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Girl, 3, 'dies after lifelong torture': young brother to testify against mother, ex-stepfather

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Nine-year-old *Brandon is set to be called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of his mother and ex-stepfather after the death of his 3-year-old sister *Angel, who is alleged to have suffered horrific abuse since she was an…

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SPOTLIGHT | 'Boy Kills World', 'The Fall Guy' in cinemas; Comic Con Africa is back in the Cape

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Locally shot thriller, which also inspired a South African-made video game, releases along with Ryan Gosling action comedy, while fans can feast on their annual Cape Town outing of pop culture; win movie tickets

Britain's Rwanda asylum legislation formally becomes law

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Britain's King Charles has given his assent to legislation central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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Woman wins backpay after company's zero-tolerance policy on at-home cannabis use is ruled irrational

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Barloworld Equipment has been ordered to pay two years' backdated salary to a woman dismissed for cannabis use after the Labour Appeal Court found the company's blanket zero-tolerance policy irrational.

EU's proposed Russia sanctions to target oil tankers, ships moving North Korean equipment

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The European Commission is expected to propose sanctions on ships delivering North Korean military equipment to Russia as well as tankers that flout the G7 price cap on Russian oil, European Union sources said on Wednesday.

POLL | Should Jacob Zuma and Fikile Mbalula have tea to resolve their personal squabbles?

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Will a tea party for Jacob Zuma and Fikile Mbalula help resolve the tension between the two?

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Turkey accuses US of double standards over Gaza in rights report

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Turkey on Wednesday accused the US of having a policy of double standards on human rights, saying Washington's annual rights report failed to reflect Israel's assaults in Gaza.

Thousands mark Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand

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Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Thursday at Anzac Day services to commemorate those who fought and died in major conflicts in the nations' history.

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Belarus leader Lukashenko says conditions are ripe to start Russia-Ukraine peace talks

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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that there was a stalemate on the Ukrainian front line and conditions were ripe to start peace talks, Russian state-run TASS news agency said.

WATCH | Horses run wild in London, injuring four people

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A number of military horses, including one covered in blood, ran amok on the streets of central London and injured at least four people on Wednesday.

WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues

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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is set to continue in the Pretoria high court on Thursday.

Iran's judiciary confirms rapper Toomaj Salehi death sentence

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Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday.

'That's the gunman', says survivor of Rand Water shooting as footage matches two suspects brought to court

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Two of the three men arrested for the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala and his bodyguard Sifiso Shange can be seen in short videos taken during the assassination.

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US Supreme Court weighs Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution

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The US Supreme Court on Thursday confronts a major test of the power of the presidency in arguments over Donald Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The US quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

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The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian invaders, and Ukraine has now used them twice, a US official said on Wednesday.

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Defence lawyer in Senzo Meyiwa murder case believes his life is in danger

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A defence lawyer in the Meyiwa murder trial, advocate Thulani Mngomezulu, says two "suspicious people" visited his house on Wednesday and he believes they intended to harm or kill him.

Enyobeni tavern tragedy: SAHRC to issue report after teen deaths

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The deaths of 21 partygoers at the Enyobeni tavern in the Eastern Cape in 2022 will be revisited on Thursday when the South African Human Rights Commission issues an investigation report.

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More than 100 pilot whales stranded in Western Australia, experts say

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Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue some 140 pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary south of the state of Western Australia.

Father gets life imprisonment for raping his son

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A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his son in 2021.

Man accused of raping mentally challenged woman: Limpopo police

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A rape case involving a reportedly mentally challenged 36-year-old woman has been opened with police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.

Giuliani among 18 charged in Arizona election scheme, Trump an unindicted co-conspirator

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Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 people charged in Arizona with illegally seeking to claim the state's 2020 electoral votes for the then-US president, in an indictment that names Trump as an unindicted co…

US pullout from Niger driven by discord over democratic transition, official says

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Niger's junta asked the US to withdraw military personnel from the country over disagreements with Washington on issues including progress on the country's transition to democratic rule, a US official said on Wednesday.

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WATCH | US house speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, centre of Gaza protests

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Columbia University students heckled house speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over the Israeli war in Gaza.

Russia to target Nato nuclear weapons in Poland if they appear: TASS

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Russia will make Nato nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there, the TASS news agency cited Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday.

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Fifteen years in jail for corrupt former clearing agent and customs official

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The Musina regional court has sentenced a former clearing agent and a former Sars customs officer at the Beitbridge border post to 15 years’ imprisonment each after finding them guilty of fraud, forgery and corruption.

Two suspects arrested after Sassa employee blows whistle on corruption

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Two suspects who allegedly bribed a South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) official to register elderly persons for social grants outside of the normal procedure were arrested in Roodepoort on Wednesday.

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Human rights in spotlight as four-day event marking Freedom Day kicks off

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The importance of human rights for young people as well as the duties and responsibilities that come with it came under the spotlight at the start of a four-day event celebrating Freedom Day and 30 years of democracy.

Zuma, MK Party seek extension to file in IEC's ConCourt application

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Lawyers acting for former president Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto we Sizwe Party have asked the Constitutional Court for an extension to file an answering affidavit to the application for leave to appeal by the Electoral Commission

Chaotic state of Magashule’s party laid bare as cracks in ACT begin to show

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National coordinator Kwezi Toko, who has resigned, has made several allegations against Ace Magashule’s party’s internal dynamics

Union fails in court action to stop eThekwini’s ‘no work, no pay’ over illegal strike

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The independent municipal and allied trade union claims it members didn't participate in the SA municipal workers union strike and were being punished