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BEE will be replaced by a black empowerment tax – Dawie Roodt
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address signalled the beginning of the end for BEE.
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Renowned economist Dawie Roodt said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address signalled the beginning of the end for BEE.
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Can the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the owner of the land housing the Grogro informal settlement come to an amicable agreement where the metro can buy the land and provide the residents of the informal settlement with basic services?
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Nelson Mandela Bay municipality took nearly 10 months to repair one of four potholes on Louise Michael Drive — and in a bizarre move, left the other three unattended. But residents can take heart: In some cases, when the metro drags its feet, civil organisation Gatvol PE steps in.

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The Met says it has not identified any wrongdoing by its protection officers “at this time”.

South Africa
Eskom is implementing load reduction daily in some areas.
South Africa
President Ramaphosa hails Hosi N’wamitwa II as a pioneer of gender equality
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Hosi Dr Phylia Tinyiko Lwandlamuni N’wamitwa II as a trailblazer who transformed customary law and advanced the rights of women, saying her life was a triumph of courage over patriarchy.
Delivering the eulogy at her Special Provincial Official Funeral at the...

South Africa
Recently 900 people lost their jobs in the automotive sector, following the closure of Good Year

South Africa
Research warns that chemicals in sanitary towels pose long-term health risks

World
Twenty-five people were injured by explosions overnight in what officials are calling a terror attack.

World
Mike Huckabee suggested Israel would be justified in taking much of the Middle East on Biblical grounds.

World
Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

World
Pakistan says the strikes were retaliation for recent suicide bombings in the country.

Africa
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Africa
A court upholds a challenge about the lawfulness of the orders to remove four men who travelled to the territory.

Africa
In a rare occurence, three soldiers were handed jail terms for killings in the troubled Anglophone region.

Africa
Benni McCarthy says Jose Mourinho should admit his “mistake” following the Benfica manager’s post-match comments after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr claimed he was racially abused.

Business
South Africa’s citrus industry achieved a record-breaking 2025 export season, shipping over 200 million 15kg cartons worldwide.

Business
Citizens Advice’s Warm and Well scheme in North Yorkshire will receive the money over three years.

Business
South Africa’s 130-year-old retailer, CNA, has virtually ceased to exist after being placed into business rescue in 2021.

Business
Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers will takeover as the chairperson of the board for Boxer, switching roles with current chairperson James Formby.

Politics
Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy at the funeral service of Hosi Phylia N’wamitwa II in Limpopo.

Politics
Kenny Kunene has criticised Helen Zille and Herman Mashaba’s mayoral capabilities

Politics
The Democratic Alliance’s Solly Msimanga says he wants to hear solutions at this year’s SOPA

Politics
Dlamini served as an ANC branch convener in ward 67 as a councillor who showed commitment

Sport
The Nedbank Cup Round of 16 matches threw up several shock results – including defeats for the top two teams in the Betway Premiership.

Sport
Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou remains defiant after back-to-back defeats in the Nedbank Cup and Betway Premiership.

Sport
Eileen Gu is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history, and a global superstar, but continues to divide opinion.

Sport
Watch the best shots from Phil Salt’s 50 against Sri Lanka as England win their opening game in the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup.

Education
Education secretary suggests Labour’s priority is maintenance grants for poorer students rather than cutting interest
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high interest rates on student loans, piling pressure on Labour ministers to tackle the growing outrage over the high costs.
The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, admitted the system of plan...

Education
Exclusive: NLT report says time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports
Fewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 read daily, according to research, which found reading for pleasure was being crowded out of teenage lives by schoolwork, screens and sports.
While reading declines for both boys and girls in early adolescence, there are “signs of recovery” among girls in...
Education
The human capacity for hope is an essential quality. But hope can also turn into delusion.

Education
Bridget Phillipson says government is ‘not taking away support’ as she prepares to announce changes
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Bridget Phillipson has pledged that under the government’s overhaul of the special educational needs system it will take weeks for children to get access to support, not months or years – as she prepares to announce the controversial changes.
Speaking before...

Lifestyle
Woolies has begun piloting South Africa’s first self-service checkout tills. Are local shoppers ready to embrace retail automation?

Lifestyle
Ex-Prince Andrew was reportedly treated as a ‘common criminal’ when he was arrested for 11 hours on his 66th birthday on Thursday.

Lifestyle
Ex-Prince Andrew was reportedly treated as a ‘common criminal’ when he was arrested for 11 hours on his 66th birthday on Thursday.

Lifestyle
Do you agree? Durban is one of only two African cities to feature on Time Out Magazine’s ‘Best place to travel’ list this year…

Entertainment
There will be 10 new road construction and maintenance projects to be procured towards the end of the financial year.

Entertainment
Maart is currently on loan at the Stormers from Griquas as part of a development agreement between the two unions.

Entertainment
Omoda & Jaecoo are redefining the future of hybrid mobility with their industry-leading SHS (Super Hybrid System) technology.

Entertainment
It follows an investigation, reportedly started in 2018, into tenders awarded by the Department of Education.

Science/Tech
It’s easier than ever to test for sexually transmitted infections at home. We break down whether or not you should.
Science/Tech
Programmer/entrepreneur Paul Ford is the co-founder of AI-driven business software platform Aboard. This week he wrote a guest essay for the New York Times titled “The AI Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun,” arguing that Anthropic’s Claude Code “was always a helpful coding assistant, but in November it suddenly got much better, and ever since I’ve been knocking off side projects that...
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Whether you’re looking for extra-warm jackets or bedding, you’ve probably seen this term. Let us, er, fill you in.

Science/Tech
You can avoid Google’s AI summaries in your search results by simply adjusting your query. Or just switch search engines altogether.
Motoring

Motoring
South Africa’s cheapest automatic car won’t cost you more than R200,000.

Motoring
Nissan welcomes Chinese automakers’ push into various countries, saying the competition will only make the industry stronger and benefit the car-buying public.

Motoring
Car theft protection has evolved beyond physical barriers and mechanisms.
Health
The next moon mission, carrying four astronauts, could launch as soon as early March.

Health
The doctors speak to Professor of Immunology, Dan Davis.
Health
A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.

Health
Manjit Sangha, from Penn, near Wolverhampton, says her life drastically change in one weekend.