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Plugging holes: Additional engineers required to avert Nelson Mandela Bay water crisis
The Nelson Mandela Bay is in the process of appointing plumbers to address widespread water leaks, as the number of reported leak complaints jumps from 4,000 in January to 6,770 in February. Dam water levels, meanwhile, have plummeted to 34%.
VIDEO: Watch – Hero community health worker delivers baby during flood disaster
On 14 January, a low-pressure system that formed over Mozambique moved into South Africa’s Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, triggering devastating floods. Homes were destroyed, roads washed away and more than 30 people lost their lives. As communities grappled with the aftermath, residents also came together to support neighbours in need, revealing both the scale of the disaster and the...
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: A tale of two taps: How water access is dividing Gauteng’s schools
For Gauteng public school learners, a water outage means raw sewage risks and cancelled classes. More affluent schools, however, report not having water outages in years and turning the crisis into a teachable moment.
TOGETHER AT LAST: Bonded female Cape vultures reunited at conservation reserve after years apart
After years apart and turning away every male suitor, two female Cape vultures are reunited at Shamwari, celebrating the enduring strength of their bond and their unwavering commitment to each other.

Sibiya closes evidence to commission, accuses Senthumule of fraud
General details mystery overtime claims that he reported to Ipid
News24 | 10 days to deal: Trump threatens Iran as military forces mass in region
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran must make a “meaningful deal” in its negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else “bad things happen”, as he deployed warships, fighter jets and other military hardware in the region.
SHATTERED ILLUSIONS: PG Glass and Glasfit face heavy fines over alleged 22-year price-fixing cartel
The Competition Commission is pushing for 10% of turnover to compensate for price-fixing dating back to 2004.
BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: The sky-high gold price — who benefits?
The shimmering profits of gold-mining companies raise an interesting question: how much will our society benefit from this? Does it really do very much for our economy?
REGULATORY RECKONING: The numbers behind the Medscheme/Bonitas bombshell litigation
Afrocentric subsidiary Medscheme has filed its answering affidavit in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg, seeking to halt Bonitas Medical Scheme’s multibillion-rand administration and managed care tender pending a forensic probe by the Council for Medical Schemes into alleged governance and procurement irregularities. At stake are contracts linked to South Africa’s...

JOE MAKHAFOLA | Sally Motlana’s legacy of defiance draws reader’s gaze into rearview mirror of history
‘Faith & Defiance — The Life of Sally Motlana’ brings to a new generation the exceptional life of Motlana as an avid developmental and Christian anti-apartheid activist from the mid-1940s until her retirement in the early 1990s.

Mystery fire damages two mobile police offices in Mpumalanga
Community assured that operations at the station will continue

South Africa suffering from ANC incompetence and corruption
While President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged 15 years of economic stagnation, he has failed to engage with why that is.
TAP DANCE: Minister approves emergency measures to curb Joburg’s water crisis
Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina has approved emergency measures to curb Gauteng’s water crisis, including increasing water allocations to Rand Water. But nearly half of Gauteng’s water is lost to leaks, and the DA has accused Rand Water of misleading the public.
News24 | ‘He was never a prince’: Giuffre family says of Britain’s Andrew
The family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre slammed Britain’s former prince Andrew on Thursday following his arrest by UK police.

Cryptic Crossword JDE 518
Welcome to the only South Africanised weekly cryptic crossword.Clue of the week:25 Some prize bulls in these cattle (4)
5 things you need to know about Shadrack Sibiya’s testimony on Thursday
Evidence concluded, contained in 90-page document