Expect to see soldiers on the streets in April, says police minister

The deployment is expected to last until 31 March 2027

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News | 27 March 2026

Postbank to resume black card rollout in April

About 600,000 beneficiaries are still without the new card

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Brief | 27 March 2026

Court warns government: stop vigilantes blocking clinic access

The Department of Health and other government respondents have failed to comply with a court order to stop anti-immigrant vigilantes screening patients

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Brief | 27 March 2026

How dagga decriminalisation changed criminal convictions

Drug-related crimes have plummeted since a 2018 ConCourt ruling

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Charts | 27 March 2026

Eastern Cape government hub gutted by fire

Vital government records and archives are feared to have been destroyed

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Brief | 26 March 2026

Terry Bell was a force for good in the world

Award-winning journalist, activist and author dies aged 84

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Obituary | 26 March 2026

Ekurhuleni’s “ghost workers” demand jobs and compensation

About 200 former EPWP workers say the municipal database shows them earning salaries 11 years after their contracts ended

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Brief | 26 March 2026

R198-million school for the blind incomplete and left to ruin

Multiple deadlines have been missed

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News | 26 March 2026

Durban street vendors take municipality to court over permits

More than 80 traders say permits were suspended, terminated or left undecided while they are being forced to relocate to Centrum Park

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News | 26 March 2026