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Lux speaks of inspiration for 'Soweto parliament'

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It’s a cold yet sunny winter’s day in Soweto as two pit bulls roam around the yard of a beautiful double-storey house in the heart of Pimville.

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SA students struggle without stipends in Cuba

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SA students struggle without stipends in Cuba

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Some of the nearly 500 South African medical students stranded in Cuba are demanding that their stipends be paid so that they can pay back loans and get passports and clothes they used as collateral.

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Curfew eased, booze back on sale and small gatherings allowed as SA goes back to level 3

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Curfew eased, booze back on sale and small gatherings allowed as SA goes back to level 3

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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday moved SA back to alert level 3, meaning that alcohol sales will be allowed, gatherings can take place and interprovincial travel for leisure is back.

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Man arrested for murder of retired Eastern Cape cop

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Man arrested for murder of retired Eastern Cape cop

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Police believe they have nabbed the man responsible for the murder of a retired Eastern Cape policeman in May.

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Level 3 loading: Ramaphosa likely to lift booze ban, ease restrictions gatherings and allow travel to Gauteng

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Level 3 loading: Ramaphosa likely to lift booze ban, ease restrictions gatherings and allow travel to Gauteng

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to move the county to alert level 3, lifting the ban on alcohol and allowing for small gatherings when he addresses the nation on Sunday evening.

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Army officer arrested for cash-in-transit heist

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Army officer arrested for cash-in-transit heist

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An army officer has been arrested for allegedly being part of an armed gang that pulled off a cash-in-transit heist at a petrol station in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape.

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Four injured as Joburg mall roof collapses

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Four injured as Joburg mall roof collapses

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One person was seriously injured when a section of the Cradlestone Mall roof collapsed on Sunday.

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UK minister apologises for urging people not to 'cower from' Covid-19

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UK minister apologises for urging people not to 'cower from' Covid-19

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British health minister Sajid Javid apologised for and deleted a tweet urging people to take a Covid-19 vaccine and not to “cower” from the virus, saying on Sunday he had made “a poor choice of word”.

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Three 'dangerous' convicts rearrested after daring escape in Limpopo

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Three 'dangerous' convicts rearrested after daring escape in Limpopo

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Limpopo police have rearrested three of four “dangerous” convicts who escaped from police custody on Wednesday.

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Mkhwebane asks ConCourt to rescind finding that she 'changed' wording of key ethics code

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Mkhwebane asks ConCourt to rescind finding that she 'changed' wording of key ethics code

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The court ruled earlier this month that Mkhwebane changed the wording of the code to conclude that President Cyril Ramaphosa had inadvertently or deliberately misled the legislature.

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Children facing ‘catastrophic future’ after disruptions to school calendar

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Children facing ‘catastrophic future’ after disruptions to school calendar

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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says children face a possible catastrophic future after losing two years of education.

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UK imposes sanctions on adviser to Zimbabwean president

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UK imposes sanctions on adviser to Zimbabwean president

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The UK has effected an asset freeze and imposed sanctions against Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, wealthy adviser to Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa.