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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.

News24 | Kogelberg centre rescuing animals caught in wildfires

Thursday at 17:58 PM, via News24

Antiseptic cream is gently smoothed over a burnt patch on the back of a grass snake. A tortoise in a charred shell is given another day in case it revives. Alongside is an orphaned baby genet that can fit into one’s palm.All these animals were rescued from wildfires that have ravaged the Western Cape.

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