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WATCH | At least 10 dead as floods sweep southern China

Today at 10:35 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Torrential rain across southern and central China triggered widespread flooding on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, closing schools and businesses, and disrupting transport and power supplies, authorities said.

Hegseth steps away from war duties to campaign against Trump foe

Today at 10:27 AM, via SowetanLIVE

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth campaigned on Monday for a former navy Seal who is challenging one of President Donald Trump’s top Republican targets in Congress in a highly unusual appearance for a US military leader.

WATCH LIVE | Khampepe commission into TRC cases

Today at 10:18 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The Khampepe commission of inquiry probing efforts to stall the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators continues in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.

South Africa’s regulated betting market enters a new digital era

Today at 10:14 AM, via Mail & Guardian

According to MoneyWeb, online betting is becoming bigger and bigger across Africa, with gross gaming revenue projected to reach R225 billion ($13.5 billion) by the end of 2026, more than double its 2023 level. Right at the tip of Africa, in South Africa, the country is contributing heavily to these staggering figures. Grand View Research reported […]

Africa’s new information war: The leaked files that expose a manufactured solidarity

Today at 09:23 AM, via Mail & Guardian

A cache of leaked documents has exposed a sprawling foreign influence network operating across 34 African countries, revealing how Africa’s political space is being quietly reshaped through disinformation, elite capture and engineered narratives. The revelations force a reckoning with the continent’s own vulnerabilities and with the manufactured solidarities that have seduced parts of...

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