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MACABRE BUSINESS OP-ED: Shot, skinned and sold: South Africa’s enormous trade in wild primates

There is an ethical failure embedded in the staggering numbers that sustain this vast, established market. We need to…

RESILIENT RECOVERY: Brainstormed: How Kruger Park is rethinking the humble culvert

To most visitors driving through Kruger National Park, a culvert is barely noticeable. It is simply the concrete…

PINE PAIN: Lower Tokai fynbos ‘can recover’, but scientists divided over what comes next

Two leading fynbos scientists say Lower Tokai can recover after 130 years under pine plantations. But the future of the…

POLL WARNING OP-ED: Elections and the information integrity crisis: Why SA’s human rights body is taking action

The South African Human Rights Commission has issued a strong alert about disinformation ahead of local elections and…

GROUNDUP: World’s largest biomedical research funder lifts ban on South Africa

Many clinical trials were halted and many researchers were retrenched when the US National Institutes of Health stopped…

THE CONVERSATION: Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic appear linked to lower rates of some cancers in observational studies, yet healthy-user bias…

YOUTH VOICES: Metro Lives panel explores why Johannesburg’s renewal will fail without its young people

Johannesburg’s renewal cannot succeed without the meaningful participation of its young people. At a Metro Lives…

Why South Africa’s coalition politics is a failure

The Gauteng metros are not suffering from bad faith. They are suffering from a voting system that pays for it.

GROUNDUP: Fired for being foreign as employers bow to March and March threats

The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng.

Rare tornado in southwestern France injures dozens, damages homes

A tornado swept through a village in the Aude region of southwestern France late on Monday, destroying homes and…

Germany to say who's behind attempted airport drone attack soon, says Merz

The German government will soon announce who is responsible for an attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport…

At least one-in-four former players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study shows

At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic…

Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas

Gaza parents have been warned to stop their children flying kites in the war-ravaged enclave, after Israel threatened a…

LOCAL RESILIENCE: How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table

What began in 2022 as a backyard project by retrenched worker Mannini Ntlaba has grown into a one-hectare community…

WHAT’S COOKING: Apple crumble with raisins and slivered almonds

Old-fashioned and truly satisfying, this is the kind of apple crumble that has them coming back for seconds.

THE INTERVIEW: Irene Bourquin: The doula putting education at the centre of pregnancy care

Irene Bourquin has spent decades arguing that better education, respectful care and informed choice should put women at…

Golf-Poulter unsure about his future with LIV Golf

Aug 24 (Reuters) - England's Ian Poulter said on Monday he hoped LIV Golf remained afloat next year but was unsure…

US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ballot restrictions

Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted one court order blocking President Donald Trump's…

Watch – Inside Cape Town’s data hub deal

COMPANIES: Cell C and MTN financials tell different sides of telecoms evolution story

CEO Jorge Mendes was all smiles on Cell C’s maiden annual results call as a standalone company listed on the JSE, but…

GLOBAL DRUG TRAFFICKING: Mexican cartel concerns around SA ‘tik farms’ may connect to Ecuador’s cocaine gangs

Police recently cracked down on another suspected crystal methamphetamine factory on a Limpopo farm and arrested…

WHERE TO INVEST: Can CA&S diversify away from Botswana before the market loses patience?

CA Sales Holdings has a vast distribution footprint, but one source of concentration risk has spooked the market:…

MADLANGA COMMISSION: Questions mount over Matlala’s reluctance to discuss relationship with Sibiya

Serious questions are emerging from Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s evidence about his relationship with suspended deputy…

ANALYSIS: Joburg stands in the way of reform’s (almost) unstoppable momentum

Reforms under President Cyril Ramaphosa appear increasingly entrenched, with business confidence growing and Operation…

REBUILDING STRONGER: When the rivers came for Kruger, the waters took everything

At Letaba, a wall of brown water turned an orderly camp into an evacuation zone. At Pafuri, the river tore the ground…

ALMOST INTELLIGENT: The AI-human collision — balancing automation and accountability in the new workplace

Tech is transforming human resources processes as well as practitioners’ work scope and risks.

SOCIAL (IN)SECURITY: Sassa grant reviews strand vulnerable South Africans in systemic chaos

A sweeping grant review process by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), aimed at tackling fraud, is…

AFTER THE BELL: Sovereign debt and Citi Golfs — the night our economic engine broke down

While columnist Stephen Grootes is away, the rest of us can cosplay as finance bros. The economics of a reckless night…

Body-worn cameras could police the police, but still it’s the officer pressing ‘record’

As a new tool, body-worn cameras can help in building accountability and trust in a police force that has lost the…

DA’s Burke defence leaves the party caught between retreat and denial

The facts at the heart of the Kastelo affair remain allegations, not findings – but the DA’s handling of them is no…

Two UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia killed in South Sudan ambush

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Two UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ambush on Monday…

EDITORIAL: IDT hush money docket: 383 days, one video, no arrests

The former chief executive of a state entity that spends upwards of R4-billion a year, and her then spokesperson, put…

US unveils ‘economic D-Day’ of sanctions to isolate Iran

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Monday announced an expansion of secondary sanctions it hopes will "sever…

Madlanga Commission reveals how implicated figures used security firms to wield immense power

Evidence before the Madlanga Commission illustrates how security companies have become shadow militia, used by…

GROUNDUP: UJ official must pay back R18m over student housing bribes

Labour Court finds Andries Helani accepted more than R3.2-million in payments linked to private student accommodation…

THE CONVERSATION: Small talk acts like social glue – here’s how to get better at it

Predictable small talk is a human technology that opens interactions. Here are practical suggestions for how brief…