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ANALYSIS: Mpumalanga moves to shut down captive lion breeding

Wednesday at 21:35 PM, via Daily Maverick

Just as many expected a retreat from wildlife reform, Mpumalanga has taken the opposite step – moving to shut down captive lion breeding and jolting an industry that believed the political winds were turning in its favour.

Accrual Anxiety: R1 billion in unpaid pharma accounts triggers medicine crisis in Eastern Cape

Wednesday at 21:08 PM, via Daily Maverick

The Eastern Cape Department of Health is grappling with massive unpaid pharmaceutical bills of about R1-billion. While officials deny that their ability to provide medication to patients has collapsed, the suspension of 21 accounts with some of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical companies has led to vital medicine shortages, raising serious concerns about patient safety.

POWER CHAT: Watch – Mashaba on running Johannesburg, tackling the water crisis, and politics of exclusion

Wednesday at 21:03 PM, via Daily Maverick

In a wide-ranging interview, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee sits down with Herman Mashaba, president of ActionSA and mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, to probe his plans for a city in crisis. From the deepening water shortages and collapsing infrastructure to his hardline stance on undocumented immigrants, Mashaba lays out an agenda rooted in enforcement and administrative overhaul.

BUDGET 2026: Five Budget discussion documents to watch out for later this year

Wednesday at 20:59 PM, via Daily Maverick

Budget Review 2026 goes far beyond tax tables. From a new central fund for R88-billion in unclaimed benefits to the redesign of the SRD grant, an illicit trade crackdown, stablecoin rules, influencer tax scrutiny and AI oversight in finance, the policy pipeline is packed for the year ahead.

Two visions and one crumbling order

Wednesday at 18:44 PM, via SA People

Trump’s “Golden Age” and South Africa’s Ubuntu Moment Are Speaking Entirely Different Languages

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