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Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies aged 98 ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/senegal…

Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies aged 98

Kane passed away on Saturday, Senegalese media reported.

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Criminal justice system under scrutiny by experts ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/crimina…

Criminal justice system under scrutiny by experts

Kanyane's comment follows mass shootings in recent months with the latest a week ago in Lwandle in Cape Town and in Wedela on Gauteng's west rand.

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Ndlovu Youth Choir performs 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with Queen legends ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/ndlovu-…

Ndlovu Youth Choir performs 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with Queen legends

'A dream come true' said the Choir, after taking London by storm when they shared a stage with Roger Taylor and Brian May.

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Verstappen claims first win of year in chaotic Bahrain GP in Malaysia ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/verstap…

Verstappen claims first win of year in chaotic Bahrain GP in Malaysia

Nine years after winning the last F1 race at the Sepang International Circuit, the 29-year-old Dutchman came through a wild afternoon of accidents and incidents for his 72nd victory and first since...

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Up to 500 French schools to be totally or partly closed Monday - minister ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/up-to-5…

Up to 500 French schools to be totally or partly closed Monday - minister

Lessons will be ‘totally or partly suspended’ in some ‘400-500’ high schools as the security conditions ‘have not been fulfilled’, said Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Sunday, adding that 24...

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Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim expected to conduct Fort Hare University oversight visit ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/deputy-…

Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim expected to conduct Fort Hare University oversight visit

This visit comes as the university battles a fresh leadership crisis following the immediate resignation of its vice-chancellor, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, last week.

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Mpumalanga police arrest 9 Mozambican nationals for illegal mining ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/mpumala…

Mpumalanga police arrest 9 Mozambican nationals for illegal mining

Mining implements and chemicals believed to be used to refine gold were seized by police during the raid.

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SADAG says thousands reach out to it daily for mental health support ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/sadag-s…

SADAG says thousands reach out to it daily for mental health support

The organisation said the high volume highlights the growing need for accessible mental health services in South Africa.

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Technical problems interrupt electricity supply to Central Substation ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/city-po…

Technical problems interrupt electricity supply to Central Substation

According to the utility, repairs at Central Substation are continuing, with teams working on cables, equipment checks and several damaged supply lines.

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Asian Games close in Japan after records, rancour and rain ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/asian-g…

Asian Games close in Japan after records, rancour and rain

More than 17,000 athletes and officials, a bigger number than the Olympics, descended on Nagoya and Aichi prefecture for the continent's premier sporting spectacular.

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Court to decide if ANC can bar member from standing as candidate in upcoming polls ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/court-t…

Court to decide if ANC can bar member from standing as candidate in upcoming polls

Andile Lungisa has taken the ANC, its NEC and secretary-general to court, challenging the party’s decision to exclude him from its candidate list for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.

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Police divers continue search for Mfuleni teen who disappeared at Glen Beach ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/police-…

Police divers continue search for Mfuleni teen who disappeared at Glen Beach

According to the NSRI's Craig Lambinon, the 18-year-old from Mfuleni had been swimming with friends when he was swept out towards Maidens Cove.

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City of Joburg calls on communities to join fight against GBVF ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/city-of…

City of Joburg calls on communities to join fight against GBVF

This follows the launch of city’s GBV and Femicide Response Action Plan on Friday, which the city said will reinforce measures already in place.

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Over 200k Eskom customers in Gauteng, KZN remain affected by load reduction ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/over-20…

Over 200k Eskom customers in Gauteng, KZN remain affected by load reduction

The power utility said the number of customers affected by load reduction has dropped from 1.69 million to 202,590 nationally, with more than 60% of previously affected customers in the two provinces...

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Govt calls on anyone with info linked to Pretoria twins murder to come forward ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/govt-ca…

Govt calls on anyone with info linked to Pretoria twins murder to come forward

Government has also discouraged the sharing of unverified information on social media, as it will further devastate the family of the victims.

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Boisterous fashion week barnstorms 'sleepy' Nigerian capital ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/boister…

Boisterous fashion week barnstorms 'sleepy' Nigerian capital

Nigeria Fashion Week, which wraps up Sunday, decamped from Lagos this year, trading the mega-city of more than 20 million, the nation's economic and artistic mecca, for the centrally planned admini...

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White House AI task force will prevent 'overregulation': WSJ ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/white-h…

White House AI task force will prevent 'overregulation': WSJ

Clayton, the US director of national intelligence, is widely reported to be the new AI czar in the administration of US President Donald Trump, though the appointment is yet to be confirmed.

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Bosnia votes with wartime divisions still dominating ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/bosnia-…

Bosnia votes with wartime divisions still dominating

Voters will elect a dizzying number of officials across multiple tiers of government, in a complex system that has held the partitioned country together since the 1995 peace deal.

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Philippines arrests 244 'mostly Chinese' workers in online scam crackdown ewn.co.za/2026/10/04/philipp…

Philippines arrests 244 'mostly Chinese' workers in online scam crackdown

Manila banned Philippine online gaming operators, known locally as POGOs, in 2024 on the grounds that organised crime groups used them as a cover for human trafficking, money laundering, online...

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Mantashe urges ANC supporters in CPT to go to the polls in their numbers ewn.co.za/2026/10/03/mantash…

Mantashe urges ANC supporters in CPT to go to the polls in their numbers

Mantashe was in Cape Town on Saturday on a door-to-door campaign alongside ANC volunteers.

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