

Rather than commiserating, local representatives of this Cape Town suburb are celebrating the ‘elimination’ of two gangsters.

UAE President
World News

New UAE president elected after brother’s death

By Agence France-Presse14-05-2022 13:20

A day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa, UAE’s de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president

Underage prostitution ring foreign cape town
News

Foreign-led ‘underage prostitution ring’ EXPOSED in Cape Town

By Tom Head12-05-2022 17:44

One of the adolescent girls being ‘sold for sexual services’ was a Grade 9 student, according to the South African Youth Council.

petrol price double
News

Petrol price: Some fuels set to cost DOUBLE what they did last year

By Tom Head12-05-2022 16:36

The forecast June increase is taking our petrol price to extreme heights – and some fuels will soon be worth DOUBLE what they were in 2021.

MR Motorway johannesburg traffic
News

One of Johannesburg’s busiest roads is facing a SIX-WEEK ‘shutdown’

By Tom Head12-05-2022 14:43

Something of a traffic nightmare is heading to Johannesburg for the next six weeks or so – as roadworks engulf this busy commuter route.

Philemon Lukhele
News

Just in: ANC suspend official accused of Hillary Gardee murder

By Tom Head12-05-2022 13:09

Philemon Lukhele, who serves in the Mpumalanga ANC, has now been suspended – he was recently charged with the murder of Hillary Gardee.

Hillary Gardee SAPS ipid
News

WATCH: Cops searching for Hillary Gardee killers ‘assault innocent man’

By Tom Head12-05-2022 11:57

SAPS officers in Mbombela have been accused of ‘roughing-up’ a local resident, as they conducted their Hillary Gardee murder suspect search.

Gautrain rail
News

These SEVEN regions of SA could soon get their own ‘Gautrain network’

By Tom Head12-05-2022 11:05

Could a version of the Gautrain network be heading towards a city near YOU? Here’s how the ANC plans to fix the rail system.

North Korea COVID
World News

North Korea moves to ‘maximum emergency’ – as first COVID case declared

By Tom Head12-05-2022 09:22

A totally unvaccinated nation now has a confirmed case of Omicron in its capital city. The situation is about to get brutal in North Korea.

EFF R22 million flag Department of Sport, Arts and Culture
News

Major u-turn! ANC forced to recognise Afrikaans as ‘indigenous language’

By Tom Head11-05-2022 17:44

The ANC, and Blade Nzimande in particular, have been forced into an embarrassing climb-down from their position on Afrikaans.

Dlamini-Zuma capital city
Offbeat

NDZ asked what SA’s capital city is – it took TWO YEARS for her to answer

By Tom Head11-05-2022 17:06

Glad to see we’re getting the important stuff sorted, then: Minister Dlamini-Zuma has finally passed her one-question geography test…

Ferdinand Marcos Jr
World News

Ferdinand Marcos Jr declares victory as he counts 31 million votes

By Agence France-Presse11-05-2022 16:22

Marcos said during the press that 31 million Filipinos had “voted for unity” but he stopped short and waits for the vote counting to finish.

Petrol price R25-PER-LITRE
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Fuel shock: Why the petrol price *could* hit R25-PER-LITRE in June

By Tom Head11-05-2022 14:33

This is unacceptable: The newly forecast petrol price for June will force some motorists to fork out R25-per-litre for their fuel.

Load shedding eskom riots looting
News

Top Eskom expert fears more load shedding ‘will spark riots, looting’

By Tom Head11-05-2022 12:55

South Africa remains on a knife-edge, thanks largely to its failing power supplier. But how far could load shedding push the public?

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