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From Tehran to taxi ranks: the cost of global conflict
Sunday Tribune
|March 08, 2026
The growing conflict involving the US-Israel war with Iran will not remain confined to the Middle East.
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For ordinary South Africans, the consequences will likely arrive quietly but steadily through rising fuel prices, higher food costs and renewed pressure on already strained household finances.
This story is from the March 08, 2026 edition of Sunday Tribune.
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