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Fred Khumalo | President Ramaphosa goes to England and tells the world Queen Elizabeth fought against apartheid. Huh? We all sing for our supper, in one way or another. But there are limits, dude!
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Zuma is now more powerful than when he went to prison a year ago .
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Senzo Meyiwa’s ‘killer’ was in the house – Teffo says in letter to NPA boss Batohi .
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Cassper Nyovest’s latest album is evidence that he has evolved as a hip-hop artist – this is the best album of his music career, judging by how it has been received by his fans.
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Breaking news: Former Orlando Pirates and Jomo Cosmos captain Papi Khomane and his mother die in a car accident.
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Breaking news: Former Orlando Pirates and Jomo Cosmos captain Papi Khomane and his mother die in a car accident
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Analysis | The NPA could not identify a single witness implicating Magashule
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Armed with charm, looks and his pricey red kettle, Mr Smeg curated for himself a sphere of influence that goes beyond a viral moment to become an integral part of SA’s celebrityville, writes Janice Phiri .
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Faith Nketsi’s hubby pleads poverty when debt collectors knocked on his door in Hyde Park .
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The Hawks are looking into allegations that flamboyant businessperson Hamilton Ndlovu benefited from a multimillion-rand personal protective equipment contract from the Eastern Cape provincial government.
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| Media personality Boity Thulo has allegedly asked former Metro FM host Bujy Bikwa for R1 million as part of a settlement agreement relating to an assault charge she laid against him .
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The nonexistent president: But, clever actor that he is, Cyril Ramaphosa has found a creative way of making it look like he is working, writes Mondli Makhanya in his latest column .
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The EFF was the biggest winner in these elections. This is how it did it
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Down and out Carlo Radebe offered a job in grooming young talent at Duma Ndlovu Academy
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Mkhwebane’s impeachment inquiry on shaky ground: unusual things have happened in the past five weeks that could well compromise the process and even affirm the notion that the inquiry was constituted to victimise Mkhwebane .
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Mondli Makhanya | Cyril was an enabler: Ramaphosa was there for all those bad years, smiling and chuckling amiably. And he wants us to believe that, somehow, he was the good guy? No, he was an enabler .
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A judge in the Pretoria High Court has demanded that an all-white group of lawyers appearing before him explain why there is not a single black lawyer among them.
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Suspended public enterprises director-general Kgathatso Tlhakudi has made shocking allegations that assets belonging to SAA were undervalued by R7 billion and that a new board is on the cards to approve the irregular transaction .
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We keep producing leaders who do not grow up. They become senior in their parties and in government but they remain the children they were when they entered politics. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is that person, writes Mondli Makhanya
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