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WEEKEND WRAP: Tony Leon lobbying scandal, Olympic athletes’ R25m siphoned, and how birds bring happiness
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IN THE DARK: PIC management failed to alert board to FSCA requests over whistleblower matter, Masondo says
MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘Sick’ businessman Carrim, who may’ve been out shopping, now says his movements are private
POLICE ‘WHITEWASH’: ActionSA to take SAPS to court over Phala Phala ‘cover-up’ that cleared top cops
Tournament Finale: What to watch for in World Cup final: Messi, Trump and an unorthodox half-time
BATTLING THE ODDS: Students gamble away NSFAS funds: a ticking time bomb for financial stability
NSFAS recovery hinges on reform, not selective leaks and false narratives
Beyond the scoreline — parents need to remember school sports exist for children
PIC’s Sasol investment shifts the debate to shareholder responsibility
Philippines protests Chinese state media's 'racist' video depicting Filipinos as monkeys
Two dead after violent thunderstorms in France, 53,000 without power
Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
UK police charge man over Iran-linked spying offences
Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu-Woe betide our poor republic if this is how a real cartel operates
SOCCER: Yamal vs Messi: World Cup’s final was made in Barcelona
SO DELHICIOUS: Spicing up the Cape, South Africa — and the world
EGGS WITH ATTITUDE: Ghana’s signature street food is impossible to beat
READER’S LETTER: ‘Nelson’s Eye kindness has stayed with me for years’
BOOK EXCERPT: Lucy and the Great White Sharks tackles sea life misconceptions with empathy and adventure
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Italy over extradition row in killing of former PM Moro
Canada wildfire smoke blankets US Midwest, Northeast with hazardous air
Trump accuses China of 2020 voting interference, contradicting US intelligence findings
China’s Moonshot unveils world’s largest open AI model, closing in on US rivals
The broken pipeline — why SA’s compliance-driven education system is failing
After African migrants leave, who will run South Africa’s township economy?
CRIME PLEDGE: Mayor Hill-Lewis’ push for Cape Town detective branch sparks policing jurisdiction row
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: NMB’s ruling coalition faces turmoil amid no-confidence motions against mayor and deputy
What SA’s draft fuel stockpile policy reveals about the state that wrote it
OBITUARY: Trevor Tutu, son of anti-apartheid icon who blazed his own trail, dies aged 70
‘IMPROPER PROCUREMENT’: Medscheme drops Bonitas court fight, clearing path for regulator’s forensic tender investigation
AFTER THE BELL: PIC’s structural rot exposed after Lanseria fallout and before pension billions fall apart again
WEATHER ON STEROIDS: Everything points to El Niño being a record breaker
DIVISIVE RHETORIC: Yusuf Cassim addresses ‘bizarre racial prejudice’ after higher education deputy minister appointment
PAYBACK TIME: How a four-month-old ‘foundation’ siphoned R25m meant for SA’s Rio-bound athletes
Fuel’s errand: Global South universities’ role in the Just Transition can’t be about divestment
Why SA’s special economic zones look great on paper but fail in reality
The hard truth of Zanzibar’s Stone Town: Confronting the history of pricing people
The logistics collapse — why centralisation and roads funding disparity are strangling SA’s infrastructure
When healing hurts — how hospitals fail women in their darkest hours
Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog
Safety vs waste — the case for reforming SA’s food dating system
The meaning of citizenship remains the ultimate test of who belongs in a country
From liberation ally to labour pipeline — SA, Russia and the politics of silence
What lethal shark control reveals about sustainability — and who we are
England vs Argentina: A match made in football heaven
Chinese economist Gao Shanwen, who took on the ruling Communist Party, has died
Watch — Properties threatened by sinkholes as illegal mining hollows out Joburg
Watch – Is Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden dying from the inside?
Watch – After the June 30 marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next

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