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Jenrick Joins Reform!

Thursday at 21:29 PM, via BBC News

Second helpings of Newscast as Robert Jenrick confirms his defection to Reform.

VIDEO: Watch – ‘Private militias,’ murders, drugs: South Africa’s crime flashpoints

Thursday at 20:59 PM, via Daily Maverick

Different kinds of criminality, and even accusations that a drug cartel has infiltrated law enforcement, have ravaged South Africa in 2025. This means that honest police officers have had a rough year, from rooting out dodgy aspects of private security, to investigating countless killings. This has set the scene for 2026. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.

TROUBLED WATERS: How policy failures cripple Mossel Bay’s fishing industry

Thursday at 20:41 PM, via Daily Maverick

Deon van Zyl’s account is a window into the fragile balancing act of South Africa’s small pelagic fishing sector – a sector buffeted by climate, politics and patchy surveys. For the people of Mossel Bay, though, the stakes are clear: when the factory doors close early, the whole town feels it.

News24 | Washington completes first sale of Venezuelan oil

Thursday at 19:36 PM, via News24

The United States has finalised a sale of Venezuelan oil – the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of president Nicolas Maduro, a US official told AFP on Thursday.

News24 | After sailing around SA for two years, Maersk returns to Suez

Thursday at 18:45 PM, via News24

Maersk will resume sailings via the Red Sea and Suez Canal for one of its services this month, the shipping group said on Thursday, marking a key step towards ending two years of global trade disruption due to attacks on ships by Yemeni Houthi rebels.

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