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Taxpayers to shell out R4 billion for VIP blue light brigades

Wednesday at 07:17 AM, via Daily Investor

South Africa is set to spend over R4 billion on VIP and static protection for the President, ministers, deputy ministers and international dignitaries in 2026/27, significantly more than the past two fiscal years.

Trump, sharing leaked texts and AI mock-ups, vows ‘no going back’ on Greenland

Wednesday at 04:36 AM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON/DAVOS/COPENHAGEN, Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and lashing out at NATO allies as European leaders struggled to respond.

BROKEN PROMISES: Joburg’s 188 hijacked buildings: Nine years, seven court orders, only one eviction

Tuesday at 22:11 PM, via Daily Maverick

Weeks of raids on hijacked buildings in the Joburg CBD by city departments and the JMPD followed the murder of DJ Warras, creating the impression that Joburg was finally moving decisively against hijacked buildings. But the numbers tell a different story. The city still has at least 188 hijacked buildings in the inner city, with court orders in place for just seven, and even those remain...

Looming water supply ‘bankruptcy’ puts billions at risk, UN report warns

Tuesday at 21:24 PM, via Daily Maverick

Jan 20 (Reuters) – The world is facing irreversible water “bankruptcy”, with billions of people struggling to cope with the consequences of decades of overuse as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, U.N. researchers said on Tuesday.

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