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Gates Foundation engaged with Epstein but made no payments to him, review finds

July 21 (Reuters) - An external review conducted for the Gates Foundation has found it engaged with Jeffrey Epstein,…

Power Guzzlers: Inside Cape Town’s deal turning golf fairways into a giant data hub

Every industrial revolution is bad for the environment in some way, but they do bring benefits. The great data centre…

HISTORY-MAKING: Kerr’s mile world record: The sporting achievement of the year that went almost unnoticed

Scottish middle-distance runner Josh Kerr produced the sporting highlight of the year over the weekend when he broke…

HORN FOR A DILEMMA: Blare necessity: Vuvuzelas save livestock from prowling lions, research finds

Villagers in Zimbabwe have discovered that vuvuzelas can ward off lions, significantly reducing livestock losses and…

PUBLIC WARNING: Check your financial records if you used 80 Eight or Ela Asset Management

In a crackdown on 80 Eight South Africa, the FSCA highlights the need for clients to review their finances after…

After the bell: Business — do you really want to keep it in the family?

Working with family can be rewarding but also challenging. Recent board resignations at Dis-Chem and Bell Equipment…

US-Iran war has strengthened Tehran while boxing Trump into a corner

Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz has become its main point of leverage. It refuses therefore to relent.

CITY OF GOLD: Joburg faces infrastructure collapse as illegal miners strip underground foundations

With at least 100 years’ worth of gold still buried beneath Johannesburg, the City’s illegal mining crisis isn’t going…

Sign the Copyright Bill: Protect musicians from exploitative collecting societies

South Africa has a new Copyright Amendment Bill that has yet to be signed into law. However, among the groups that need…

Capital injection and rail reform transform SA’s logistics sector into a growth engine

Public-private partnerships across South Africa are beginning to show clear business value, with shortened delivery…

Metro Trading Services Reform — a R54bn gamble on municipal and utility accountability

Can a R54bn fiscal intervention save South Africa’s decomposing cities, or will this aggressive utility restructuring…

University language planning — a Stellenbosch perspective on policy and AI

University-based language planning is not only experiencing the effects of generative AI, but also the tensions between…

A love letter to the Bishops Old Diocesan Committee, from the queer who first put up that flag

I am sorry I cannot offer more sympathy for your current rage. I am sorry your lives are not more eventful or…

Football is more than a game that can be measured on the pitch

Fifa must now demonstrate through its actions that football’s greatest strength lies not in yielding to political…

NSFAS recovery hinges on reform, not selective leaks and false narratives

The new administrator has the minister’s full support and has a clear mandate to stabilise NSFAS, restore sound…

Beyond the scoreline — parents need to remember school sports exist for children

Aggressive parents who bully and pressure their children in school sports are not only contributing to anxiety and…

PIC’s Sasol investment shifts the debate to shareholder responsibility

South Africa’s most powerful investor has recently, and quietly, became even more powerful, but with this new…

Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog

Watch — Properties threatened by sinkholes as illegal mining hollows out Joburg

Watch – Is Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden dying from the inside?

Watch – After the June 30 marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next

Watch – South Africa’s anti-migrant campaigns: What’s really driving them?