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A primary school teacher found guilty in April of assaulting an 11-year-old grade 6 pupil over the alleged theft of a bottle of sparkling water has been sentenced to a fine of R10,000 or 10 months direct imprisonment.

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Residents tired of reporting massive pothole-cum-dam

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Residents tired of reporting massive pothole-cum-dam

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“It is no longer a pothole. It is a dam, so we cannot blame the children for having a swim.”

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Varsities split on mandatory vaccine jab

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Varsities split on mandatory vaccine jab

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Tertiary institutions have different views on whether mandatory vaccination should be introduced for students and staff.

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Msibi's other brushes with the law

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Mandla Msibi is a former educator and youth commissioner in the office of the premier of Mpumalanga.

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Voting day on November 1 will be a public holiday

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Voting day on November 1 will be a public holiday

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November 1 will be a public holiday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.

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State lines up formidable witness list in Julies case

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State lines up formidable witness list in Julies case

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A total of 67 witnesses – including police officers, magistrates and forensic pathologists – are expected to testify in the state’s case against three suspended cops on trial for Nathaniel Julies's murder.

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Fallen principal hailed as heroic leader

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Fallen principal hailed as heroic leader

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A Soweto school principal who was found dead in the bathroom of his Roodepoort home has been described as a loving, hardworking educator and astute politician.

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No vuvuzelas, alcohol as jabbed football fans return to stadium

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No vuvuzelas, alcohol as jabbed football fans return to stadium

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While the PSL remains mum about the possibility of soccer fans returning to stadiums, there was a buzz yesterday about vaccinated Bafana Bafana supporters who registered online to attend tonight’s match against Ethiopia at FNB Stadium.

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Mpumalanga MEC in court for double murder of ANC members

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Mpumalanga MEC in court for double murder of ANC members

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A Mpumalanga MEC accused of double murder says he was buying meat when two members of the ANC were gunned down outside a popular drinking spot in Mbombela.

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Mozambique's police kill leader of armed splinter group of main opposition party

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Mozambique's police kill leader of armed splinter group of main opposition party

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Mozambique's police said on Monday that they had killed the commander of an armed wing of a breakaway faction of the main opposition group Renamo.

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Numsa strike hits output at BMW plant

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Output at luxury carmaker BMW's main vehicle assembly plant in South Africa has been hit by a wage strike in the engineering sector by the country's biggest metalworkers union, a company spokesperson said on Monday.