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Apple exited SA a year after the seminal Macintosh was released, and during the dark years of the State of Emergency, there was one holding the free press fort. Over its 50 years, the Cupertino computer company had an outsized effect on the world — even at the southern tip of Africa.
The economic shock from the US–Israel conflict is likely to affect South Africa for up to two years, as higher oil prices, disrupted insurance markets, and uncertainty risk entrenching inflation across the economy.
The historic Zimbabwe bird return sees South Africa hand back sacred artefacts and ancestral remains, building on recent heritage victories.
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The Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture has failed to explain why it’s prioritising events such as Formula One and the Olympics over vital cultural festivals, jeopardising opportunities for emerging artists and literary voices.
Ramaphosa has sent the man who helped dismantle apartheid to defend the post-apartheid order against the administration trying hardest to undo it. The choice is shrewder than it looks, and more uncomfortable than Pretoria will admit.
A Burundian minister has been killed in what the government said on Thursday was a car accident, with sources saying the cause of death was unclear and would be investigated.
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who played for Austria at Euro 2008, died on Thursday after his car was hit by a train, his former club Red Bull Salzburg said.
Johnny Davids dies in Pretoria at 49. Tributes pour in for the Namibian-born presenter, singer, and voice of faith.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 pm EST (2100 GMT), signalling a pause in Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has raged in parallel to the war with Iran.
A cold front bringing strong winds, rough seas and chilly conditions is forecast for parts of the Western and Northern Cape, while hot and humid conditions are expected in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
When Magistrate Twanet Olivier granted EFF leader Julius Malema leave to appeal his five-year prison sentence handed down on Thursday, Mmabonolo Mokhobele jumped for joy, threw herself on the pavement, and began to weep.
South Africa has enough fiscal space to extend a fuel-tax cut by two months to cushion consumers from an oil shock triggered by the Iran war, Citigroup said.
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