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/ 28 June 2024

Winners | 200 Young South Africans 2024

WATCH: The Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans event continues to shine a spotlight on those shaping the future of the country

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/ 27 June 2024

South Africa thrash Afghanistan to reach T20 World Cup final

Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje maintained the relentless pressure with two wickets apiece at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad

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While the Sahel has in recent years seen a string of military coups and escalating jihadism, particularly in Mali, Mauritania has not seen an attack since 2011

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/ 25 June 2024

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Julian Assange was released on Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years while he fought extradition to the United States

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South Africa’s newsrooms are being hollowed out right when we need them the most

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/ 20 June 2024

Cryptic Crossword JDE 435

Clue of the week: 23D Loading zone with hard area right next to factory front (5)

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UN report shows decline in some chemical pollutants as new threats emerge

Persistent organic pollutants stay in the environment over decades and longer and are linked to cancer, liver damage and decreased fertility

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/ 18 June 2024

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in SA are key to climate change and carbon storage studies

There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial but still poorly understood role in the carbon cycle

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/ 17 June 2024

Nuclear arms spending soars as global tensions swell

China is, for the first time, believed to have some warheads on high operational alert

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Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence
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/ 14 June 2024

Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence

The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances

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/ 13 June 2024

Cryptic Crossword 434

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Health
/ 12 June 2024

Mpox outbreak: Five cases confirmed, one death reported in South Africa

The health department said it is investigating the local transmission of the disease after the infected patients were found to have no travel history

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Business confidence dips on the back policy uncertainty
Business
/ 11 June 2024

Business confidence dips on the back policy uncertainty

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s business confidence index fell in April and May, ahead of the elections, snapping a rally that dated back to November 2023

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How Groote Schuur primed Ntobeko Ntusi to head up the SA Medical Research Council
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/ 10 June 2024

How Groote Schuur primed Ntobeko Ntusi to head up the SA Medical Research Council

After eight years at the helm of the University of Cape Town’s department of medicine, Ntusi says it is ‘time for somebody else to come and lead’

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Siya Kolisi to miss Twickenham Test as weakened Springboks face Wales
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/ 9 June 2024

Siya Kolisi to miss Twickenham Test as weakened Springboks face Wales

After Wales, South Africa host Ireland, the only team to beat them at the 2023 World Cup

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/ 6 June 2024

Cryptic Crossword 433

Clue of the week: 12A The curt reaction of a KZN town (7)

By George Euvrard
Spain joins South Africa’s Gaza case at International Court of Justice
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/ 6 June 2024

Spain joins South Africa’s Gaza case at International Court of Justice

Spain is one of the European countries that has been most critical of Israel over the war in Gaza

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Free to share: Post-election special edition
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/ 3 June 2024

Free to share: Post-election special edition

Dive into our exclusive special edition publication following the voting week and results

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Sara Sabry beat doubters to become Africa’s first female astronaut and space pioneer
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/ 3 June 2024

Sara Sabry beat doubters to become Africa’s first female astronaut and space pioneer

Sabry was told that engineering would be too difficult for her to study. She is now a PhD student in aerospace sciences and is conducting research at the Nasa-funded Human Spaceflight Lab

By Sheree Bega
LIVE | IEC election results
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/ 1 June 2024

LIVE | IEC election results

Real-time updates from the dashboard of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa

By M&G Online reporter
Elections 2024: Leadership at a time of seizmic political change
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/ 31 May 2024

Elections 2024: Leadership at a time of seizmic political change

The hand of history will be weighing heavily on the shoulders of South Africa’s political leaders in the coming hours and days

By Richard Calland and Mike Law
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/ 30 May 2024

Cryptic Crossword 432

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By George Euvrard
Uncertainty looms over South Africa as ANC faces decline and potential coalitions
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/ 30 May 2024

Uncertainty looms over South Africa as ANC faces decline and potential coalitions

Our last election demand must now be to the politicians who will decide the country’s future in the coming 14 days

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Mamabolo: There is an effort to undermine the outcome of the elections
National
/ 28 May 2024

Mamabolo: There is an effort to undermine the outcome of the elections

The head of the Electoral Commission of South Africa said that two people were arrested for interfering with election processes

By Mandisa Nyathi
Senegalese migrants on hunger strike in Western Sahara after Moroccan navy interception
Africa
/ 28 May 2024

Senegalese migrants on hunger strike in Western Sahara after Moroccan navy interception

North African countries are arresting black people they suspect are headed to Europe, and abandoning them in ‘desert dumps’

By Borso Tall
Environmental (mis)management in Zimbabwe
The Green Guardian
/ 28 May 2024

Environmental (mis)management in Zimbabwe

The Environmental Management Agency does not have enough power to curb rampant water pollution and land degradation

By Mandla Tshuma
Report: Climate change to reduce incomes, undermine food and water security, raise cost of living
The Green Guardian
/ 27 May 2024

Report: Climate change to reduce incomes, undermine food and water security, raise cost of living

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience can improve the everyday lives and experiences of South Africans

By Sheree Bega
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Crossword
/ 23 May 2024

Cryptic Crossword 431

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By George Euvrard
Post-election by-elections lie ahead for six KwaZulu-Natal municipalities
Politics
/ 21 May 2024

Post-election by-elections lie ahead for six KwaZulu-Natal municipalities

Residents of the six rural towns will vote again on 19 June

By Paddy Harper
The complex history of Addis Ababa’s Piassa is being erased
Africa
/ 21 May 2024

The complex history of Addis Ababa’s Piassa is being erased

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s bulldozers are destroying the cobbled streets and old buildings to turn the capital into an East African Dubai

By Maya Misikir
ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza ‘war crimes’ arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
World
/ 20 May 2024

ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza ‘war crimes’ arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including ‘starvation’, ‘wilful killing’, and ‘extermination and/or murder’

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