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Turbulence: SAA acting CEO put on immediate special leave as board conducts internal investigation
‘KILLING US SOFTLY’: Melville residents have gone without water for over 20% of 2026 so far
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Johnson and Batohi’s probe to link Andrew Chauke to Cat Matlala outed at inquiry
Despite keeping World Cup hopes alive, Banyana Banyana need a reset
Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
CAMPUS CHAOS: Court orders Manamela to reinstate NSFAS board, suspending Mathebula
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Woolworths shopper, patient Suliman Carrim faces criminal charges after final commission no-show
EXPLORATION HALTED: ConCourt ends Shell’s Wild Coast oil and gas lifeline in victory for coastal communities
CORRUPTION-BUSTING: Theatre of consequences — Madlanga Commission needs an extended run
Edge of survival: I sell sex and chicken feet to feed my children, says mom of three
If we want a human rights economy, Africa must change from within
American missionary kidnapped in Niger released, NYT and Christian organization say
Russia jails man for 23 years for spying for Poland
Saudi Arabia bets on defensive alliances to deter slide into war
France evacuates 525 as new wildfire hits pine woods in the southwest
FOOD NOSTALGIA: When slow food was a way of life — a small-town reminiscence
A REMINISENCE: A world of music and food memories in space and time
FOOD BABBLE: FIRE: Super-hot Mozambican peri-peri sauce and other fiery stuff
FOOD BABBLE: WOMEN IN FOOD: A world of food heroines — including ma and grandma
BOOK EXCERPT: The Untouchables: A journalist’s career, vindicated in real time
US says it can keep naval blockade on Iran ‘indefinitely’, vows more economic pressure
Thousands stranded at Japan’s Narita airport after record rain kills four
Hundreds still missing in Colombia as desperation grips earthquake rescue effort
Hacking group claims mass data theft from Shell, Philips, GE, Fiserv and dozens of others
AMABHUNGANE: Online gambling: Look who’s knocking at the door
MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘My son was murdered in cold blood by the police,’ father tells inquiry
IN THE DOCK: ‘Death pact’ bound Julius Mkhwanazi and co-accused to secrecy in murder case, court hears
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED: The Coalitions Bill has stalled, and voters are going into elections blind
UNKINDEST CUT: Cold snap exposes the obvious — Joburg’s power grid can’t cope
INSIDE STORY: How Eskom was turned around, told by those who steered it
Watch – Beyond the Big Five cartel: Unmasking South Africa’s true narco kingpins
Beyond the personalities — PIC drama is about control of R4-trillion in workers’ money
Why Africa must treat disease surveillance as infrastructure
SA’s maths teacher shortage: The numbers, and what could actually fix it
Women’s rights begin with the right to truth
Zohran vs Geordin — Two sons of Cape Town, two very different mayors 
Mining communities push for constitutional justice as Parliament delays accountability
SA’s vanished R1.377-trillion — the cost of compliance without delivery
Mafias rule a water tankering system needing urgent reform
Why AI’s spoils will pass South Africa by
The real PIC crisis — moving from governance theatre to accountability
Unfunded municipal budgets: Councils promise, residents pay dearly
Credibility is the real challenge facing South Africa’s AI policy
National Water Action Plan gets the diagnosis right but misses the real fix
How Wits should handle the fossil fuel divestment dilemma
Life in Trump’s backyard and surviving DJT’s insidious badgering of Washington, DC
Nelson Mandela Bay is bent but not broken and can still be rebuilt
Watch – More than 1,200 City Power outages in two weeks leave Joburg buckling
Grade 1 at age 5: A policy built on unstable foundations

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