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Rich vigilantes have no fear of consequences

Opinion Jared Sacks - 27 Aug 2020

The City of Cape Town tacitly condones it when wealthy landowners behave illegally, something that is not the case if you’re poor

Why Cameroon has slid back since Italia ’90

Sport Daniel Ekonde - 4 Aug 2020

The Indomitable Lions’ class of 1990 put Africa on the international football map with their showing in Italy, where they stunned the world champions. But they have since gone backwards. Why?

World Cup review, Part II: The trials of group A and Bafana’s lasting legacy

Sport Luke Feltham - 18 May 2020

With a world-class gauntlet laid out in front of them, could South Africa make an expectant nation proud?

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10 years on: The legacy of the 2010 World Cup

Sport Luke Feltham - 11 May 2020

In the first part of our new series, we take a look at the goal that has played on loop in our heads and on TV channels for the last decade

Japan-style chain Miniso does a runner

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 21 Feb 2020

After being in South Africa for almost three years, Miniso left without a trace late last year. This exit has now left a group of franchisees, who have invested millions of rands in its stores, with massive losses

Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Article Bongani Kona - 14 Feb 2020

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

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Marie Antoinette rules in Colombia as the masses protest against inequality

Article Maria Gabriela Palacio - 10 Dec 2019

Citizens have taken to the streets as the country’s transition away from a 70-year civil war gives them opportunity to find their voices

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Mexico court allows recreational cocaine in landmark decision

Article Agency - 21 Aug 2019

The ruling, which does not allow for the sale of the drug, is now under review by a higher court at the government's request

How we can restore our ecosystems

Article Scone Malone - 7 Aug 2019

To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy

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Venezuela to prosecute lawmakers who backed failed uprising

Article Agency - 8 May 2019

Venezuela will prosecute seven lawmakers who backed last week's failed uprising orchestrated by opposition leader Juan Guaido

Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump’s border wall

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2019

Move draws condemnation from both the president's rival Democrats and fellow Republicans, who warned it was an abuse of presidential powers

US states sue Trump over border wall emergency

Article Agency - 19 Feb 2019

Trump announced the emergency on Friday in order to bypass Congress

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Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by New York jury

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Feb 2019

The 61-year-old former boss of the notorious Sinaloa cartel faces life in prison for smuggling tons of drugs into the United States

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Regional powers back Maduro opponent as Venezuela leader

Article Maria Isabel Sanchez - 24 Jan 2019

The US and other major countries are backing Venezuela's new self proclaimed acting president in repudiation of President Nicolas Maduro

Malema and the like are no different to Trump

Article Adam Haupt - 22 Jan 2019

The so-called left in South Africa treats the media in much the same way as the US president, pointing to a troubling slide towards fascism

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