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OPEN SECRETS: PetroSA’s rehabilitation fund shortfall is a ticking timebomb
As PetroSA faces liquidation proceedings, the huge shortfall in funds to resolve its longstanding decommissioning…
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POLITICALLY AWEH: Cupcake’s GBV family meeting and Zuma’s very short IEC pledge
The final days of September were all about promises, and how long they last. From Ramaphosa’s talks on GBV from seven…
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MADLANGA COMMISSION: Ipid searches Hawks officer’s home after Madlanga extrajudicial killing allegations
The fallout from the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry continues, with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate…
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THE CONVERSATION: Has gentle parenting gone too far?
To be or not to be a gentle parent? That is the question. There is so much controversy these days about gentle…
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PLATES OF PROFIT: Who controls our food? Report exposes corporate threat to farmers, consumers, public health
Corporate power is reshaping food systems globally and locally – from patented seeds and hazardous pesticides, to…
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Schreiber waives 60-day visa filing rule — too little, too late
Minister Leon Schreiber has waived Home Affairs’ rigid 60-day visa filing rule via Directive 13, but the delayed course…
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Delhi shuts metro stations, restricts traffic ahead of new protest against election chief
Authorities closed six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions in Delhi on Monday, as opposition parties…
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China sanctions ‘pawn’ Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties
China on Monday placed sanctions on Paraguay's communications minister and the foreign minister of Belize over their…
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More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded in flood-hit region of Nepal, official says
More than 100 foreign trekkers are stranded at different locations after the flooding of a river in central Nepal at…
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German labour minister to quit after stepdaughter’s death
Baerbel Bas, Germany's labour minister and co-head of the centre-left SPD, resigned from both posts on Monday, citing…
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ESCAPE: Walking the Leopard Trail — Four days of fynbos, fatigue and fierce resilience
The Leopard Trail in the Baviaanskloof tests hikers with steep climbs, storms and rocky descents, rewarding endurance…
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HOLDING IT TOGETHER: Humour helps healthcare staff cope in a way that is therapeutic
Levity helps doctors to avoid burnout and it can lower patients’ risk of depression.
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LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR: Nine interventions later, Ditsobotla is still failing residents and businesses
After nine rounds of government intervention, Ditsobotla remains trapped in political instability, financial distress…
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LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU: This J-country has its paper in order, even if not the work
One institution hands the baton to another: police, prosecutors, courts, commissions, employers. Now, at least in these…
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POWER GUZZLERS OP-ED: Big Tech or public good? What Cape Town’s data centre battle means for residents
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s ruling on the King Air Industria appeal will set the terms for hyperscale…
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North Korea fires missiles days after South Korea’s hypersonic test
SEOUL, Oct 12 (Reuters) - North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Monday,…
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One dead in new attack on Saudi airport, a day after Houthi strike kills 13
DUBAI/RIYADH, Oct 11 (Reuters) - One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh's international…
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LEARNING CURVEBALL: Student debt policy puts Rhodes, students at odds
After protests over upfront fees at Rhodes University, a Unisa business school expert says the fix is not always more…
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Living in Fear: ‘Who can we trust?’ Prosecutors say little has changed since colleague Tracy Brown’s murder
More than a year after prosecutor Tracy Brown was murdered, her former colleagues say their safety concerns remain…
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DEAD IN THE WATER OP-ED: Silent crisis — starving penguins, dying sardines and a government gambling with species extinction
South Africa celebrated a landmark agreement to protect African penguins from food scarcity. Eighteen months later,…
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CROP DOLLAR: Is SA’s novel spekboom restoration a new soil carbon-farming frontier?
Mass-planting spekboom to repair damaged farmlands in the Eastern Cape, paid for through the carbon markets, got…
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TENSIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL TRACKS: Biker shot dead as SA drug busts rev up global outlaw motorcycle gang fears
A MAC’s Motorcycle Club member was murdered in a Pretoria shooting. As tensions flare within South Africa’s biking…
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CRICKET: Steve Smith fielding show sees Australia pile pressure on Proteas in first Test
South Africa 284 all out (David Bedingham 49, Pat Cummins 3-54) trail Australia (Matt Renshaw 190, Wiaan Mulder 4-68,)…
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SA must ask who really benefits from a mining boom
The PwC’s latest mining figures and global inequality reports should prompt a fundamental re-evaluation of mineral…
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At least 72 Sudanese artisanal miners killed in strike, rights monitor says
Oct 11 (Reuters) - At least 72 artisanal miners were killed in an airstrike in northern Sudan on Saturday, rights…
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THE BIG READ: The names on a record sleeve tell us an important story
A banner carried in Durban by South Africans told neighbouring governments to fetch their people. The names on a 1973…
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El Niño highlights urgent need for climate-resilient food systems in SA
With El Niño bringing hotter and drier conditions to South Africa this summer, the country is facing an urgent reminder…
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RED SEA CHAOS: Fuel on the fire — there’s a Trumpian upside to the global oil crisis
South Africa could not avoid the latest fuel price increase because the Houthis choked off Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea exit,…
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WHERE TO INVEST: Warning signs on Afrimat’s losses were already visible, if you knew where to look
A stronger rand, higher shipping costs and collapsing domestic iron ore volumes exposed the risks of Afrimat’s…
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US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over refinery attacks, FT reports
Oct 11 (Reuters) - The US is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to…
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TALK IS CHEAP: Morero vows transparency, but Joburg withholds release of R4bn misconduct records
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero promised residents that his administration would not hide financial misconduct or the…
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BET ON BURGERS: From struggling student to store manager — the burger wager that opened new doors
When her plans to become a scientist fell through, a young woman from Polokwane took a chance as a waitress at a burger…
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: On paper vs reality — could the DA and the ANC work together in Joburg?
The ANC and DA may need each other to govern Johannesburg, but competing interests, bruising personalities and the risk…
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WIN FOR WILDLIFE: Hunters lose Constitutional Court challenge to animal wellbeing protections
The judgment, hailed as a ‘profound victory for wild animals’, brings relief to conservation and animal protection…
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ASYLUM FURY: How a narrow court ruling became a week of anti-foreigner rage online
A narrow Constitutional Court ruling on asylum applications was distorted online into false claims about citizenship,…
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Vote for the psychopath — Joburg needs it
You have to be more than a little crazy to want to be the mayor of our biggest city.
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