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READER LETTER | Opposition needs a wake-up call
SA’s opposition has spent decades perfecting the art of resistance and almost no time mastering the discipline of understanding.
MONDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2026, 10:44

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SA’s opposition has spent decades perfecting the art of resistance and almost no time mastering the discipline of understanding.

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Money is the root of all evil in politics.

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Formula One newcomers Cadillac may finish last this season, but Sergio Perez will be disappointed if they do
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The visit is to show solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, after the shootings

South Africa
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

South Africa
The bail application of Armindo Pacula for killing of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.
South Africa
Presidential Climate Commission Deputy Chair announced
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Senior Advisor at the Presidential Climate Commission, Dipak Patel, as Deputy Chairperson of the Commission.
Patel previously served as the Senior Advisor for Climate Finance and Innovation at the commission and his new tenure will begin this year and end in 2030.
“Mr Patel’s...

South Africa
Emergency services are encouraging motorists to use alternative routes.

World
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

World
Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results.

World
The pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Hong Kong High Court.
World
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Sydney ahead of a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, after a December shooting at a Hanukkah event that killed 15.

Africa
Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

Africa
Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Africa
Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Africa
Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.

Business
RMB Holdings is being sold, six years after the holding company unbundled its stake in FirstRand to focus on property.
Business
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Business
Business groups have written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to clear up confusion around Eskom’s monopoly before investors start fleeing.

Politics
The Enquiry investigates Adv. Andrew Chauke’s fitness to lead South Gauteng’s prosecution services.

Politics
Voters in Ward 13, Umzumbe, will elect a new councillor on Wednesday with the IFP, ANC, MK Party.

Politics
Commission has heard testimony from police officials implicated in corruption with criminal network.

Politics
The IFP and ANC has been co-governing Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, since 2021

Sport
Captain Wayne Madsen dislocates his left shoulder in the fourth over of Italy’s debut match at the T20 World Cup.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs attacker Mduduzi Shabalala has only one cap for Bafana Bafana. Will he find form before the FIFA World Cup?

Sport
James Milner is poised to equal the record for most Premier League appearances.

Sport
Orlando Pirates could open up a six-point gap over Mamelodi Sundowns before the two teams clash at the FNB Stadium next weekend.
Education
Over 41 seasons as head coach, he won two national titles and sent more than 200 players to the major leagues, including Mike Mussina and Jack McDowell.

Education
By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all
The personal finance expert Martin Lewis upbraided the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for freezing the threshold at which millions of graduates repay their loans, saying that this was treating student debts like tax. He was right, and Ms Reeves’s...

Education
Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime
Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life
As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms, in conversation and in alarming...
Education
He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South Pole in 1912.

Lifestyle
An AI-generated video of Grammys host Trevor Noah refusing to apologise to rapper Nicki Minaj has gone viral on social media….

Lifestyle
An embattled ANC is losing support and is struggling to pay its staff. Now Julius Malema accuses it of ‘illegal activities’ back in 2024 …
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
There is a worldwide movement to take kids off social media, to protect them from harmful content on the internet.

Entertainment
Earlier this year, Ramaphosa announced the appointment of 25 new commissioners.
Entertainment

Entertainment
The top-order batter is still one of the best in the business and would boost the national women’s side.

Entertainment
Brand posted a 12.2% year-on-year sales increase last year, with Africa now being its second biggest market after Thailand.

Science/Tech
Financial backing and not mine ownership, anchors Washington’s push into Africa’s critical minerals sector.

Science/Tech
First launched in 1998 as Vodaworld, Vodacom World is the largest shopping mall for mobile phones in South Africa.

Science/Tech
For agentic AI to deliver real value, enterprises need hybrid infrastructure balancing cloud with sovereignty.

Science/Tech
Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga will represent minister of higher education Buti Manamela at the university’s council.

Motoring
European carmakers are pulling the plug on electric-vehicle plans.
Motoring

Motoring
Car subscriptions have taken off in South Africa, leaving many wondering what it costs to rent long term.
Motoring

Health
The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.

Health
Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.
Health
State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.
Health
Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.