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Action needed beyond political statements

Today at 12:49 PM, via Mail & Guardian

For reindustrialisation to take off, statements by politicians must be turned into practical, measurable policy steps.

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Renault sees lower margins in 2026 as price pressure hits profit

Today at 12:45 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Renault Group posted a 15% drop in 2025 operating profit on Thursday and guided for lower margins in 2026 as price pressures from rising Chinese competition and traditional peers in its core European market erode earnings.

South Africa

SA stone fruit enters Chinese market in historic first shipment

Today at 11:22 AM, via SAnews

SA stone fruit enters Chinese market in historic first shipment

South Africa is marking a significant milestone in agricultural trade, with the country’s first consignment of stone fruit having departed for China.

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, accompanied by the People’s Republic of China Ambassador to South Africa, Wu Peng, visited the Freshness First Packhouse in...

Business

Big petrol price win for South Africa

Today at 12:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Petrol price cuts at the start of the year is the main driver keeping inflation under control—and economists expect the good news to keep rolling.

Sport

Joseph stars as West Indies extend winning run

Today at 12:44 PM, via BBC News

Shamar Joseph takes four wickets and claims four catches as the West Indies extend their unbeaten World Cup record with a 42-run win over Italy.

Education

Tiny Memoir Contest Winners

Today at 12:30 PM, via New York Times

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 17 winning stories, selected from over 14,000 submissions.

Lifestyle

All hail Mr and Miss Cape Town Pride 2026

Today at 11:03 AM, via The South African

The Mr and Miss Cape Town Pride pageant saw Adrian Oktober and Larissa Gordon being crowned King and Queen. Long may they reign!

Science/Tech

A $10 Plastic Speaker is the Most Durable Revenue Line in Indian Digital Payments

Today at 12:20 PM, via Slashdot

India’s digital payment platforms process trillions of dollars a year through UPI, the government-built real-time payments rail that handles more than 90% of all payment transactions in the country, but one of their largest net revenue line items is not a payment product at all: it’s a cheap plastic speaker that sits on a shopkeeper’s counter and reads out incoming payments aloud. The roughly...

Motoring

PG Glass and Glasfit under siege

Today at 10:52 AM, via TopAuto

The Competition Commission referred a complaint against PG Glass and Glasfit to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution.

Health

How Microbes Got Their Crawl

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.