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We got a convoy: Trucks return to N3, but police and army miss the memo

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The reopened N3 thundered again early on Saturday as hundreds of trucks left Johannesburg loaded with food and other essential goods to replenish KwaZulu-Natal's looted stores.

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Trucker liable for lost income after movie-set gear falls off its vehicles

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Trucker liable for lost income after movie-set gear falls off its vehicles

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A transport company has been found liable for loss of earnings after two telehandlers it was trucking from Gqeberha to Cape Town were damaged.

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Parliament mourns chair of National House of Traditional Leaders

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Parliament mourns chair of National House of Traditional Leaders

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The chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders, Inkosi Sipho Mahlangu, has died.

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‘Unprecedented co-operation’ between public and private sectors gets relief trucks rolling, says B4SA

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‘Unprecedented co-operation’ between public and private sectors gets relief trucks rolling, says B4SA

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With police and soldiers securing the critical N3 artery, truckloads of critical medical supplies and pharamaceuticals are beginning to roll from Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal once more.

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Gauteng Cogta MEC Maile announces Covid-19 death of department head

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Gauteng Cogta MEC Maile announces Covid-19 death of department head

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The head of Gauteng's department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta), Bongani Gxilishe, has died of Covid-19 complications.

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Gunmen kill Nigerian army general on highway from capital

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Gunmen kill Nigerian army general on highway from capital

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Gunmen shot dead a Nigerian army general as he was travelling by car on a major road from the capital, Abuja, the army said on Friday, in the first such fatal gun attack on a senior serving military officer.

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First COVID case found at athletes' village, stoking fears ahead of Games

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First COVID case found at athletes' village, stoking fears ahead of Games

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Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday a person has tested positive for COVID-19 at the athletes' village, the first case at a site where most competitors will be staying

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German floods kill at least 133, search for survivors continues

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German floods kill at least 133, search for survivors continues

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Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of western Germany for survivors on Saturday as water levels remained high and houses continued to collapse in the country's worst natural disaster in half a century.

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Fellow South Africans, we were poorly prepared: Ramaphosa

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Fellow South Africans, we were poorly prepared: Ramaphosa

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the country was ill-prepared for the violent protests and looting that broke out in parts of the country after the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.

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