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Covid-19 surges in the Eastern Cape

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With people queuing for services, no water, lax enforcement of mask rules and plenty of partying, the virus is flourishing once again, and a quarter of the growth is in the Eastern Cape
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Politics

Ace prepares ANC branches for battle

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ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is ignoring party policy on corruption-charged officials and taking his battle to branch level, where his ‘slate capture’ strategy is expected to leave Ramaphosa on the ropes
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South African football has lost a feminist in Anele Ngcongca

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The Bafana Bafana defender valued women who loved sport
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Covid-19 vaccines offer hope as world leaders plan for future

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Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient
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National

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

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The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons
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Politics

Beneath Mashaba’s ‘centrism’ lurks the reactionary

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A fanatic of the free market, Herman Mashaba advances extreme economic policies for South Africa. But he needs political power first, so he rides on xenophobic sentiments for votes
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Africa

The president, the preacher and the great escape

Malawi’s new president was furious after Shepherd Bushiri’s dramatic disappearance from South Africa
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‘Don’t vote, overthrow the dictators’

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Tanzania’s opposition leader, who is again in exile, says ‘instead of telling people to vote, we should be telling them to prepare for popular revolt

China blamed for Zambia’s debt, but the West’s banks and agencies enabled it

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The narratives about the African country’s debt crisis are being used as fodder in geopolitical battles

Business

Business

The price of violence: R145-billion

The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity
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Ramaphosa: We want investment pledges to translate into new jobs

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To move out of South Africa’s economic funk, Ramaphosa is prioritising the materialisation of pledges made at the previous investment conferences.

Government gets $2bn more in pledges towards infrastructure development

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The New Development Bank pledges billions of dollars towards infrastructure development in South Africa. Implementing infrastructure development is one of the measures the country is counting on to recover from the economic effects of Covid-19

Politics

Politics

#CR17 fight heads to the Constitutional Court

amaBhungane’s arguments about the disclosure of campaign funding are also expected to be heard
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Zondo dismisses Zuma’s recusal application

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The summons to compel the former president to appear before the state capture commission stands, says legal head

Legal bias doctrine basis of Zuma’s recusal application to Zondo

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The former president’s advocate and commission lawyers were embroiled in a showdown of who best argued the apprehension of bias doctrine

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Land reform still a hot potato

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation
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Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up
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Education

A template for 21st century education

Project-based learning, where learners find solutions in groups, builds sustainable livelihoods
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There is no honour in leaking a matric exam paper

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Those involved in the breach must be ‘dealt with swiftly and harshly’

Testing times for grade 12 learners

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Strict Covid protocols are in place for the exams, with special provision made for those who test positive

Sport

Sport

Busy Bee continues to sting despite challenges

Cape Town’s oldest Black rugby club personifies the problems Black rugby faces, including attempts to have its history erased, being affected by apartheid and struggling financially for good resources
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The beautiful game isn’t perfect

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And it shouldn’t be. The search for absolute fairness is spoiling the way football is played

The rise of SA players abroad is good for Banyana

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The growing list of professional women footballers plying their trade at overseas clubs could be the missing piece the side needs to conquer the continent after five failed attempts.

World

World

A Biden win isn’t necessarily a win for the rest of us

Much like there was an overwhelming euphoria that gripped many Zimbabweans when they finally said asante sana to Robert Mugabe, Trump’s removal won’t change the colour of America’s fabric too drastically
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War and Covid slow trade in Saluki dogs

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Salukis, cousins of the greyhound, have been used for hunting for thousands of years in the Middle East and are some of the fastest canines.

As concerns mount over integrity of US elections, so does support for international poll monitors

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The pandemic will challenge international observation missions, but ensuring fair elections in an essential component of American democracy

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The Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Research and Publication Interventions

The project places emphasis on rolling out a standardised package of occupational health services and mining safety standards across four countries
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National skills development inaugural webinar

SALGA will focus on developing leadership competencies and incorporate online and blended learning to enhance governance capabilities and service delivery
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