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ESCAPE NEWSLETTER: Slow down, press play: The podcasts, shows and music that captured 2025

Today at 12:12 PM, via Daily Maverick

This article first appeared as a Maverick Life newsletter. Taking time to sit back and listen – whether to music, a story or podcast – can offer comfort and clarity in a rather (very, very) noisy world. Over 2025, we have celebrated the work of local musicians and shared in-depth conversations about the topics that have kept South Africa talking, from South Africa’s deepening crises of...

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Public works launches investigation into Doornkop building collapse

Today at 11:28 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has launched a full investigation into the collapse of a double-storey building in Doornkop, Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of three people and left three others injured.

South Africa

KZN road safety operations net 100

Today at 10:08 AM, via SAnews

KZN road safety operations net 100

A total of 100 people have been arrested in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, by the officers of the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) for violating various traffic laws this past weekend.

The arrests were part of the #NenzaniLaEzweni operation aimed at ensuring road safety, tackling drunk driving, reckless driving, illegal activities – such as...

World

Morning news brief

Today at 11:46 AM, via NPR

Trump says progress is being made on a deal between Ukraine and Russia, Israeli prime minister to meet with Trump Monday, anti-poverty groups are bracing for what lies ahead after a year of chaos.

World

How President Trump has reshaped U.S.-Israel relations

Today at 11:45 AM, via NPR

With Israel’s prime minister at the White House Monday, former peace negotiator Aaron David Miller speaks with NPR’s Leila Fadel about the ways President Trump has reshaped U.S.-Israel relations.

Africa

The best players who never won Afcon?

Saturday at 11:04 AM, via BBC News

As two-time runner-up Mohamed Salah begins another tilt at the Africa Cup of Nations, BBC Sport Africa profiles top stars who never lifted the trophy.

Education

UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating

Today at 10:19 AM, via The Guardian

Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCA

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The world’s largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests that underpin professional qualifications.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), which has almost...

Health

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over whether she should have one.