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Safari boom: Growth vs environment
While the surge benefits local economies, conservationists warn that overcrowding, habitat destruction and over-development pose a risk
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M&G 29 August 2025
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Who benefits from the undocumented?
Those who profit are corrupt officials, business and criminal groups such as Operation Dudula
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M&G 29 August 2025
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Banks: No proof of rand manipulation
The Competition Competition says the case shows the difficulty of prosecuting global and domestic cartels that exploit legal loopholes
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M&G 22 August 2025
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hazard for Northern Cape residents
Cape Plc was obligated to rehabilitate the mines that left a trail of destruction, but the reality is that the company was sold after going bankrupt and so responsibility should be taken up by the South African government to care for the communities.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Distracted by politics of noise
On the week of 4 July — the fabled American Independence Day — Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie delivered the keynote address at the US embassy's celebrations.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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'Farming' livestock, rooibos — and tortoises
Nelmarie and Herman Nel, who live in the arid Karoo, blend conservation with farming to protect the speckled dwarf tortoise
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M&G 22 August 2025
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The body speaks
Melding protest, lyricism and ancestral tradition, Asanda Ruda's Kemet is a visceral journey of emancipation, healing and artistic defiance
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Ruth First's research an anti-graft lesson
The 'activist research' approach by the renowned journalist and academic was one of rigorous inquiry with political purpose
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Remnants of asbestos mine still a
Residents at a former asbestos mining site in the Northern Cape are urging the government to rehabilitate and close the mines as they remain at risk of contracting asbestos-related diseases, years after the operation shut down.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Will policy 'cut through victims' fear?
While many have hailed the judiciary's sexual harassment policy, questions remain about whether judges and magistrates will embrace it
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Picturing the future with care and collaboration
At a three-day gathering in Johannesburg, the Black Women in Photography Conference centres their voices, struggles and legacies
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Taking back Africa's wealth
Can the continent shift from resource dependency to industrial power? A new book explores a bold roadmap for reclaiming economic sovereignty
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M&G 22 August 2025
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The defeat of Bolivia's left is a warning for South Africa
It carries lessons for liberation movements when they don't 'renew', leaders refuse to step down and corruption goes unchecked
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Singapore celebrates diamond jubilee
The High Commission in Pretoria transformed the Chancery into a Singapore hawker centre as nations strengthen economic ties
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Floyd's new party picking up speed
Mayibuye iAfrika benefits from defections from the MK party and aims to take part in next year's local government polls
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Just whose National Dialogue is it anyway?
The convention said people will be heard through ward-level conversations and digital app submissions, but we have not bridged the digital divide
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M&G 22 August 2025
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ANC's Mgcina shifts alliance in Johannesburg
ANC Greater Johannesburg regional powerhouse Eunice Mgcina has nominated Dada Morero for the position of regional chairperson ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference set to take place in September.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Political gangsterism in SA is a clear and present danger
Dealing with this will not be easy.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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We must embrace our humanness in the Age of AI
As a graphic designer in the creative industry, I'm grappling with a question that keeps many of us awake at night: what happens to human creativity when machines can replicate it with increasing sophistication?
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M&G 22 August 2025
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McKenzie to be probed over K-word
The sport, arts and culture minister insists he has never used the racial slur against black people
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Finding my voice
Music carried me through the most memorable moments of my life. Now, I finally carried music onto the stage where I always belonged
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Between the Nile and the struggle
Morley Nkosi recalls exile in Cairo, where cramped rooms, African solidarity and global politics shaped the uncertain journey to freedom
6 min |
M&G 22 August 2025
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Reframe views of fraught places
Look beyond the reputations of suburbs known for gangsterism and gun violence and you'll find a resilient community grounded in the ethics of care
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Shrinking the risk: The role of AI in psychiatry
In either scenario, all that is novel is the application.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Pollutants discovered in Hout Bay
Hout Bay's marine environment is threatened by pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds (PPCP) that have accumulated in marine life, even kilometres from pollution sources, University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers have found.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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The convention is an opportunity to address climate change
Over the past four years, regions like the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have endured catastrophic flooding, resulting in loss of life, destruction of homes and damage to infrastructure. The National Dialogue is a platform to address the pressing environmental problems that confront us.
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Three-way face-off in Limpopo
Trio of ANC heavyweights being touted as likely to face off for the top job in the province
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Student suicide 'was not due to lack of funds'
The Durban University of Technology has rejected suggestions that one of its students committed suicide because he had not got financial support from the National Student Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
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M&G 22 August 2025
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Cooking with purpose, passion, conservation
Chef Simon Lehutso is using his love of nature and food to nourish and educate youths at a wilderness school in Limpopo, where he grew up
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M&G 15 August 2025
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Condemn Israel killing journalists
The assassination of Anas al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera team is unconscionable and must be condemned.
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