GROUNDUP: Lesotho’s biggest foreign investment deal under scrutiny over minister’s stake in potential partner XenoBarometer: Migrant crackdown raises concerns over state’s role in growing anti-immigrant pressure GREEN AND GOLD STANDARD: Springboks’ 2026 season is already a massive success — so what’s next? Ex-Google DeepMind researcher adds to warnings that AI could ‘kill all humans’ Hungary government submits bill to roll back Orban-era anti-LGBTQ+ rules Belarus using justice system to silence Lukashenko critics, say UN experts Coalition likely in Philippines’ Muslim south with no clear winner in election PHOTO ESSAY: In pictures: Sharp lines, heavy fabrics and architectural cuts at the 2026 Emmys CARTOON: A rock and a really hard place THEATRE REVIEW: Never mind the manosphere: The Fifth Step depicts genuine male intimacy and brutal vulnerability Stop teaching women how not to be murdered and focus on the men killing them WHAT’S COOKING: A trio of venison recipes from the heart of the Karoo WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Fractured nation, fractured family: The politics and precarity of fatherhood in turbulent times US Senator Sanders and podcaster Bannon, longtime foes, to urge AI restrictions Jean Smart, Noah Wyle win Emmys as Hollywood honours best of TV Workers’ trillions should rebuild SA for all, not feed financial speculation for the few CRYPTO CORNER: South Africa’s crypto industry draws a line in the capital flow sand KILLING SPREE: ‘We are scared as women,’ say Kempton Park residents after fifth body is found BRICS leaders urge global financial system reform, but does it avoid the Thucydides Trap? LIGHTHOUSE SAGA: Unpacking the political mess behind the DBE’s textbook row The Amandelboom Basters’ forgotten Northern Frontier story: A 19th-century tragedy TOP OF THE PILE: Serial winners, underrated captain — Boks’ curious status after beating All Blacks LEARNING CURVEBALL: EFF to march on higher education department as pressure mounts on Minister Manamela British rock band Oasis announce 38-date tour in 2027 BUILDING A NATION: State development finance institutions push for bright post-austerity future EU is set to propose ban on social media and AI chatbots for under-15s MADLANGA COMMISSION: SIU probe adds fresh scrutiny to ANC-linked businessman Carrim TIK AND THE TALIBAN: How a Joburg drug deal snared an alleged Afghan narco-kingpin Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action SPOTS ON THE LINE: Roads versus roams — can culverts save Greater Kruger’s leopards on deadly R40 highway ANALYSIS: ANC list fight reveals rise of federal power blocs AFTER THE BELL: Fretting about fintech while AI transforms lending and creates new risks SPRAY TELL: Bread & Wine: The chemical trail through wheat and grapes (Part Five) Elephant culling debate is about governance, not activism THE CONVERSATION: We can’t quit smartphones, but we can manage digital junk food better Reimagining agricultural education as AI transforms farming and future jobs Foot in mouth — politicians talk sh#t while South Africans live in it Langa Massacre and SA in 1985 — Vignettes for resisting global authoritarianism Drought-hit Kenya should lift ban on GMO maize imports to prioritise its food security The $1.2-trillion desperation play — why Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ will backfire Stop funding failure: Why SA’s utilities need a radical economic reset The invisible border — how 9/11 reshaped global security and identity 25 years later Everything to play for as Springboks seek Greatest Rivalry series win Idac faces a crucial test as new leadership takes on institutional dysfunction Financing reforms needed to turn stem cell donor matches into transplants in South Africa Inequality of consequence: SA still hasn’t had a reckoning with the HIV/Aids years Local government elections present a critical opportunity for civic rehabilitation Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal A message for World News Day 2026: It’s time to fight for truth Watch – Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes
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