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RUGBY STAR: Kyle Marais from Port Alfred Primêre Skool has been chosen to represent Eastern Province at Craven Week in June Picture: NTOMBI MSUTU

Station Hill pupil selected for Craven Week

Kyle Marais from Port Alfred Primêre Skool in Station hill has been selected to represent Eastern Province at Craven Week in Johannesburg, to take place in the third week of June during the school holidays. The 13-year-old, who has been…

14 September 2017. Table Talk with the Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba at his offices in Braamfontein. Heran with some skyline around Braamfontein. Pic: Simphiwe Nkwali. © Sunday Times.

Herman Mashaba moves to root out bad drivers from Johannesburg roads

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba is going after the city’s bad drivers. Mashaba on Wednesday launched a hotline where motorists and pedestrians could name, shame and expose those who made driving on the city’s roads a nightmare. “The…

Two buses were set alight during a violent protest in Limpopo on Wednesday.Image: Supplied

Eleven arrested for public violence in Limpopo

Police have arrested 11 people for public violence and malicious damage to property in Limpopo. Dipompong village community members took to the streets on Wednesday, barricading several roads with rocks and other objects. Two buses were…

The Democratic Alkliance spokesperson on state capture Natasha Mazzone outside Nersa public hearings in Soweo on Friday.Image: Twitter/Democratic Alliance

Eskom tariff increase application will affect the poor the most, DA says

The cost of living for the poor would be unbearable should Eskom’s request for a nearly 50% tariff increase over three years be granted. This is one of the submissions made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the National Energy Regulator…

President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to remove a tweet about former minister Derek Hanekom within 24 hours, apologise and pay him damages.Image: ESA ALEXANDER

Court orders Jacob Zuma to pay his own legal fees

Former president Jacob Zuma will have to foot the bill for his own legal costs, not the state, the North Gauteng High Court ruled on Thursday. The judgment was handed down after an application brought by the DA to have an agreement…