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THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026, 01:06

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ECD centres serve as safe spaces for children

Tuesday at 06:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

In the rural community of Ncutshane in uPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal, Lungile Precious Simelane has dedicated her life to creating a safe and nurturing space for young children.

Downs seek victory over Sekhukhune to consolidate top spot

Tuesday at 06:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teboho Mokoena has urged his teammates to match Sekhukhune United’s hunger to win when the two teams meet in a Betway Premiership match at Peter Mokaba Stadium tonight (7.30pm).

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports

Tuesday at 04:39 AM, via Daily Maverick

Jan 26 (Reuters) – Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the “commander at large” for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic reported on Monday, citing a Homeland Security official and two people with knowledge of the change.

European countries including UK lose measles elimination status

Monday at 21:10 PM, via Daily Maverick

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent.

Mexico president asks Korean counterpart for more BTS concerts

Monday at 21:03 PM, via Daily Maverick

MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Huge demand to see K-pop boy band BTS, among the world’s most popular artists, has led Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to formally request of her counterpart, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, that he help arrange more concerts in Mexico.

FEEDING HOPE OP-ED: Here’s how SA can end hunger and malnutrition this year

Monday at 21:01 PM, via Daily Maverick

A ‘bumper harvest’ is predicted for South Africa in 2026. The rains across our country have been uneven (too little in some parts, harsh floods in others). But overall La Niña has blessed large parts of our agricultural land, enhancing the ability of commercial farmers to produce food. Sadly, that good crops won’t reduce widespread hunger is evidence of how out of joint time is in our...

TENURE INSECURITY: SA’s land crisis is ongoing, not historical

Monday at 20:58 PM, via Daily Maverick

The struggle for land in South Africa touches food security, identify and economic equality. For the Land and Accountability Research Centre (Larc), this reality is the driving force behind its work, including the uMhlaba Talks podcast.

ANALYSIS: Part 1: The Sixth Extinction and the Anthropocene’s Pleistocene origins

Monday at 20:52 PM, via Daily Maverick

This is part 1 of a three-part series that traces the origins of the Anthropocene – the current geological epoch that speaks bluntly to humanity’s impact on the environment – and the unfolding ‘Sixth Extinction’, adding to the wave of global megafaunal extinctions that began in what is popularly known as the ‘Ice Age’.

FROZEN REPUBLIC: SA’s health crisis is a geography problem, and the NHI must start where the map is coldest

Monday at 20:38 PM, via Daily Maverick

The Lehohla Ledger’s Red-Zone Thermal Map replaces abstract planning with spatial truth, overlaying hotspot analysis and mortality autocorrelation to reveal where survival is breaking down. It shows a republic split between resilient ‘health foundries’, fragile buffer zones, and 74 frozen Red-Zone municipalities where infrastructure friction, poverty, and nutrition have collapsed outcomes...

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