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MK Party member killed, two others injured in Soweto hostel shooting
THE uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has expressed shock and outrage following a deadly shooting at Dube Hostel in Soweto on Saturday afternoon which claimed the life of one member and left two others injured.
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November 25, 2025
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Americans ignore Trump, lead surge in South African tourism
DESPITE US President Donald Trump's claims that bad things are happening in South Africa, visitors from the United States have now overtaken those from the United Kingdom.
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November 25, 2025
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Farmers warned about unregistered FMD vaccine imports from Kenya
LIVESTOCK farmers found to be risking the biosecurity of South Africa by importing and using a Kenyan Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine that is not licensed for use locally will face ‘harsh consequences, says the Department of Agriculture.
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November 25, 2025
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Blitzboks aim to use Dubai to kick it off
THE Springbok Sevens have set their sights on going back-to-back in Cape Town this December, as they look to defend their title.
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November 25, 2025
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South Africa’s G20 moment exposes deep cracks at home and abroad
OUR COUNTRY is not in the space it should be in. As a host of G20 we would have loved to be a shining star that had dealt poverty a blow, a place where corruption was dealt with firmly, where children have a brighter future, taps are not only running but are oozing label blue water, with smooth streets, where women feel safe, and children are assured of a meal daily.
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November 24, 2025
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DA strongly condemns Stellenbosch University internships with race quotas
THE DA condemns the recent advertising of internships by the University of Stellenbosch's Department of Agronomy which are only available to certain races.
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November 24, 2025
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Addressing child hunger in SA amidst food waste
ON reading reports and hearing radio programmes on the amount of children starving in South Africa, I was absolutely horrified.
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November 24, 2025
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Talking teddy bear's disturbing chats
AN “adorable” Al-powered talking teddy bear has been pulled from the shelves in the US after offering some shocking advice, according to HuffPost.
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November 24, 2025
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Boks make powerful statement in Dublin, clinching victory
DAMIAN Willemse’s finger-to-the-lips celebration after scoring the first try in the corner, followed by Rassie Erasmus’ satisfied thumbs-up to the crowd after the whistle, was a picture-perfect opening and ending to the Test in Dublin for the Springboks.
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November 24, 2025
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G20 Summit ends but tension between SA and US far from over
South Africa defends its G20 presidency against US criticism
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November 24, 2025
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Hooray for my English teacher who taught me satire
FOR those pupils that played hooky to catch fish while educators were teaching \"metaphors\" \"irony\", \"sarcasm\", etc, and others who missed my tongue-in-cheek take in The Mercury last week regarding the \"swarms\" of Palestinians who would soon not only invade our free country, take-over all our green fields, set up their throne in New Pretoria, and even shunt all of us \"indigenous\" Indian, White and Black people into a fenced off area in the northern Cape, after the international powers that be justified all of that, by \"just saying\" that the \"Palestinians were always here\" and were, in present-time, actually experiencing a holocaust of their own, back home, so really deserved to be freely commuted here: Excuse me!
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November 24, 2025
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Jacob Zuma seeks leave to appeal R28.9m repayment order
FORMER President Jacob Zuma will turn to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, on December 1, 2025, in a bid to obtain leave to appeal last month's judgment ordering him to pay back the costs incurred during his private litigation over the years - reaching slightly more than R28.9 million.
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November 24, 2025
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Zuma's daughters embroiled in conflict over South Africans lured to fight in Ukraine
CHILDREN of former state president Jacob Zuma are “at war” with each other over the luring of South Africans to fight in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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November 24, 2025
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IFP welcomes repo rate cut, urges action for economic recovery
THE Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) welcomes the decision by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down from 7.00% to 6.75%.
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November 24, 2025
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Call to address SA's critical care nursing shortage
IN HIGHLIGHTING the urgent need for critical care nursing in South Africa, a professor from the University of Pretoria (UP) pointed out that the country only has 6 246 critical care-trained nurses registered with the South African Nursing Council (SANC).
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November 24, 2025
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G20 Summit puts poor countries at the centre of global discourse
South Africa successfully champions critical issues facing low and middle income countries
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November 24, 2025
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GBV response fails in emergency settings
Safety of women and girls is often not considered as ‘life-saving’
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November 24, 2025
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MAKE G20 EXCELLENCE A DAILY REALITY
AS JOHANNESBURG gleams under the international spotlight of the G20 Summit, an unsettling truth is being revealed to its citizens.
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November 24, 2025
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Argent Industrial reports strong interim result with 11.7% dividend increase
ARGENT Industrials' share price leapt over 7% on Friday after it reported an 11.7% increase in the interim dividend to 67 cents a share.
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November 24, 2025
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US tariff war has rattled global commerce but Africa's trade remains resilient, says WTO chief
DESPITE deep ruptures in the global trading system caused by sweeping US tariffs and escalating geopolitical tensions, Africa's trade has remained far more resilient than many feared.
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November 24, 2025
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ISS report calls for enhanced measures to combat police corruption
THE Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has called for the SAPS to strengthen its internal Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU) to increase its ability to identify and investigate members and other police who are involved in corruption in order to reduce the scourge.
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November 24, 2025
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Good For You passes the acid test
THE Glen Kotzen-trained Gr 1 Gold Medallion winner Good For You passed his stamina acid test at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday by winning the Gr 2 Race Coast Cape Punters Cup over 1600m despite giving 2kg to the rest of the field, although he had to survive an objection from runner up Randolph Hearst's trainer and he also caused interference to eventual fourth-placed Happy Verse.
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November 24, 2025
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Smaller EU nations push for greater Africa role
FROM Finland opening diplomatic outposts in Senegal to Czech instructors training Mauritanian security forces, a group of smaller European nations has joined a global scramble for influence in Africa.
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November 24, 2025
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RCL Foods recalls pet food over elevated deoxynivalenol levels
RCL Foods has recalled specific batches of dry dog and cat food, as the maize used to produce the food had elevated levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) which can lead to loss of appetite and digestive discomfort in pets.
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November 24, 2025
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Italy commits to slashing debt of low, and middle-income countries by half in 10 years
ITALY has unveiled an ambitious debt-relief plan aimed at easing the financial burden on lowand middle-income countries, declaring that sustainable development cannot be achieved without addressing the crushing debt many nations face.
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November 24, 2025
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Marx powers through Dublin Test to claim Player of the Year
MALCOLM Marx must have approached Saturday’s clash - his 87th Test for South Africa - against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin with plenty of thoughts running through his mind.
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November 24, 2025
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Inclusion, not marketing must inform new banking systems
SOUTH Africa is in the midst of a banking gold rush, with new players like TymeBank, Bank Zero, OM Bank, and the Pepkor-Investec partnership all claiming to democratise finance.
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November 24, 2025
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Food inflation eases for third month, offering relief despite rise in headline inflation
SOUTH Africa’s food inflation continued its downward trend in October, easing for the third consecutive month even as overall consumer inflation edged higher.
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November 24, 2025
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Ex-PM Johnson hits back at Covid report
BRITAIN’S former prime minister Boris Johnson slammed an inquiry report critical of his government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “hopelessly incoherent” in a social media post at the weekend.
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November 24, 2025
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Transform your mental health: a comprehensive guide to movement therapy
MORE people are turning to movement as a practical way to manage stress, improve mood and support overall mental health.
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