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Going nowhere: President Cyril Ramaphosa had once again weathered an internal push to unseat him before
the end of his term in 2027. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

SA 2025: Scenic route from G20 to NGC

This was the year that was — South Africa’s chequered 2025, a year that ends not with resolution, but with reckoning

President Cyril Ramaphosa with late former deputy president David Mabuza.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa’s office says DD Mabuza’s pension saga is a family matter

AlexForbes said it would not oppose the application by Mabuza’s daughter to have the R44 million pension pay out stopped

Browned off: R&B star Chris Brown appears in court in Los Angeles in 2014 after assaulting singer Rihanna, with whom he was in a relationship. Photo: Lucy Nicholson-Pool/Getty Images

Chris Brown: Should home affairs have acted?

The US musician, who has a history of violence against women, is set to perform in Johannesburg

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy

Presidency rebukes DA over Ukraine as foreign policy row heats up

The government will not review foreign policy to accommodate the demands of the Democratic Alliance, a senior official said

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Cabinet applauds conviction of Home Affairs officials in fraudulent passport scheme

Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber said the convictions proved that corruption could be defeated

New Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber.(Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Home Affairs Minister Schreiber to revive Immigration Advisory Board

The board will provide input on the future of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit, the new minister said in his budget speech

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Lack of resources, not migration control, contributes to SA education problems, says law centre

A shortage of resources is failing South Africa’s undocumented children, with more than 258 000 awaiting birth registration, says the Centre for Child Law

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Court orders home affairs not to ‘block’ children’s IDs

The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi .(Alet Pretorius/Foto24/Gallo Images)

Motsoaledi withdrawing South Africa from international refugees treaties is not a solution

The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order