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How the ANC wants to re-evaluate cadre deployment during policy conference

Lizeka Tandwa 23 May 2022

The party's decision to relook at the deployment process could result in a broadening of the pool of candidates for positions.

Afrofuturism meets Wabi-Sabi at Design Joburg

kimberleys 23 May 2022

Architects, fashion designers and tastemakers descend on Johannesburg’s premium design event

Asiatic black bear cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Eunice Stoltz 23 May 2022

Two bear cubs, weighing only 2.4kg and 3.3kg, were rescued from a man intending to sell them on the illicit wildlife market

Fuelled by Premier League dynasty, Man City crave Champions League legacy

Steven Griffiths 23 May 2022

Pep Guardiola won't be satisfied until their domestic bliss becomes the catalyst to conquer Europe

Mr President, We have another state of disaster and it’s Eskom

Health

Burn them — that’s what happens to expired Covid vaccines

Environment

Criminal probe into Thungela Resources for ‘catastrophic’ acid mine water spill

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National

What comes after the ANC?

National

Police fail parents who babies died in alleged negligence incident, more ‘victims’ come forward

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Opinion

OPINION| Black writers and publishers are South Africa’s ‘linguistic orphans’

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OPINION | Genocide: It’s never far away if people are not prepared to stand...

Research has shown that more than 150 000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa since 1994.

Derek Davey

OPINION| Russia-Ukraine war a threat to Africa’s economy

Mzukisi Qobo

OPINION| ANC’s socialist thinking is crushing South Africa’s future

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What is at the root of white anxiety in post-apartheid South Africa?

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Africa

Igbo language defies extinction

In 2012, Unesco said the language would have vanished by 2025 but 10 years later Igbo is one of the five top languages in Nigeria

Suicide cases soar in Zimbabwe

The economic crisis in the country appears to be pushing people over the mental edge

Metaverse: Virtual economy to pump $40bn into African GDP

A study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade.

Business

Hackers infiltrate SA illicit financial flows conference with porn clip

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The conference was attended by state agencies, blue- chip global and local non-governmental agencies and public accountability experts

Interdict threat over new Tendele coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal

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Tendele Coal plans to open a new mine despite a court ruling that the licence was unlawfully granted

SAA sale is above board, says Gordhan

The public enterprises minister has said there have been deliberate attempts to undermine the transaction, which is aimed at rehabilitating the airline

Politics

The Cat enters the ANC fray: David Mabuza speaks out

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In an interview with the M&G deputy president David Mabuza ponders his political future but insists ‘it’s the branches that choose the leaders’

Ramaphosa allies in KwaZulu-Natal fail to bring any wins in regional conferences

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Premier Sihle Zikalala’s special adviser, Nhlanhla Ngidi, will challenge him for the position of ANC provincial chairperson

The West has got its Russia sanctions wrong

Restricting supplies from the West would be effective – and it should not have expropriated goods that Russia legitimately acquired

Environment

Zikalala finally releases first part of long-delayed rhino task team report

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The report was commissioned in 2016 by KwaZulu-Natal’s former premier, Willies Mchunu, after a surge in rhino poaching

Climate change bill: ‘One of the most important draft laws to cross the desks of SA’s lawmakers’

How sugar, tobacco or waste gases could power your next flight

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Searing Canadian heatwave unprecedented but five more extreme events went under the radar

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Arts & Culture

Nomzi Khumalo’s ‘The Truth’ tells it like it is

Nomzi Kumalo is brutally honest. Her melancholic but beautiful songs speak the truth and are often inspired by her poetry

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‘A Still Life’ goes to root of the connection of all things

Nthikeng Mohlele comes up short with ‘The Discovery of Love’

The rise and rise of the queens of amapiano

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Education

Corporal punishment in rural schools is ‘big challenge’ for South African Council of Educators

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The council received 169 corporal punishment complaints in 2020-21

‘Break vicious cycle that deters girls in science’

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015- to 2018, has also had success in higher education, winning top awards in science

Mamokgethi Phakeng Q&A: No one told me maths was ‘hard’

South Africa’s first black female doctor of mathematics , Mamokgethi Phakeng, is now a top British UK university’s first ‘illustrious visiting professor’.

Sport

The inexplicable hope and anguish of supporting The Arsenal

The line between excruciating disappointment and exquisite pleasure can be very thin on the football pitch

Bradley Carnell’s shot at US footballing greatness

St Louis City’s head coach has the opportunity to build a legacy from scratch at the midwest club, the latest franchise added to the Major League Soccer.

Newcastle blow up Arsenal’s Champions League dream

Mikel Arteta's men were well beaten by the Magpies to almost certainly seal their fate in next year's Europa League

World

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be firestarter of global economic woes

Developed countries could do much to help counterparts in the developing world weather the current storm

Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder hurts oppressed people

The journalist is among more than 50 reporters who have died at the hands of the Israeli regime and is remembered for bravely giving a voice to Palestinians