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Long overdue reform needed to transform rural economy in SA
Since the late 19th century, African people in South Africa have employed various strategies to reclaim the land they lost during the colonial period.
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May 02, 2025
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SA government silent as country's HIV programme unravels
Two decades ago, South Africa's HIV crisis was defined by denialism and delay.
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May 02, 2025
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Options to make a higher salary and a loss of benefits work for you
I am moving to a new company where the salary will be higher, but there are no company benefits like a pension fund or medical aid. I am not sure what I should do about my pension fund and replacing my current benefits.
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April 25, 2025
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Cry wolf: dire resurrection or mammoth reversal of loss?
A company claims to have brought back the dire wolf, extinct for 10,000 years. Has it, and why?
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April 25, 2025
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Lively Braamfontein is looking good and it's about to get better
We are standing in pleasant gardens below the Joburg Theatre Complex in Braamfontein, looking all the way down Ameshoff Street to Wits University.
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April 25, 2025
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Papal vacuum: the just must rise above the noise of power
The death of the leader of the Catholic Church, who was a champion of the marginalised, has left a profound void and a challenge: to raise the voices of the just above the clamour of the babblers
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April 25, 2025
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The Russian agent and the CIA chief: beyond the JFK files
Declassified documents show that James Angleton, who headed counterintelligence for the CIA decades ago, was in contact with Israeli spies. He also exposed a secret Russian agent in South Africa. By Caryn Dolley
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April 25, 2025
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Runner Marissa Groenewald is aiming to 'rope run' Comrades and bring hope
The 'rope runner' has made history by completing the Two Oceans marathon and has set her sights on the ultimate human race next. By Yanga Sibembe
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April 25, 2025
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Our phone-based world robs kids of childhood
In his book The Anxious Generation, author Jonathan Haidt advocates far stricter rules for smartphone use to allow children to develop naturally.
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April 25, 2025
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Stocks and dollar rebound in Asia as Trump changes his tune
Stock markets enjoyed a much-needed relief rally in Asia midweek after US President Donald Trump said he had no plans to fire the head of the Federal Reserve and hinted at lower tariffs for China.
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April 25, 2025
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VAT deal saves the GNU just in time, as survey shows SA is fed up
A midnight deal that led to the National Treasury dropping the VAT increase and possibly reaching an out-of-court settlement on the DA's VAT case has probably saved the government of national unity (GNU).
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April 25, 2025
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Beyond the statistics: understanding the risk of brain injury in sport
Concerns about brain trauma in contact sports such as soccer and rugby are all too real, but sensational headlines can be misleading. By Christian Yates
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April 25, 2025
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Let's dig our way out of Trumpism
Rare earth metals are the next big thing - essential for clean energy. South Africa could bolster its mining industry as a defence against an uncertain world
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April 25, 2025
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Kelly Slater crests new waves as activist and businessperson
Professional surfing might be a niche sport when compared with soccer, tennis or cricket, but the name Kelly Slater transcends barriers.
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April 25, 2025
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Dying for Sex: a terminal cancer patient chases down an orgasm
The new comedy drama on Disney+ is both life- and death-affirming. Starring Michelle Williams, it tells the story of a woman who wants to experience an orgasm with another person before dying. By Noelle Adams
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April 25, 2025
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Smart hacks to lift the pressures of living a gig life in South Africa
Gig workers must manage finances and work life without any traditional employee benefits. By Kara le Roux
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April 25, 2025
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Practising principled ethics in US- SA diplomatic relations
Mcebisi Jonas delivered the 11th annual Ahmed Kathrada Lecture on 8 November 2020 ~ five days after Donald Trump lost a seminal election to Joe Biden and four days after prematurely declaring himself the winner.
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April 25, 2025
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Overuse upstream could dry the
New report shows that an increase in farming and town water supply needs in Angola and Namibia is draining
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April 25, 2025
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Malatsi's smartphone tax break gets a mixed reception
Communications Minister Solly Malatsi's flagship initiative to waive the 9% ad valorem excise duty on smartphones costing less than R2,500 has industry players divided on whether it's a good idea
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April 25, 2025
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This Freedom Day, we need to have a hard talk about the past
As we look towards Freedom Day this year, my mind turns to what I feel is a failure to establish the context in which our country as we know it has come to be shaped. In short, why do we commemorate Freedom Day at all?
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April 25, 2025
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The story behind thunder
The root cause of the loud bangs and flashes of lightning is a fascinating process.
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April 25, 2025
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South Africa unlikely to host RWC in the next two decades
Staging another global showpiece may sadly be beyond the country's means
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April 25, 2025
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Blusterer in the White House is making America grate again
Empire by Wi-Fi, diplomacy by lie - with tariffs flying and truth dying, Trump targets Lesotho and South Africa
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April 25, 2025
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Vehicle repair shop must pay up
The National Consumer Tribunal has made a finding favourable to a consumer whose car has been held by Cape Town Repair Services, but it's a hollow win as the business has ignored the ruling. By Lisakanya Venna
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April 25, 2025
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Moments of terrifying clarity in chaotic world
The US president and his fawning apparatchiks are digging their country into an ever-deepening hole
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April 25, 2025
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An important function of art is to make the world clearly strange and strangely clear
The InArts interviews explore culture by asking creatives about their life in the arts, and which artists in other media stimulate them. We spoke to highly original novelist Willem Anker about influence and the limits of the sayable.
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April 25, 2025
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Adolescence cuts to the heart of teen male rage
The four-part show, which has been called a technical masterpiece, enters the world of online bullying and misogyny.
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April 18, 2025
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Five ways South Africa can reclaim global business respect
To my mind, there is no currency more valuable than perception. If you can change how you are perceived, you can achieve redemption.
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April 18, 2025
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that ate crops
The Zambian side of Kasungu National Park in the Lundazi district of Zambia. There is crop cultivation right up to the edge of the park, which is marked by a tree line. Notably, there is no fence, allowing elephants and hyenas to come and go and terrorise villagers.
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April 18, 2025
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Call of the wild: baby beasts and
I't almost started in disaster. My Proflight Zambia plane from Cape Town was landing in Livingstone and going on to Lusaka. This I did not realise, and I sat blissfully ignorant in my seat, headphones on, while the flight attendants, and all the other passengers, waited for me to get off - the only person disembarking. They eventually tapped me on the shoulder and turfed me out. Just in time.
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