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Snow and sub-zero temperatures expected this week

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Snow and sub-zero temperatures expected this week

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Snow is expected to fall over the high lying areas of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Drakensberg this week.

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Entrepreneur Mike Nkuna counts the cost of looting at his malls in Soweto

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Entrepreneur Mike Nkuna counts the cost of looting at his malls in Soweto

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Entrepreneur Mike Nkuna was on his way to meet his church leader for a prayer on Monday morning when he noticed a large group of people preparing to attack one of his many shopping malls in Soweto.

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Banks count the cost of 'six-day war'

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Repairing the country's thousands of damaged and vandalised automatic teller machines (ATMs) is expected to take 'many weeks'.

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Looters formed 3km queue as they stripped warehouse in ‘planned attack’

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Looters formed 3km queue as they stripped warehouse in ‘planned attack’

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The looting of one of SA’s warehousing giants in KwaZulu-Natal this week was carefully planned and executed.

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Former spy boss Thulani Dlomo is a free man for now, says lawyer

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Former spy boss Thulani Dlomo is a free man for now, says lawyer

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Former spy boss and ambassador to Japan Thulani Dlomo remains a free man.

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Germany walk off in friendly after alleged racist abuse

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Germany walk off in friendly after alleged racist abuse

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The German men's Olympic soccer team left the pitch five minutes before the end of their warm-up game on Saturday after defender Jordan Torunarigha was allegedly racially abused.

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EC safety MEC calls for calm after taxi boss dies in hail of bullets

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EC safety MEC calls for calm after taxi boss dies in hail of bullets

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Eastern Cape community safety MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxotiwe has urged the public not to interfere with a police investigation into the murder of a prominent taxi boss in Gqeberha.

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Rules banning fuel in containers to be amended after complaints

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Rules banning fuel in containers to be amended after complaints

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The minerals and energy department says a flood of complaints has forced it to review this week's ban on filling containers with petrol and diesel.

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Retired magistrates and prosecutors roped in to expedite unrest cases

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Retired magistrates and prosecutors roped in to expedite unrest cases

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Justice minister Ronald Lamola has gazetted new “court directions” to fast-track looting and public unrest cases.

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Philippines' Pacquiao ousted as president of ruling party after row

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Philippines' Pacquiao ousted as president of ruling party after row

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Philippine senator and boxing star Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao was voted out as leader of the country's ruling party on Saturday, weeks after challenging President Rodrigo Duterte over his position on China.

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Looting deals body blow to health care, and flood of Covid-19 cases will follow

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Looting deals body blow to health care, and flood of Covid-19 cases will follow

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In a week of winding queues for food in protest-ravaged areas of KwaZulu-Natal, doctors and nurses were forced to make important decisions: join the lines or return to work hungry to treat victims of protests and Covid-19.

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Toddler thrown from looted, burning building has flashbacks to incident

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Toddler thrown from looted, burning building has flashbacks to incident

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A Durban toddler whose mother threw from the first floor of a burning building into the arms of a group of people waiting to catch her on the ground has flashbacks to the incident.