GROUNDUP: Gauteng government’s R144m gift to beauty training company BOOK REVIEW: Half Lives — Exploring intimate-partner violence and migration with nuanced sensitivity Taylor Swift lands top trophy at MTV’s Video Music Awards Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do ‘big damage’ DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: State IT agency faces fork in the road on rehabilitation journey WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: A central bank investigation and the box of watermelon gum ANALYSIS: How the taxi industry wins when the state weakens WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED: Call to rally nations to help Ukraine bring home children, detained civilians and POWs LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘Battle of the DJs’ in Nelson Mandela Bay’s newly redrawn Ward 5 Clean streets need not be a privilege for only the wealthy TRIGGERING THE NATION: 17 shot in Joburg, 10 in Cape Town — 2026 mass-killings toll now 196 SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 1): Two SA women, two very different diagnosis and treatment journeys IN THE MUD: Kensington businesses suffer 70% decline as Joburg Water rips up Queen Street From north to south — The reflections of an enraged incrementalist EAST RAND KILLING FIELDS: ‘Men who kill, kill with impunity’— Ekurhuleni murders expose SA’s femicide failures WHERE TO INVEST: The Remgro discount has narrowed, but will it stay there? Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati’s public dressing-down plays into an old racial trope RENT VS RECREATION: Which parks are next? Joburg silent as Rhodes Park row grows BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: There is a nobler side to the AI hype WORLD NEWS DAY: America was the arsenal of democracy; now it’s disarming the press UK PM Burnham refuses to back Heathrow’s third runway project Bill Gates joins calls for AI safeguards, including legislation OWN GOAL: Manchester City’s future in the air after reports of Premier League guilty verdict DOWN TO EARTH: Eleven-man Wallabies resist Springboks’ rearguard to secure famous Perth win WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: Journalism faces a moral test in the age of AI-driven misinformation WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: No AI could have broken the Fifa story — why journalism matters WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: Thank goodness for the storytellers who probe, question and irritate the powerful Analysis: Mteto Nyati retained in Eskom board chair seat as tariff debate heats up ‘showboating’: Abdeslam Ouaddou reignites SA soccer’s flair versus results debate NEED FOR SPEED: South African teen has Formula 1 seat in her sights WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: Journalism and our chaotic world’s future THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Pretoria shifts from appeasement to resistance after unrelenting US pressure RETIRE IN STYLE: Over 60 and going places — how to see the world without roughing it Freedom from the ANC could be our real emancipation Ledgers of femicide: Why SA men think they’re the exception Watch – Swimming SA to pay Tatjana Smith interest, faces scrutiny over kit’s deal A deadly silence — SA’s failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders War and drought threaten world food security — 645m people at risk SA’s living heritage — Home Affairs’ reforms honour equal citizenship Letter to US ambassador Bozell — Afrikaners are being used as a political football Europe’s political centre is almost out of time More technology doesn’t always mean better classroom learning SA’s xenophobia reflects a blindspot that now demands a continental response How parliamentary haste sabotaged procurement reform and delayed transformation Looming El Niño threatens to shatter SA’s summer harvest triumph When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions
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