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Aesthetic medicine seen through a brand-new lens
Through sheer tenacity, Dr Lati Maloka is shaping the future for black medical aesthetic practitioners in South Africa.
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May 09, 2025
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Spearheading financial inclusion and entrepreneurship
In her role at Nedbank, Chipo Mushwana works actively to tackle the gender pay gap, access to funding and underrepresentation in leadership roles.
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May 09, 2025
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'All women can have it all'
In a world where success too often comes at the cost of personal sacrifice, Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder stands as a formidable outlier — a woman who’s not just balancing but redefining what it means to be a mother, entrepreneur and business leader in today’s South Africa.
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May 09, 2025
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A generational reckoning
Film strips the myth of success, revealing the cost behind the polished surfaces and family pride
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May 09, 2025
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Malema's threats are just 'theatre'
uMkhonto weSizwe party's head of presidency dismisses the EFF leader's ‘white funded’ accusations as an attempt to garner votes
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May 02, 2025
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A panoramic view of a continent
My latest book is an analysis of Africa, from the perspective of 30 years of study, which offers an overview of the decades since the fall of apartheid in 1994
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May 02, 2025
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'I serve at the president's pleasure'
The finance minister says his U-turn on a VAT hike was a collective decision of the government of national unity
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May 02, 2025
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Are unions still relevant? Yes, they gave us our dignity,say worker
Labour relations reached a crossroads with the Marikana Massacre, raising questions about the relevance and power of unions post-apartheid
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May 02, 2025
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Plan to mine park sparks outrage
SANParks and WWF-SA are blocking the mining application inside West Coast National Park
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May 02, 2025
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Unions, return to your socialist values
In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society.Now it seems they have abandoned their roots
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May 02, 2025
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Retrenchments, Al, cost of living behind SA's labour crisis
South African workers face a critical moment as the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the casualisation of the workforce threaten to exacerbate retrenchments and the national unemployment crisis.
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May 02, 2025
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Vehicle accidents down but pedestrian deaths on the rise
This year, South Africa had recorded its lowest number of Easter weekend road crashes and fatalities in three years — although there had been a rise in pedestrian deaths, the minister of transport, Barbara Creecy, said on Tuesday.
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May 02, 2025
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The soul in the machine
In a world rushing toward automation, one city's cultural celebration reminds us that connection, spirit and story are still our most vital technologies
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May 02, 2025
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Kidjo still sings with purpose
The Grammy-winning icon brings joy, power and purpose to the stage — and there's no sign she's slowing down
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May 02, 2025
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New inquiry into blocking of apartheid-era crimes
President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by the ANC intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.
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May 02, 2025
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HONOURING THE EVERYDAY HEROES
Workers' Day is more than just a public holiday. It’s a day for reflection, dedicated to the unsung heroes of our workforce who are dutifully keeping our economy alive every day.
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May 02, 2025
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Leveraging two great minds
Mutual respect between Jürgen Klopp and Arne Slot has enabled the new Premier League champions to preserve their era of greatness
4 min |
May 02, 2025
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Fashion's gentle revolution
A soulful journey into Shaldon Kopman's Naked Ape, where African fashion meets heritage, sustainability and self-expression
4 min |
May 02, 2025
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Inkululeko a promise deferred
South Africa's liberation struggle may have brought democracy, but it did not bring freedom
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May 02, 2025
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Authentic voice of a generation
Step into Masai Sepuru's world — where township life and timeless questions collide
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May 02, 2025
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The power of Africa's critical minerals
Endowed with a third of the world's supply of them, the continent must push for actions that have the most benefits for its people
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May 02, 2025
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The return of the self
Gert-Johan Coetzee’s The Arrival opens South Africa Fashion Week, proving that fashion can be both a mirror and a vessel
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May 02, 2025
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Sex, a bit of politics — but very little else
Right off the bat, let me say the following. This one was tough for me. Like many men of my generation, my relationship with the erotic arts and entertainment is, well, complicated.
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May 02, 2025
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May Day: From the maypole to the picket line
Trade unions are still the best way of organising resistance to the violence of capitalism
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May 02, 2025
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DA to fight equity law in court
The quotas in the employment Act will make it extremely difficult for coloured and Indian people to find or keep jobs, the party argues
3 min |
May 02, 2025
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Hairy situations: The bald facts
The barber's mental health advice might be a cut above the barman's but let's not split ends about men's suffering in this regard
3 min |
May 02, 2025
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Baby Savers South Africa fights back
Organisations are going to court to challenge the constitutionality of Children's Act provisions
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May 02, 2025
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Adult literacy rates up in South Africa
But this starkly contrasts with the problems faced by the younger population, particularly in the early primary grades
3 min |
May 02, 2025
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Nature is dead. And we have killed it
Nietzsche's quote is useful as an ecological analogy of the destruction humans have wrought on nature, the very thing that sustains us
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May 02, 2025
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Budget 3.0 plus a coalition court battle
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana this week concluded a briefing where he announced that he would table the national budget anew by telling reporters, “Love you all.” It was a way of saying we've been through the trenches with the treasury on two failed attempts and he will see us back there soon.
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