The supreme court of appeal confirms stringent standard for consent as defence in rape cases
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Abahlali has previously backed the Democratic Alliance and the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
The electricity minister said the turnaround should be celebrated, and had nothing to do with next month’s elections
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Sky’s the limit for industrial hemp farming in SA
Experience the diverse world of comics, video games and cosplay at the Afrogeek Festival
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The marginal improvement in sentiment has been buoyed by sectors such as manufacturing
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Newly elected mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says there is ‘pressure’ for the ANC to fail the metro ‘as the EFF and DA had done’
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The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines of exclusion that liberalism cannot address
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Official figures on rhino horn stockpiles are ‘conflicting, inconsistent, untrustworthy and cannot be verified’, the report says
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Heavy rainfall, strong winds and fires have damaged roads and structures in the province
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The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess
Its composer says the Oscar opera will challenge audiences with things they have never heard before
The ATM’s argument that she skirted this and other issues in the scandal had no merit, Gcaleka’s office has argued in court papers
The speaker’s application to stop her arrest was dismissed as ‘speculative’ and she was ordered to pay the costs of the legal challenge
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
The ‘language of apartheid’ can be traced beyond just the Dutch settlers
Sakhile Bhekisisa Mhlungu kidnapped and raped 10 women, most of whom were teenagers
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Haiti last held elections in 2016 and has been without an elected president since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021
Chocolate products have become more expensive on the back of soaring cocoa prices, but there is not likely to be a shortage
The fund faces a R340 million investigation over allegedly working with crooked lawyers
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The state’s bid to have a trial date set was stymied by Zuma’s counsel signalling that he was seeking leave to appeal
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Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment
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Nigeria has a mass kidnapping problem, and March has been an especially horrific month
Section27 has asked the South African Council of Educators to amend its mandatory sanctions policy to include rehabilitative and corrective measures for teachers who assault children
Passion, profit, prestige … the popularity of ‘the people’s artist’ endures, despite his work being rejected as kitsch
Legal experts said Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng’s ruling would not affect the main trial as it is not final and can be revisited when new evidence comes to light
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High living costs in the Mother City are driving people to other parts of the country
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The seminal Spanish novel and its author are difficult to pin down in translation and history
Eskom won’t cut maintenance, despite German consortium’s recommendation, electricity minister says
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