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Good Morning, SA |  Terror in Krugersdorp: Questions linger as labs try to link suspects' DNA to 8 victims

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PLUS: No investigation, no protection: Inside department head's big lie View Online Good Morning, SA I spent much of my weekend fluctuating between trying to process and block out the unfathomable details of the Krugersdorp mine attack. I think like most of you, I am angry, terrified, and heartbroken, and my blood is boiling for swift and serious justice. The ANC policy conference wrapped up last night, and our politics team have all the details on what transpired, including what happened with the contentious step-aside rule. Our investigations team have part three of Silenced out today, which exposes how Gauteng Health CFO Lerato Madyo did nothing when alerted by Babita Deokaran to R850m in dubious Tembisa Hospital payments. Some good news still managed to trickle in this weekend, with Bafana legend Benni McCarth y joining M...

Adriaan’s top 10 reads of the day | Cyril admits weakness, stunning Lara, Cool Runnings of wine

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View Online Adriaan's top 10 reads of the day They say the first step to recovery is admitting. In a frank and honest assessment of the legitimacy crisis the governing ANC finds itself, President Cyril Ramaphosa told the party's policy conference in Nasrec that  the ANC "is today at its weakest and its most vulnerable since the advent of democracy" . Is it too late for the ANC to be saved from itself? Time will tell.   The murder and hanging of a pregnant  Tshegofatso Pule  in Roodepoort in 2020 shocked South Africa to its core. On Friday, her estranged boyfriend  Ntuthuko Shoba was sentenced to life imprisonment  for her gruesome death.   Blind Ambition  tells the story of four Zimbabwean sommeliers who made South Africa's winelands their home. It's a lovely  feel-good documentary about the triumph of...