🇿🇦 IN PICTURES: Pope Leo XIV blesses a child while greeting
The inauguration of Pope Leo XIV marks a significant transition in Vatican leadership with far-reaching implications for religious institutions, devel...
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🇿🇦 Africa's Tech Crossroads
Africa's technology landscape is undergoing simultaneous transformation across two critical dimensions—entertainment infrastructure and artificial int...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Troubled waters
The global energy crisis triggered by Middle East geopolitical tensions is creating unexpected casualties far from the conflict zone. Thailand's fishi...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Macro Stability Masks Deepening Safety Cri
South Africa's economic fundamentals appear to be stabilizing on the surface, yet emerging evidence suggests that critical infrastructure vulnerabilit...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Inflation Milestone Masks Deeper Instituti
South Africa has achieved a significant macroeconomic milestone: annual consumer inflation fell to 3% in February 2026, matching the South African Res...
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🇿🇦 Six-week-old baby killed in Kempton Park crash
A tragic collision in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday claimed the life of a six-week-old infant and left 17 others injured, underscoring a pers...
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🇿🇦 Hearing Screenings in Schools Help South Africa Identify
South Africa's Vhembe district has quietly identified a critical gap in educational infrastructure that extends far beyond traditional classroom manag...
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🇿🇦 Mkhwanazi clarifies error in Matlala-Cele message mix-up
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's recent admission before Parliament's SAPS Ad Hoc Committee that his office incorrectly attribut...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Institutional Crisis Deepens
South Africa's law enforcement apparatus faces renewed scrutiny as Richard Shibiri, the suspended National Organised Crime Head, prepares for a discip...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Criminal Justice System Faces Credibility
South Africa's law enforcement hierarchy is experiencing a seismic institutional crisis as parliamentary investigations expose systemic corruption pen...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Political Instability Deepens as Factional
South Africa's political landscape continues its fragmentation as competing power centres within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the op...
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🇿🇦 VW Tayron's weak engine specs undermine market positioning
Volkswagen's introduction of the Tayron to the African market represents a calculated repositioning within the region's increasingly competitive mid-t...
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🇿🇦 Cat Matlala’s cellblock friend spills the beans to Mkhwanazi
South Africa's political establishment is facing mounting pressure as fresh allegations of organised crime connections surface within municipal leader...
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🇿🇦 South Africa Finance Cop Warns Delistings Risk Market Depth
South Africa's financial regulatory authority has issued a stark warning about the accelerating decline in domestic equity listings, signaling deep st...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Justice System Under Strain: The Matlala
The trial of Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, a figure central to allegations of organized crime in South Africa, has been set for July 20, 2026—but the path t...
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🇿🇦 John Hlophe reinstated as first Deputy President of MK Party
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has reinstated John Hlophe as its first Deputy President and Parliamentary leader, marking a significant moment ...
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🇿🇦 US govt says Anthropic AI an 'unacceptable risk' to military
The US Department of Defense's public confrontation with Anthropic over alleged "unacceptable risks" to military infrastructure marks a pivotal moment...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's AI Paradox: Why 73% of SMEs Are Investing
South Africa's small and medium-sized enterprises are charging ahead with artificial intelligence adoption at a pace that defies the caution spreading...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's SME AI Adoption Boom Reveals Widening Gap
South African small and medium enterprises are undergoing a technological transformation that defies conventional wisdom about emerging market adoptio...
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🇿🇦 SASSA grants to increase in April payment
South Africa is preparing to implement a significant adjustment to its Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant disbursements in April, marking a pivotal ...
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