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03 November 2023
/ 2 November 2023

03 November 2023

+ A new deal? Agoa and the business of politics
+ International affairs: Africa ‘failed to grasp the moment’ to become a player
+ Unions finally get a seat at the table
+ African fashion: Dressed for global success

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Entrepreneur’s sizzling amadumbe success uplifts women
/ 2 November 2023

Entrepreneur’s sizzling amadumbe success uplifts women

A KwaZulu-Natal businesswoman has discovered a winning formula, making amadumbe crisps as well as cassava flour and porridge

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Ingonyama Trust Board bankrolled Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle
/ 2 November 2023

Ingonyama Trust Board bankrolled Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle

The ITB bought the late Zulu king a R2.9 million BMW, paid his tax bills and legal fees, as well as the royal family’s transport and accommodation

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UN: Melting glaciers, heat, space debris among tipping points of risk
/ 31 October 2023

UN: Melting glaciers, heat, space debris among tipping points of risk

Extinctions, depleted groundwater and an uninsurable future are the others, and together they create instability with potentially catastrophic effects

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ITB withdraws appeal in residential leases case
/ 30 October 2023

ITB withdraws appeal in residential leases case

The appeal had been brought by its former chairperson Jerome Ngwenya, who was fired by the Zulu king earlier this year

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US sets sights on improved Agoa
/ 30 October 2023

US sets sights on improved Agoa

This week’s Agoa forum will discuss ways to get more out of the trade agreement

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SA team helps safeguard Himalayan brown bear
/ 29 October 2023

SA team helps safeguard Himalayan brown bear

Himalayan Brown Bears, Critically Endangered, University of the Free State, Pakistan, Francois Deacon, Willem Daffue, Saving the Survivors

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The Fiscal Cliff | Will austerity push South Africa to the brink?
/ 29 October 2023

The Fiscal Cliff | Will austerity push South Africa to the brink?

Today, as the country awaits the next update on the state of its public purse, the prospect of a debt crisis seems more imminent than before. This is as South Africa’s fiscal position has deteriorated markedly during the course of this year, a dilemma that could see the treasury inflicting another round of spending cuts.

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Of migrants and belonging
/ 28 October 2023

Of migrants and belonging

An edited extract from Buntu Siwisa’s book ‘Paperless’ about South Africans living and working illegally in Oxford, England

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Veterans should lead the ANC’s renewal, says Chikane
/ 28 October 2023

Veterans should lead the ANC’s renewal, says Chikane

The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.

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Climate change: Challenges, opportunities and the road ahead
/ 28 October 2023

Climate change: Challenges, opportunities and the road ahead

Collaboration between the government and academia could help mitigate climate change in South Africa, professor says

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Research bodies say surveys aim to inform voters, not influence them
/ 27 October 2023

Research bodies say surveys aim to inform voters, not influence them

Polls by three organisations paint bleak electoral picture for the ANC

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Corruption charges or not, ANC in the kingdom pins election campaign on Zuma. Again.
/ 27 October 2023

Corruption charges or not, ANC in the kingdom pins election campaign on Zuma. Again.

The party’s braai stand betrayal is forgiven as uBaba is brought in
to rescue the party

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Chikane: State capture implicated members must also step aside
/ 27 October 2023

Chikane: State capture implicated members must also step aside

The integrity committee chairperson has said that ruling party leaders implicated in state capture have failed to appear before the disciplinary committee

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Cryptic Crossword 402
/ 26 October 2023

Cryptic Crossword 402

23D Drive miles back carrying fruit (4)

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27 October 2023
/ 26 October 2023

27 October 2023

+ ‘Take the nearest off-ramp’ Frank Chikane wants all ANC members implicated in wrongdoing to step aside
+ Zuma is courting trouble again
+ Bok for more: Fatigue, weather and the all-conquering All Blacks

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eThekwini turnaround team pulls out
/ 26 October 2023

eThekwini turnaround team pulls out

Opposition from the ANC eThekwini region and a lack of clarity from above put paid to the attempt to intervene in the city

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Downer says Zuma’s latest attack on him is a repeat of past ones
/ 25 October 2023

Downer says Zuma’s latest attack on him is a repeat of past ones

The former president is again seeking the prosecutor’s removal from the arms deal trial, in doing so reviving old claims he leaked information to the media

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MPs give Hlophe three weeks to make final representations
/ 24 October 2023

MPs give Hlophe three weeks to make final representations

An initial letter from the suspended judge president revisited arguments he raised in his failed court bid to overturn a finding of impeachable misconduct

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Five years later, Ramaphosa’s vaunted lifestyle audits still hitting snags
/ 24 October 2023

Five years later, Ramaphosa’s vaunted lifestyle audits still hitting snags

Political analyst, Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana, says he believes the promise of audits is ‘rhetoric for public relations’

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Reserve bank head says climate change will raise fiscal risk
/ 23 October 2023

Reserve bank head says climate change will raise fiscal risk

Central banks’ contribution to climate change-related aims, and their role in the transition, depend on government policy

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Conflict economics: America and the centre that will not hold
/ 23 October 2023

Conflict economics: America and the centre that will not hold

As two wars rage, the International Monetary Fund has warned that geopolitical fragmentation will hurt a still fragile global economy

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Interview: Takealot Group CEO on the Amazon invasion
/ 21 October 2023

Interview: Takealot Group CEO on the Amazon invasion

The chief executive of South Africa’s leading e-commerce company has called for an even playing field

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SA’s struggle for a role in solving Israeli-Palestinian impasse
/ 20 October 2023

SA’s struggle for a role in solving Israeli-Palestinian impasse

Naledi Pandor appeared to put that at risk, but neutrality is neither a just demand nor a way to bring Israel to the negotiating table

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Cryptic Crossword 401
/ 19 October 2023

Cryptic Crossword 401

12A River of molten lava (4)

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20 October 2023
/ 19 October 2023

20 October 2023

+ Diplomatic Dilemma :Pandor’s gaffe puts SA’s struggle for a role in solving Israel-Palestine impasse at risk
+ Gordhan writes for the M&G: ‘I make no bones about being an active shareholder’
+ The Springoks: Less boring, more terrifying

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Interview: Sean Summers on Pick n Pay’s turnaround
/ 19 October 2023

Interview: Sean Summers on Pick n Pay’s turnaround

The retailer released a grim set of results on Wednesday, which saw its shares plummet more than 14%

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Electoral commission blow for embattled NFP
/ 19 October 2023

Electoral commission blow for embattled NFP

The party has until next March to elect a unified national leadership if it wants to contest the 2024 polls

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Mkhwebane says EFF would be ‘wise’ to place her in ‘position of authority’
/ 19 October 2023

Mkhwebane says EFF would be ‘wise’ to place her in ‘position of authority’

But party members say they have had enough of being sidelined for high-profile newcomers who haven’t put in the hours

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Global economy braces for Israel-Hamas spillover
/ 18 October 2023

Global economy braces for Israel-Hamas spillover

A wider Middle East war would hit an already fragile and fragmented economy.

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Suspended Ingonyama Trust Board staff battle to clear their names
/ 18 October 2023

Suspended Ingonyama Trust Board staff battle to clear their names

Despite being reinstated, staff members have not been compensated for their ordeal

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Transnet and the state’s new spin on privatisation
/ 17 October 2023

Transnet and the state’s new spin on privatisation

The government’s draft plan for the beleaguered port and rail operator advances the ideal of an entrepreneurial state

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