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Call for nominations | 200 Young South Africans

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The Mail & Guardian calls upon you to nominate young South Africans for its 18th edition of the 200 Young South Africans
Opinion

The quakes in Türkiye and Syria show we need to be better prepared for disasters

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As climate change hits, natural disasters will happen more frequently, and it is better to make provision for them than scramble to mop up afterwards
National

Mbombela council wants SIU to probe ‘irregular’ R200 million construction tenders

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Paddy Harper
City’s public accounts committee wants officials to be sanctioned over contact awards

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Africa

The future of the Catholic church is being forged in Africa

The church on the continent is growing fast but not all clergy hold with the pope’s progressive ways

The war in Ethiopia is not over

The government and Tigrayan politicians signed a peace deal but for minority groups there is little choice but to keep fighting

Russia losing scramble for Africa

Sergei Lavrov’s African tour was supposed to highlight the strength of Russia’s relationship with the continent but it did the opposite

Business

Mining companies aren’t buying what the SA govt is selling — yet

Companies are withholding investment – despite the commodity boom’s bounty – in the face of constraints to exports and exploration

Miner terminates Minerals Council membership amid Transnet fracas

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Kalagadi Manganese accuses mining-industry employer organisation of failing to canvass its membership about a letter calling for Derby’s axing

Coal in SA’s energy mix until 2040s, Creecy tells mining indaba

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Coal still dominates the domestic energy mix, providing 81.4% of the total system load, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Politics

High court hears debate on whether secret ballot serves constitution

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The question over dismissing the Ngcobo report was whether MPs had a primary duty to hold the president to account or be accountable to voters

Why Tshwane executive mayor Randall Williams resigned

Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022

Mantashe’s hopes of controlling Eskom dashed as a new minister is set to take over

Mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement, as minerals and energy minister let off the hook to solve electricity crisis

Environment

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Arts & Culture

Get a taste of spa relaxation and romance this Valentine’s day

A selection of luxurious spas to visit, and treatments to enjoy, in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban for couples celebrating love this month
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uHambo: 10 years of Soul and Joy

Explore the inaugural Cape Town Furniture Week

One Show Two Takes: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Education

South African children face reading crisis

Publishing books in local languages could spark the interest of reading and understanding in young ones

Abused in academia: A cautionary tale

I found out the hard way that postdoctoral fellows are vulnerable and should be wary of attractive-sounding supervisory positions

Ramaphosa: ‘Equip our learners with technical skills to address youth unemployment, grow the economy’

The president said the new three-stream model that offers more choices and better guidance would help address the school drop-out rate

Sport

Spurs sponsorship would see SA in bloody company

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SA Tourism must give more thought to who it would like to emulate on the international scene

From the archives: The meaning of Hashim Amla 

Before he earned legend status, Proteas’ legendary batsman had to endure being reduced to an ‘outsider’

Brazil pays final respects to football giant Pele

A funeral procession will be held on Tuesday through Santos and past the house of Pele's mother, 100-year-old Celeste Arantes

World

US shoots down a fourth aerial object, near the Canadian border

President Joe Biden ordered a fighter plane to down the latest object "out of abundance of caution"

Death toll rises above 11 200 in Turkey, Syria quake

Officials and medics said 8 574 people had died in Turkey and 2 662 in Syria from Monday's 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the total to 11 236

Earthquake kills more than 4 300 in Turkey, Syria

Over 5 600 buildings were destroyed in several cities, including many apartment blocks where residents were sleeping when the quake struck

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