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The South African municipality without a mayor
A deepening governance crisis in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands has left the Impendle Local Municipality in a state of administrative paralysis and financial ruin.
FRIDAY, 30 JANUARY 2026, 06:13

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A deepening governance crisis in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands has left the Impendle Local Municipality in a state of administrative paralysis and financial ruin.

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Ramaphosa endorses urgent action on commission’s findings
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HANOI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Police in Vietnam have launched a criminal investigation into a warehouse accused of producing fake coffee made from soybeans following a raid earlier this week, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he planned to speak with Iran, even as the US dispatched another warship to the Middle East and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said the military would be ready to carry out whatever the president decided.

South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal police noted that no officer was wounded during the incident.

South Africa
City of Ekurhuleni has paid tribute to its TRT members who took part in LP and Mozambique floods

South Africa
The Free State School of Nursing welcomed almost 400 new students for training.

South Africa
Gauteng Police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko says the arrested suspects will appear in court soon.

World
He allegedly told jail officers that he had paperwork “signed by a judge” to free the accused killer, a complaint states.

World
Amid rusting oil pumps and rigs, once affluent Venezuelan oil towns place their hope in US investment.

World
The former PM may be silenced but he’s far from the only one under pressure as the military stifles dissent.

World
The Ming family ran scam compounds along the Chinese border with Myanmar in Shan state.

Africa
Nearly 700,000 people have been affected by weeks of severe flooding in Mozambique

Africa
No reason has been given but the decision follows a huge fall-out between South Africa and the US.

Africa
Passengers received a text message about the cancellation of flights, citing “unforeseen circumstances”.

Africa
Prosecutors allege Diezani Alison-Madueke was given “a life of luxury” in the UK by people interested in Nigerian government contracts.

Business
Cuba was previously importing about 35,000 barrels of oil a day from long-time ally Venezuela.

Business
Hundreds of miles from Denmark’s coast a project is underway to inject CO2 into an old oil field.

Business
The falls have sparked questions about whether the world’s go-to currency is losing its lustre.

Business
The government has confirmed the discount for six million low-income households will continue for the rest of the decade.

Politics
A task team has been established to implement the commission’s recommendations.

Politics
A task team has been established to implement the commission’s recommendations.

Politics
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to fill vacancies across various superior courts.

Politics
The motion was brought by minority party Al Jama-ah, with the support of other minority parties.

Sport
Your guide to the teams that made the top eight, the 16 in the play-offs and the clubs eliminated from the Europa League.

Sport
Three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen is knocked out by Damon Heta on the opening night of the World Masters in Milton Keynes.

Sport
England’s Lottie Woad is one shot behind leader Nasa Hataoka after the first round of the Tournament of Champions in Florida.

Sport
Raheem Sterling’s representatives in talks with seven clubs, Tottenham and Burnley also interested in England winger, Cole Palmer out of Manchester United’s price range, plus more.
Education
An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had been “arbitrary and capricious.”
Education
Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] Award-winning Ghanaian visual artist, Mr Anthony Jefferson Hanson, has described the arts as a life-changing profession and urged Ghanaians to place greater value on it.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] The Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF) Ghana has distributed learning materials to vulnerable pupils in selected basic schools in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ashanti Region to enhance teaching and learning while easing the financial burden on parents in cocoa-growing communities.

Lifestyle
An US intel insider predicts that over 4 000 South Africans, predominately Afrikaners, could be granted refugee status each month.
Lifestyle
Media personality Nandi Madida tries her best to converse with L-Tido in Sesotho with the little vocabulary she has.

Lifestyle
Cape Town motorists already struggling with summer congestion along the Atlantic Seaboard may need extra patience in the weeks ahead…
Lifestyle

Entertainment
More than half of the new doctors were placed in district hospitals and the health care centres that operate 24 hours a day.

Entertainment
ActionSA says incidents like this point to a deeply troubling pattern of gun violence that continues to terrorise communities across Tshwane.

Entertainment
Online support for the FF+ reflects frustration with governance rather than ideological loyalty.

Entertainment
Eleven people were killed during the horrific crash in Isipingo, south of Durban
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The UK could introduce a universal basic income (UBI) to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said. “Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be “some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go...
Science/Tech
Comcast’s attempt to slow broadband customer losses still isn’t stopping the bleeding as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensifies. In Q4 2025 alone, Comcast lost 181,000 broadband subscribers, even as it leans harder into wireless bundling and other business lines like Peacock and theme parks. Ars Technica reports: The Q4 net loss is more than the 176,000 loss predicted by analysts,...
Science/Tech
Longtime Slashdot reader devnulljapan writes: In 2012, Canada passed anti-circumvention law Bill C-11, cut-and-pasted from the U.S. DMCA, in return for access to U.S. markets without tariffs. Trump has tariffed Canada anyway, so Cory Doctorow suggests it sounds like like a good idea to ditch Bill C-11 and turn Canada into a “Disenshittification Nation” and go into the business of...
Science/Tech
A group of Linux gaming-focused distros and developers have formed the Open Gaming Collective to pool work on shared components like kernels, input systems, and Valve tooling. The Verge reports: Universal Blue, developer of the gaming-focused Linux distribution Bazzite, announced on Wednesday that its helping to form the OGC with several other groups, which will collaborate on improvements to...

Motoring
Police Minister Firoz Cachalia revealed that the government plans to spend over R4 billion on VIP protection services for politicians.

Motoring
More and more South Africans are opting to buy pre-owned vehicles as household budgets are stretched thin.

Motoring
Lepas and iCaur have revealed the list of cars they are bringing to South Africa this year, and when we can expect to see them.
Motoring
Health
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.
Health
A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.
Health
Fungal supplements are everywhere, promising happiness, energy, focus, you name it. But what they deliver is something else entirely.

Health
Symptoms to look out for include severe pain in the stomach and back which does not go away.