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ROYAL FURORE: Government calls for calm after KuGompo erupts over crowning of Nigerian ‘Igbo king’

ROYAL FURORE: Government calls for calm after KuGompo erupts over crowning of Nigerian ‘Igbo king’

JOBURG MURDER: Steven Gruzd’s murder highlights ‘express kidnapping’ spike as suspects appear in court

JOBURG MURDER: Steven Gruzd’s murder highlights ‘express kidnapping’ spike as suspects appear in court

COUNCILLORS MOVE TO OUST MAYOR: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor faces high-stakes no-confidence vote

COUNCILLORS MOVE TO OUST MAYOR: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor faces high-stakes no-confidence vote

CORRUPTION COMBAT: Inside the alleged fight against the clean-up at the Department of Basic Education

CORRUPTION COMBAT: Inside the alleged fight against the clean-up at the Department of Basic Education

PANIC AT THE PUMPS: Fuel supply woes persist as government reassurances fail to ease motorists’ fears

PANIC AT THE PUMPS: Fuel supply woes persist as government reassurances fail to ease motorists’ fears

MINING SHENANIGANS: ‘Mark Lifman protected me from mining threat’ — Matlala’s business partner Mike van Wyk

MINING SHENANIGANS: ‘Mark Lifman protected me from mining threat’ — Matlala’s business partner Mike van Wyk

ANALYSIS: Canal+ has impeccable tailoring on the pants it wears in the Multichoice marriage

ANALYSIS: Canal+ has impeccable tailoring on the pants it wears in the Multichoice marriage

PHOTO ESSAY: Millions mobilise for third round of anti-Trump No Kings protests across US and Europe

Israel's Netanyahu orders expansion of southern Lebanon operations to halt Hezbollah rockets

VIDEO: Watch – From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy

VIDEO: Watch – How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

War and disease shape SA agriculture’s first quarter — but there are positives

From Gen Z revolt to junta control, Madagascar’s promise of change is slipping away

Obstetric violence: A scandal hindering women’s reproductive justice today

Africa at centre of global supply chain realignment but at risk of economic capture

TIPPING POINT: Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’ — government admits failure

WHAT’S COOKING: Prawns and Portuguese rice (plus: biltong soup)