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In this tribute to Judge Barathanathan ‘Thumba’ Pillay on his 90th birthday, Judge Dhaya Pillay remembers his seminal judgment granting antiretrovirals to prisoners.
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Got to love a one-pot wonder. Especially when it takes under an hour before you’re ready to serve supper.
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Greek police arrested 20 people on the island of Crete on Monday, saying they had dismantled a criminal gang suspected of defrauding the European Union of agricultural subsidies - the latest case in a growing scandal that has shaken the government.
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Philippine rescuers were racing against time on Monday in a search for possible signs of life more than 24 hours after the collapse ofa building under construction in the city of Angeles, with crews carefully removing rocks and surrounding debris by hand.
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Latvian opposition lawmaker Andris Kulbergs of the United List said on Monday he aimed to form a four-party majority government after the ruling coalition collapsed this month over national security concerns, though a final deal has yet to be struck.
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Senegal’s parliament speaker, El Malick Ndiaye, has announced his resignation, deepening political turmoil in the West African nation two days after the president dismissed the government.
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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is set to announce his final squad for next month’s Fifa World Cup on Wednesday, 27 May. The team will be dominated by players from Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, and the recent silverware successes of these teams will be a great morale boost in the national te…
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THE CONVERSATION: Can houseplants really purify the air in your home? What the science actually says
Houseplants can add beauty and comfort to your home, but their air-purifying abilities are limited. Scientific evidence reveals they aren’t a standalone solution for indoor air quality issues.
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The State alleges that Brown Mogotsi attempted to bribe the investigating officer shortly after his arrest, as ballistic evidence suggests the vehicle at the centre of his alleged assassination attempt was stationary and unoccupied when it was shot at.
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From Investec’s private banking ambitions to Spear’s Western Cape office bet and Vukile’s Italian tilt, the JSE’s growth playbook is widening. But scaling exclusivity, paying fair prices and protecting retail investors remain the catch points on this week’s capital-market chessboard.
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Events in Durban and Joburg last week showed again the political power of prejudice against migrants. The temptation by politicians who have failed in our cities to use this issue in local elections is growing stronger. Nothing good will come from this.
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LAGOS, May 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries, results showed on Sunday.
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‘Not my problem’ is no longer an option for the Minister of Water and Sanitation and the Eastern Cape Premier when it comes to a rural Eastern Cape water crisis. This comes after the Mthatha high court rejected their attempt to avoid responsibility for ensuring two Centane villages have access to po…
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KYIV, May 24 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles on Sunday in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the four-year war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital.
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The organisers of South Africa’s four-tournament ATP Challenger series want new fans for a sport that’s been in the wilderness domestically
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The Nelson Mandela Bay metro had another day of fuel outages as the city hit a further snag in the renewal of its fuel contract, but the MMC for Budget and Treasury, the EFF’s Khanya Ngqisha, said last week that the problem had been sorted out.
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An out-of-control pest is invading southern Africa’s major river systems: the Australian red claw crayfish. Researchers warn that this highly invasive species is moving dangerously close to the Okavango Delta.
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In near-perfect conditions, three of the four races in the Cape Town Marathon were run in record-breaking times, with the men’s elite race producing the fastest marathon on African soil.
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BRAND FALLOUT: Dis-Chem distances itself from shareholder Mark Saltzman as SAHRC probes racist posts
Pharmacy group Dis-Chem says Mark Saltzman is not a board member, employee or company representative, as the SAHRC launches an investigation into social media posts reportedly linked to him.
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Three years ago, Krasimir Kamenov and three others from Bulgaria were murdered in the upmarket Cape Town suburb of Constantia. While police asked for the public’s help in tracing suspects, there have been no arrests in a case that has attracted global attention.
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The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry continues to send ripples through the SA Police Service, this time with the arrest of a captain from the police’s forensic lab.
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Amid growing xenophobic violence in Durban, refugees are terrified as a June 30 deadline looms, exposing the urgent need to address who is fuelling this fear-driven movement.
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After months of denying any knowledge of an investigation, Swimming South Africa has confirmed that it was notified last week of an investigation by the state’s integrity unit, and a request to meet.
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The manhunt for the killers of a Mossel Bay couple in the Kruger National Park continues as trackers discover tyre tracks leading into Mozambique. The murders happened as SANParks introduced measures to protect tourists in the north of the park.
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WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, as his administration played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised a day earlier.
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LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) - Baby Yoda brought crowds to movie theaters over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend, putting “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian and Grogu” on track to collect roughly $165m around the globe, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday.
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The award-winning and internationally bestselling author Tayari Jones returns with her latest book, Kin.
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Africa’s energy transition is increasingly evolving beyond simply building renewable energy projects.
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The National Health Insurance now lies in ruins and adjustments will need to be made.
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South Africa has received its first positive outlook revision from Moody’s since 2007, but the ratings agency is still keeping the country two notches below investment grade. This tells us that better fiscal discipline is being noticed, but the hard work is far from over.
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African swine fever may not be contagious to humans but several rotting pig carcasses found in Grogro may pose a health threat, prompting Nelson Mandela Bay health officials and State Veterinary Services to keep a close eye on the outbreak.
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After Joburg readers told Daily Maverick about the extent of broken streetlights across the city, we spoke to five women who described how the lack of streetlights limits their freedom and affects their ability to work, socialise, visit family and practise their faith.
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The Reserve Bank in the past decade has focused on the narrow disinflation objective to the neglect of the constitutional injunction to support balanced and sustainable growth.
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South Africa’s healthcare sector has many pressure points that will influence its financial future.
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Any political party interested in winning votes in South Africa, especially votes from a rather uninterested youthful population, will need to have workable, clear and achievable strategies for job creation.
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Nelson Mandela Bay faces about 7,000 active water leaks as its decaying 4,700km pipeline threatens reservoirs. The maintenance budget is being depleted, which will derail the repairs to the leaks as appointed contractors await orders.
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The old private markets were built around exclusion. The new prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, are built around inclusion. They do not yet democratise ownership, but they do democratise opinion backed by cash.
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The device aims to reduce load during peak electricity times, helping to stabilise South Africa’s national grid while saving municipalities’ power costs.
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After readers helped Daily Maverick track the extent of broken streetlights across Joburg, we visited one of the worst-affected areas, Lenasia South, to see how unlit neighbourhoods fuel a surge in crime and community distrust ahead of the 2026 local elections.
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The horror of 19 March 2026 still haunts a Cape Town father, the night police asked him to lift a blanket and identify what remained of his 79-year-old mother, known to neighbours simply as ‘Auntie Connie’. Beneath the sheet lay her mutilated body. He saw only her naked chest. Her head was missing, …
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The moral and legal issues that surround mass hunger should no longer be avoided in South Africa.
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Cocaine worth about R300-million has gone missing from state storage, suggesting that members of the SAPS are not just botching basic work procedures, but are also actively colluding with global drug traffickers.
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South Africa’s Afrophobia reveals a troubling betrayal of pan-African solidarity. Historical injustices mirror today’s xenophobic violence, reflecting deeper governance failures as the continent grapples with a migration crisis.
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Winnie Mandela’s life, as complex and divisive a figure as she was, reminds us that we can and must do better to improve the material conditions of those who are marginalised.
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We cannot allow the future of healthcare in this country to become a technical and procedural battle between entrenched private interests and a state that has eroded public trust.
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The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival ran from 12 to 23 May 2026, bringing filmmakers, actors and industry figures to the French Riviera for cinema’s most closely watched showcase. South Korean director Park Chan-wook chaired the main competition jury, while Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu…
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THE INTERVIEW: The Glass Island: An exploration of humanity’s failings through surreal autobiography
The calm of Patricia Schonstein’s home stands in stark contrast to the turmoil beyond it. In The Glass Island, her eighth novel, that dissonance comes into focus, as global violence and moral urgency find expression within her fiction.
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Music institution Bassline, which began as a venue 32 years ago, is now a roving concert company about to put on its annual festival.
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Frustrated students from the University of Western Cape have entered another day of protests over poor living conditions. On Friday, 22 May, MPs visited the protest site, expressing concern and demanding the university take immediate action to resolve the crisis affecting student welfare.
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The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery.
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In this edition of the Weekend Wrap, accountability takes centre stage with a breakthrough in tracking down missing state funds, a scathing high court ruling involving a late political struggle veteran, and a breakdown of the bid to remove Julius Malema from the JSC.
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Recent market volatility has some investors anxious about their portfolios’ performance, but temporary setbacks are not a reason to alter course permanently.
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Former political analyst and activist Lukhona Mnguni is entering the race for Johannesburg mayor under the banner of Rise Mzansi, warning that South Africa risks becoming a ‘gangster state’ if corruption and weakened institutions are left unchecked. He answers our five questions for candidates.
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The National Consumer Commission has officially referred FlySafair to the National Consumer Tribunal for what an investigation into flight overbooking has revealed to be ‘unconscionable conduct’.
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Sparkly cake decorations such as edible glitter and metallic dusts are booming in popularity, but experts warn they can pose serious health risks if inhaled – especially by children. The warning comes after a young boy in Australia was admitted to hospital when cake decorating powder entered his lun…
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A tongue-in-cheek survey of South Africa’s finest fried chicken.
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Try this stylish and sexy, easy yet elegant fried chicken recipe.
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The post-operative musings of a man who loves his family. And for the bleakest days of his life, thought he was gone from them.
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Seasonal workers in Robertson often struggle to get to the clinic to access basic healthcare during the day, so community health workers in Langeberg have set up mobile clinics to visit the township at night.
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There is something magical about that in-between stage when everyone is still setting up for RMB Latitudes Art Fair: ladders everywhere, technicians tweaking lighting, paint still drying, the artworld surviving on caffeine, and a sense of community second to none. It runs from 22 to 24 May at Shepst…
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Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency has been defined by commissions and task teams instead of action. Would he recall all the missed opportunities as he enters the cold corridor of impeachment?
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Although military attacks may have ceased, at least temporarily, the war of words between Iran and the US continues.
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US President Donald Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of US states by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare their components national-security risks, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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An explosion at Hungarian oil and gas group MOL’s MOLB.BU petrochemical plant in Tiszaujvaros, eastern Hungary, has killed one person and injured several others, the company said in a statement on Friday.
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Samsung Electronics’ workers in South Korea on Friday began voting on a pay deal that ensures huge bonuses for its memory chip workers, but other employees who didn’t fare as well said they plan to oppose it.
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China on Friday launched a crackdown on cross-border activities that illegally channel domestic money into overseas securities, futures and fund products.
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Following a series of articles by Maverick Citizen, the SIU has finalised a R25-million asset recovery from a network of contractors linked to the Gauteng Department of Education’s irregular R431-million Covid-19 sanitisation contracts.
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‘The bee kingdom is led by women, we can’t keep assuming men lead it,’ says Lulu Letlape, founder of Bongi Bees. She is one of a new generation of women entrepreneurs quietly reshaping one of South Africa’s most overlooked agricultural sectors.
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In their pursuit of a second Champions League title, Mamelodi Sundowns will have to down Morocco’s AS FAR in Rabat. It won’t be a welcoming environment for the Brazilians, who head into the second-leg encounter with a slender 1-0 lead.
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Springbok and Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye has started an 18-month ban for a doping violation that says more about the system than it does about any perceived cheating on his part.
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Committee reports reveal a municipality caught between exhausted budgets, contractor pricing chaos and a growing streetlight backlog — with no fix in sight.
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Tripling the Metro Police’s boots on the ground and placing a vehicle in every ward forms just one part of DA mayoral candidate Retief Odendaal’s plan to improve safety and security in Nelson Mandela Bay.
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I am aware of the benefit of exercise and the inherent danger in driving and dietary overindulgences, and that my insurance company really does have my safety at heart – but I’m not always rational.
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The timing of this El Niño event – unfolding at a rapid pace after the fading of its polar opposite La Niña, which typically drenches this region – could hardly be worse as it is looming against the backdrop of surging fuel and fertiliser prices triggered by the almost three-month long Iran conflict…
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Responsible investing has entered a more demanding phase for South African asset managers, where the work is shifting from policy statements and emissions measurement to harder questions about carbon costs, portfolio targets, proxy voting and the environmental price tag of artificial intelligence.
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The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that George Gueorguiev, the Kommetjie Primary School principal at the centre of a 2025 hate speech controversy, has been transferred to a deputy principal post at Simon’s Town School.
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Residents in Yeoville, Bellevue, Berea and Observatory say Egoli Gas terminated supply with little notice and no compensation.
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Minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi has said in a written answer to Parliament that the Department of Home Affairs has agreed to waive a five-year ban on Nigerian evangelist Timothy Omotoso for the National Prosecuting Authority to apply for his extradition. The NPA is awaiting the outcome of its p…
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Following a last-minute decision to freeze school textbook budgets just days before a statutory deadline, the Free State Department of Education has strongly defended its centralised takeover, citing chronic administrative failures and unlawful photocopying by school administrators. However, the Sou…
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Data centres in South Africa are not just energy consumers; they are catalysts for economic growth, infrastructure development and job creation across cities.
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The SAHRC inquiry into Gauteng’s water crisis exposes municipal mismanagement and systemic failures, revealing the human rights violations faced by vulnerable residents.
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General Ray Lalla, former national head of Crime Intelligence during President Thabo Mbeki’s tenure, secretly recorded a meeting with officials from the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PLCU) ‘to protect the integrity of the state’, the Khampepe Commission was told.
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As South Africa wrestles with elephant management, delays and a lack of accountability could push culling from a last resort to an all-too-possible outcome.
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The most pressing issue for South Africa is improving trade relations between Pretoria and Washington, says new SA ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer.
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HELSINGBORG, Sweden May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Nato allies on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump called the alliance into question due to divisions over the Iran war and Washington announced plans to pull 5,000 troops from Europe.
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SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group have departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against nine individuals, including Iran's designated ambassador to Lebanon, for obstructing the peace process in the Middle Eastern country and impeding the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
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May 21 (Reuters) - The United States arrested Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of the executive president of GAESA, a sprawling conglomerate of military-run businesses, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday.
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THEATRE REVIEW: Lest we forget: The play observing the Soweto Uprising through a fiercely human lens
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that shattered the soul of South Africa on 16 June 1976, the Baxter and Market theatres have co-produced a docu-fictional drama, Rise ’76: The Story of June 16th.
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The securitisation of the Marange diamond industry in Zimbabwe represents a deliberate political strategy to engineer an ‘architecture of opacity’ for regime survival and elite enrichment.
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A new study from Durban shows how at risk taxi drivers are to life-threatening heat stress, and not just during once-off extreme events. Long-term exposure to rising temperatures in their mini buses may end in kidney burnout.
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In the wake of the ruling that the new fixed tariffs are unlawful and invalid, a concerning mischaracterisation of the case has emerged. The ratepayers now offer their account – and an open door to the mayor and mayoral committee.
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More than a decade after national outrage over deadly pit latrines, many Limpopo schools still lack safe and adequate sanitation. While most pit toilets have been demolished, learners are often left relying on overcrowded and poorly maintained chemical toilets as promised infrastructure projects sta…
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Residents in Free State, North West and Limpopo are grappling with water shortages, as failing infrastructure and dry conditions leave them without reliable access to a clean supply. Households are forced to rely on irregular supply methods, raising concerns about health, sanitation and the slow pac…
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May 21 (Reuters) - Britain has allocated up to 20 million pounds ($26.87 million) in new aid funding to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UK's Foreign Office said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on AI and cybersecurity as soon as Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as pressure grows from parts of his political base to increase oversight of new AI models, such as Anthropic…
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May 20 (Reuters) - James Murdoch agreed to acquire New York Magazine and the Vox Media podcast network in a deal that will significantly expand his portfolio and stands to boost his influence over news and entertainment.
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ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 20 (Reuters) - SpaceX aims to reach 10,000 launches annually within five years, but government officials will need to see improved reliability before approving such an expansion, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday.
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The follies and wonders of the Oudtshoorn Feather Boom are still evident in the grand old mansions that remain.
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The war in Iran has put South Africa’s exposure to oil imports in the spotlight. But the falling costs of electrotech offer a new path forward – if only the government would stop dragging its feet.
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Get to know Eastern Cape journalist Andisa Bonani beyond the headlines. From the community newsroom that shaped her career to the solo trip she’d relive in a heartbeat. Step into her world.
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Russia on Thursday delivered nuclear munitions to field facilities in Belarus and showcased elements of its strategic nuclear forces, as tensions with European NATO members rose over the Ukraine war and drone activity in the Baltic.
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Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel's far-right police minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said.
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Nigeria's anti-drug agency said it had dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure of its kind in the country, seizing drugs and chemicals worth about $363 million and arresting 10 suspects, including three Mexicans.
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Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day from Nepali side
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The last time Orlando Pirates won the league title was in 2012. The Buccaneers now have an opportunity to end this drought. But they face an equally desperate Orbit College in Mbombela.
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With a glorious orchestra in the pit and what at times looks and sounds like hundreds of top-calibre singers on stage, Cape Town Opera’s latest rendition of Georges Bizet’s Carmen is balm for the ears and medicine for the soul.
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A year ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa was ambushed in the White House. Today, Roelf Meyer will present his credentials to President Donald Trump as the new South African Ambassador to Washington. The hope is that this act will restore diplomatic channels and reset relations between the nations.
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Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has confirmed to Parliament that the State Security Agency is conducting lifestyle audits of lieutenant generals and that more senior officers will be vetted. This is among several plans to ‘reset’ and bolster the police service.
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South Africa’s conservation establishment has a favourite phrase, ‘sustainable use’, presented as the pragmatic answer to balancing biodiversity protection with economic reality. But sustainable use is not a self-executing principle. It depends on science, lawful governance and meaningful enforcemen…
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South African digital insurer Naked has launched a ChatGPT app that can generate a final, binding car insurance quote inside the chatbot, in what the company says is a global first for motor insurance.
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Salim Essa, a central figure in South Africa’s State Capture, evades justice in Dubai as prosecutors pursue his extradition for orchestrating massive corruption linked to state contracts.
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TEEN SCRUTINY: Hilton College and others grapple with the cost of commercialisation in school sports
From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy. Coaches, psychologists and parents say its educational and developmental purpose is being displaced by performance and profit, while leg…
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In his final State of the City address, outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero delivered an upbeat farewell filled with cherry-picked statistics and swipes at political rivals. However, the optimistic tone was overshadowed by a crippling R5.2bn Eskom debt threat and widespread municipal collapse.
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Nearly two full years after being elected into Parliament and becoming the official opposition to the national coalition, the MK party shows many signs that it is unable to fulfil a vitally important job.
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Eskom may step in and sort out Johannesburg’s electricity crisis after City Power fails to pay the national power utility a debt exceeding R5.2bn.
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Arsenal are Premier League champions, bringing ecstatic relief to devoted fans who've endured two decades of disappointment in pursuit of glory.
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The Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Senator Ronald dela Rosa for a temporary restraining order to prevent his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court.
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A German married couple was arrested on suspicion of building contacts with German scientists to obtain intelligence on technologies with possible military use for China, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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The case against alleged underworld figure and murder accused Nafiz Modack has effectively been closed in the Western Cape Division of the High Court, marking a dramatic turning point in one of the province’s most closely watched organised crime trials.
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Six South Africans have been detained by Israeli forces after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international waters while attempting to break the Gaza blockade. Their families and the South African government have raised urgent concerns over their safety, medical care, and immediate rele…
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Dogs can be very aggressive towards one another, as many people will have witnessed in public places. But in South Africa aggression between dogs occurs more often in people’s homes.
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An article published by Daily Maverick on 14 May 2026 reported that Coega Steels had missed a payment deadline on a R45-million municipal bill owed to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Since publication it has come to our attention that there were factual inaccuracies in the article, including th…
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South Africa doesn’t only need better government. It needs to remember the citizens who built things before the government arrived.
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In nature, death and killing is natural. In systems where populations are too high and resources become limited Mother Nature takes it one step further and mass die-offs occur. Mass die-offs come with starvation, suffering and outcomes that go against several animal rights ethical frameworks. Is tha…
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Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.
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Since 1999 the ballot paper has been long with no-hopers, but this time, with the emergence of new coalitions looking to reshape the political landscape, things might be different.
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Charl Blignaut reflects on the life of his friend Maria McCloy, whose name he first encountered in a flip file in 1997.
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Keyes is synonymous with creative energy and urban gathering, woven into Rosebank’s cultural life. Now, bureaucracy has caught up at last and it’s a go for the precinct’s next phase.
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Behind the scenes, on the velvet couches, amid the literary glamour of the Franschhoek Literary Festival Green Room, authors swapped stories, confessed anxieties, discussed murder, romance and surfing, and revealed the wonderfully chaotic human world behind the books.
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The story of Dietrich in Joburg is complex and inspiring, one of the many ghostly, fragile strands of our half-remembered city. It is also the story of the sheer guts and determination of a very young man searching for something greater than what his limited world seemed to offer.
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The AI industry’s fiercest rivals are rapidly becoming uneasy allies as the race for compute power and strategic dominance accelerates. Behind the billion-dollar deals, public feuds and shifting partnerships lies a sprawling infrastructure arms race that could reshape the global economy – or destabi…
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Hantavirus is not considered a pathogen with pandemic potential. However, the outbreak has once again demonstrated that South Africa is not obstructionist, irrational or unreasonable in demanding that pathogen access and benefit sharing be placed on an equal footing in the Pandemic Agreement.
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General Fannie Masemola’s court appearance over alleged Public Finance Management Act violations is not just about one contract – it shines a harsh light on systemic governance failures within the SAPS. When accountability falters at the highest level of policing, public trust, institutional integri…
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Two new battery-related fires involving Volvo Cars' VOLCARb.ST EX30 has prompted Thailand's consumer watchdog to consider civil action, adding to pressure on the Swedish automaker as it grapples with a global recall of the electric SUV.
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Turkey said on Wednesday that Germany would send it a Patriot missile defence system for a six-month deployment from June to replace a system deployed as part of NATO measures in southeast Turkey to bolster air defences amid the war in Iran.
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The April consumer price inflation read is the first clear indication of the domestic inflation and interest rate trajectory in the wake of the Iran war, and it is not good, folks.
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On the back of Arsène Wenger’s departure in 2018, and the subsquent arrival of Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, a popular mantra at the London-based club was “Trust the process.” Seven years later, the process has yielded a first Premier League title in more than two decades, as well as a Champions League f…
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RightsCon cancellation underscores growing repression of civic freedoms in Africa and reflects broader global challenges as countries navigate foreign influence.
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After the unfortunate decision to cancel last year, the Cape Town Marathon returns with Eliud Kipchoge making his debut and sights set on World Major Marathon status.
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Nelson Mandela Bay’s deputy mayor is ‘excited’ for his criminal trial to start, and would like it to be broadcast live. But after the matter was postponed this week until 2 June for a new trial date to be fixed, he expressed frustration because ‘exposing the truth’ has also been delayed.
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South Africa’s citrus sector, boosted by new technology and favourable conditions, has overtaken Spain as the top global exporter, promising growth despite rising agricultural costs.
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Inconsistent delivery of printed council agendas exposes Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s struggles with modernisation and highlights broader issues of environmental responsibility in public administration.
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BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19 (Reuters) - Twenty-six more suspected Ebola deaths were recorded in 24 hours in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Tuesday, and the head of the World Health Organization expressed deep concern about the outbreak's spread.
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The discovery by AI models of vulnerabilities in financial systems raises unsettling questions about security and trust in banking – a sector that can also be intensely political.
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May 19 (Reuters) - The United States has charged seven Chinese executives and four of the world's largest shipping container companies with conspiring to restrict supply, raising the price of containers during the COVID pandemic, Department of Justice officials said on Tuesday.
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Despite Icasa’s pushback, Minister Solly Malatsi aims to advance South Africa’s ICT reforms, enhancing satellite service access and addressing ownership regulatory gaps.