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Hunt embraces youth-first approach in Durban City’s top-flight debut
DURBAN City head coach Gavin Hunt has thrown his weight behind the youth revolution currently sweeping through the Betway Premiership - and believes the shift will benefit South African football for years to come.
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July 30, 2025
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Visionary fashion move or a death knell for real models?
Al IN VOGUE SHAKES INDUSTRY
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July 30, 2025
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UN chief welcomes ceasefire agreement
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand as a positive step towards ending current hostilities and easing tensions, a UN spokesperson said this week.
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July 30, 2025
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South Africa pushes for tariff negotiations with US despite silence from Washington
SOUTH Africa’s government has reiterated its commitment to secure a favourable tariff deal with the United States, despite a conspicuous lack of communication from Washington D.C.
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July 30, 2025
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All The Rage is going places
DISAPPOINTINGLY beaten when starting odds-on last time out, All The Rage made amends in terrific form when putting hot favourite Saudi Cat to bed in the first at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth yesterday.
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July 30, 2025
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Prosus' bid for Just Eat Takeaway. com extended due to longer competition authority probe
PROSUS on Tuesday extended its public offer to acquire all of Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) to October 1, 2025, to align with a revised competition clearance timeline set by the European Commission for the R81.6 billion transaction.
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July 30, 2025
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Firearm in DJ Sumbody murder linked to three other murders
THE AK-47 rifle used in the murder of DJ Sumbody and his bodyguards was also used in the murders of DJ Vintos, Armand Swart, and Don Tindleni.
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July 30, 2025
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Liam Jacobs replaces Kenny Kunene in Johannesburg Council
PATRIOTIC Alliance (PA) president Gayton McKenzie has unveiled former DA and now PA member Liam Jacobs as suspended Kenny Kunene’ replacement in the City of Johannesburg Council.
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July 30, 2025
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PSL’s blunders compromise league kick-off amid Cape Town City drama
JUST days before the 2024/25 Betway Premiership season is set to begin, South African football finds itselflurching into yet another administrative crisis - and the credibility of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) is once again in the spotlight.
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July 30, 2025
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Tony Leon could help soften strained relations with the US
SOUTH Africa is fast approaching a very high, steep cliff when it comes to our business relationship with the US.
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July 30, 2025
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SCA to hear leave to appeal in Mabuyakhulu’s corruption case
THE National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) decision to revive the corruption case against KwaZulu-Natal provincial task team coordinator, Mike Mabuyakhulu, has created a political headache for the ANC’ national leadership, which entrusted him with its renewal in the province.
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July 30, 2025
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Fire detectors installed in Isipingo informal settlement to enhance community safety
TO HELP reduce fire incidents in the Dakota informal settlement, the eThekwini Municipality and Astron Energy are fitting 342 fire and smoke detectors in informal structures.
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July 30, 2025
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More than half of KZN municipalities at risk
Report unpacks challenges including poor governance
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July 30, 2025
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Rand Water eyes legislative changes to enhance municipal water management
RAND Water is anticipating a change in legislation that could enable it to override poor municipal management of water and sanitation budgets, the provision of water services, and facilitate a choice of supplier for consumers while also ring-fencing water and sanitation payments.
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July 30, 2025
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Salt: the silent killer in our diets
INDIANS like their food well spiced and salted. But salt is a silent killer.
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July 30, 2025
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Shaftesbury Capital's London portfolio thrives with increased valuations and leasing demand
SHAFTESBURY Capital, the JSE and London-listed REIT grew earnings, dividends, and valuation in the six months to June 30 after its properties in the iconic Covent Garden and Carnaby Street precincts continued to grow sales.
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July 30, 2025
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5 reasons adult children cut off their families
SCROLL through TikTok or YouTube long enough, and you'll find them: raw, often tearful storytimes from people explaining why they've gone no contact or low contact with their parents.
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July 29, 2025
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Monster blaze in England
WHEN 20 tons of rubber start burning, you get quite a blaze.
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July 29, 2025
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Mbeki and Mabandla bring court bid for intervention in R167m apartheid damages case
FORMER president Thabo Mbeki and former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla say it is in the interest of justice that they be allowed to intervene in the R167 million constitutional damages case brought by families of victims of apartheid-era atrocities.
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July 29, 2025
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EU resigned to 15% US tariff
THE US and the EU clinched a trade agreement at the weekend that will see EU exports taxed at 15%, in a bid to resolve a transatlantic tariff standoff that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war.
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July 29, 2025
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Court dismisses Eskom's appeal in Framatome arbitration, confirms R1 billion payout
POWER utility Eskom argues that a Supreme Court of Appeal judgement has become conflated with an arbitration process and that there are two, separate, matters ongoing at the same time and that the ruling was handed down after it paid the debt.
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July 29, 2025
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KING CHARLES SALUTES LIONESSES AFTER GLORY
KING Charles Ill led the tributes to England's history-making Lionesses after they won the Women’s Euro 2025 title in a dramatic final against Spain
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July 29, 2025
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Surge Of Power can strike again
HE R135 000 RaceCape Powered By Hollywoodbets Middle Stakes over 1200m heads a seven-race programme at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth this afternoon and the back-in-form Greg Ennion could hold sway with Surge Of Power, who bounced back to winning ways last month.
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July 29, 2025
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Spear REIT acquires Consani Industrial Park for R437.3 million
WESTERN Cape-focused Spear REIT has acquired Consani Industrial Park in Elsie's River Industria for R437.3 million from Adrenna Property Group.
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July 29, 2025
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N Korea: no reason for talks with South
NORTH Korea has no interest in pursuing dialogue with the South, leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister said yesterday, dismissing a new president in Seoul who has vowed to mend ties.
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July 29, 2025
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The West should take Macron’s cue on Israel-Palestine matter
Let’s hope that his aspirations for Palestine are not mere pious platitudes
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July 29, 2025
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Crimes against humanity happening in Gaza daily
ONCE again, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has exposed the depths of its inhumanity by intercepting and seizing the recent flotillas—including the Handala Freedom Flotilla—that attempted to bring desperately needed humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza.
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July 29, 2025
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Delta Corporation faces labour challenges in South Africa while thriving in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEAN beverage giant, Delta Corporation, is experiencing contrasting fortunes in its regional markets after it battled labour disruptions in South Africa and recorded brisk business for its lager beer volumes back home, driven by tobacco sales and resurgent gold prices.
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July 29, 2025
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Citrus and Wine industries plead with Ramaphosa for protection from looming tariffs
AS US President Donald Trump's sweeping and wide spread tariffs close in on South Africa, the citrus and wine industries have called for action to be taken by President Cyril Ramaphosa to stave off the detrimental effects it could have on them.
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July 29, 2025
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Durban City’s Hunt concerned over loss of identity in SA football
DURBAN City head coach Gavin Hunt has expressed deep concern over the continued erasure of South African football's identity, following yet another major club sale - this time involving his former side, SuperSport United, now renamed Siwelele FC.
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