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As the city buckles under financial mismanagement and crumbling infrastructure, should business be stepping in?
Two red cards and zero goals. That’s the summary of South Africa’s first World Cup match in almost two decades as they fell 2-0 to Mexico in the opening match of the 2026 edition.

When the whole world was watching, Bafana Bafana players went into hiding after losing their opening game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2-0 to Mexico at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday.

Mexico’s 2-0 victory in the 2026 FIFA World Cup opener was a gift of Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos’ loyalty rather than what the hosts did on the Azteca Stadium pitch on Thursday, writes Njabulo Ngidi.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said this week that it would be ‘premature and irresponsible’ to set a date for fixing two of the metro’s busiest roads, the William Moffat Expressway and Kabega Road, as officials have indicated they are awaiting ‘potential’ funding from the national government.
Even after its banning, corporal punishment is still being used in some schools and for a new generation of teachers they need to learn to exert discipline in classrooms without the use of the rod.
As NSFAS enters its third period under administration, Deputy Minister Mimmy Gondwe has proposed replacing the embattled scheme with direct National Treasury funding to save costs and improve accountability.
Residents of the Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, describe how they’ve lived in fear for years, long before a massacre claimed 12 lives.
‘Best before’ is not ‘use by’. That distinction, long misunderstood across South Africa’s food system, is one of the central clarifications in Sans 2088, the country’s first national framework for food donation and redistribution.
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Manganese dust has so thoroughly contaminated the air over Nelson Mandela Bay’s harbour and Markman Industrial area that residents are being exposed to levels far beyond legal limits — and city officials knew about it for months without warning them.
Having reached the last two Fifa World Cup finals, France are the favourites to top their group. They will face stiff tests from Norway and Senegal. The fourth team in the group, Iran, will be extra-motivated on the back of off-field issues involving their country and the tournament co-host, the US.