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US President Donald Trump, who has just entered his second term, has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics at home and is shifting the international order.

The US has provided more than $200 billion in foreign assistance to Africa, yet the continent loses an estimated $88 billion each year through tax evasion, money laundering and corruption

The weekend plenum will tackle leadership succession and priorities, amid growing unease over the party leader’s pending sentencing and its implications for stability and elections

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Senona this week admitted to being close friends with businessman and alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala but denied any involvement in his business activities

Smaller parties in the coalition running the metro accuse the ANC mayor of failure to address chronic service delivery problems in Johannesburg and not consulting them enough
The Proteas have beaten the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion in the second T20 clash between the two sides and with that, taken the series.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed “really good progress” on issues including visa-free travel and tariffs during talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday.
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Denmark’s foreign minister said on Thursday he was “more optimistic” after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland.

The FIFA World Cup trophy will be in South Africa over the weekend with Johannesburg and Cape Town fans set to see it with their naked eyes.
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The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept interest rates unchanged. The repo rate will stay at 6.75% and the prime lending rate at 10.25%.

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and the Democratic Alliance have attacked Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie over problems linked to his department.

After supposedly reaching an amicable agreement with Pikitup executives and the City of Johannesburg, frustrated Pikitup employees torched two waste collection trucks.

South Africa’s central bank kept its main lending rate unchanged at 6.75%.

Mihlali Mayambela contributed 19 goals and 15 assists in 125 matches across all competitions for Aris Limassol for over three years.