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Inside the 18-month investigation into Roodepoort man’s rape of family dog
/ 16 May 2022

Inside the 18-month investigation into Roodepoort man’s rape of family dog

Perpetrator jailed for eight years after he sexually assaulted his neighbour’s puppy

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Fight for accessible Braille texts hinges on ConCourt ruling
/ 16 May 2022

Fight for accessible Braille texts hinges on ConCourt ruling

Applicant BlindSA says the law limits or prevents those with visual and print disabilities from accessing information

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How sugar, tobacco or waste gases could power your next flight
/ 15 May 2022

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

South Africa has the immediate technical potential to produce 3.2 billion litres of alternative aviation fuels annually

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Scientists reveal the wondrous, supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy
/ 13 May 2022

Scientists reveal the wondrous, supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy

The breakthrough is a result of the work of 300 scientists from 80 institutions, including Wits University

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Will business come to the table for Cyril to meet his 100-day promise?
/ 13 May 2022

Will business come to the table for Cyril to meet his 100-day promise?

Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change

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Treasury lifts tender ban but new regulations have ‘unintended consequences’
/ 13 May 2022

Treasury lifts tender ban but new regulations have ‘unintended consequences’

Government department accounting officers can now authorise contract deviations that previously had to go through the treasury

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Energy transition from coal will cost jobs, Mantashe says
/ 12 May 2022

Energy transition from coal will cost jobs, Mantashe says

The ‘coal fundamentalist’ energy minister says more research on cleaner coal is needed

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Ingonyama Trust Board fails to table ‘deficit’ budget
/ 12 May 2022

Ingonyama Trust Board fails to table ‘deficit’ budget

Parliament says it will conduct oversight visit to determine what is wrong at the entity that administers three million hectares of trust land in KwaZulu-Natal

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Nelson Mandela Bay is on the brink of Day Zero and faces humanitarian disaster
/ 11 May 2022

Nelson Mandela Bay is on the brink of Day Zero and faces humanitarian disaster

Just a few weeks left until taps run dry in large parts of the metropolitan

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Defence department blames lack of funding for failure to act on gender-based violence in the SANDF
/ 11 May 2022

Defence department blames lack of funding for failure to act on gender-based violence in the SANDF

An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife

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‘Bundle of documents’ landed on CSA’s doorstep before Boucher disciplinary decision
/ 11 May 2022

‘Bundle of documents’ landed on CSA’s doorstep before Boucher disciplinary decision

The package reportedly contained potentially incriminating information about members of the national cricket team in the late 1990s

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Commodity prices buoy South Africa amid China’s slow growth blow
/ 10 May 2022

Commodity prices buoy South Africa amid China’s slow growth blow

South Africa’s fate is tied to China’s, but war-related disruptions in the global energy market keep exports going

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Government presses urgency on climate change
/ 10 May 2022

Government presses urgency on climate change

Catastrophic KZN floods show how the impacts of climate change are being felt in South Africa

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Ingonyama Trust leases appeal to be argued in court this week
/ 10 May 2022

Ingonyama Trust leases appeal to be argued in court this week

Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya wants ruling outlawing residential lease programme set aside

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Mantashe sings praises of clean coal but warns it does not ‘fall from the sky’
/ 9 May 2022

Mantashe sings praises of clean coal but warns it does not ‘fall from the sky’

The minister of mineral resources and energy has long defended South Africa’s continued use of coal

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Russian ambassador says South Africans have misunderstood the Ukraine invasion
/ 9 May 2022

Russian ambassador says South Africans have misunderstood the Ukraine invasion

Russia accuses Western media of spreading misinformation on war

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Mining indaba: Ten years after Marikana massacre, Anglo American step into ‘delicate’ wage negotiations
/ 9 May 2022

Mining indaba: Ten years after Marikana massacre, Anglo American step into ‘delicate’ wage negotiations

Platinum, new innovation, wage talks and Ramaphosa. A lot is happening in the mining world

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Government is reviewing Eskom board, says Gordhan
/ 6 May 2022

Government is reviewing Eskom board, says Gordhan

The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said

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Mabuyane pleased with ‘unity and renewal’ efforts in Eastern Cape
/ 6 May 2022

Mabuyane pleased with ‘unity and renewal’ efforts in Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape leader prides himself on having led the ANC provincial executive committee towards fulfilling the party’s programme of unity and renewal

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Diepsloot raids ‘illegal’, say lawyers
/ 6 May 2022

Diepsloot raids ‘illegal’, say lawyers

Harassment, xenophobia – and jubilation – are on display when Mail & Guardian visits the township

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Is the ANC Women’s League dying a slow death?
/ 6 May 2022

Is the ANC Women’s League dying a slow death?

Pundits weigh in on whether the league can be revived after its national executive committee was disbanded

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Behind the scenes of advocate Dan Teffo’s arrest
/ 6 May 2022

Behind the scenes of advocate Dan Teffo’s arrest

The events last Thursday suggest top management of the police service will stop at nothing to smother Dan Teffo.

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Parliament’s speaker evasive on Zondo findings
/ 6 May 2022

Parliament’s speaker evasive on Zondo findings

Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula let slip that she has received legal opinion on how parliament should proceed on the findings of the state capture inquiry and now finds herself accused of stalling

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Sewage still flowing into the Vaal River destroys homes, livelihoods
/ 6 May 2022

Sewage still flowing into the Vaal River destroys homes, livelihoods

The Vaal River intervention project has shown some progress but most of the treatment plants are still not working

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Defence department can’t account for R1.5 billion
/ 5 May 2022

Defence department can’t account for R1.5 billion

An investigation by the auditor general investigation has found that out of R10.5-billion of unnecessary spending, the department could neither provide a cause nor hold anyone accountable for the R1.5-billion

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Steenhuisen in Kyiv: Criticism of Ukraine visit is ‘immature and myopic’
/ 5 May 2022

Steenhuisen in Kyiv: Criticism of Ukraine visit is ‘immature and myopic’

There is a ‘palpable tension and brittleness in the air,’says DA leader John Steenhuisen as he visits war-stricken Ukraine

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Rand offers cold comfort amid global inflation storm
/ 5 May 2022

Rand offers cold comfort amid global inflation storm

The rand has managed to withstand even the strongest global headwinds, but it is unlikely it will continue to hold steady in the wake of the Fed’s aggression

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Report: Breach of Lake St Lucia estuary did not contravene recommendations
/ 4 May 2022

Report: Breach of Lake St Lucia estuary did not contravene recommendations

The independent panel noted that no significant harm occurred and has recommended that breaching can continue in exceptional circumstances

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Untold millions lost on Cricket SA’s long list of legal spats
/ 4 May 2022

Untold millions lost on Cricket SA’s long list of legal spats

The country’s cricketing overlords have seemingly become acquainted with every legal firm in Johannesburg

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The three contenders for ANC Eastern Cape chair
/ 3 May 2022

The three contenders for ANC Eastern Cape chair

Oscar Mabuyane, Babalo Madikizela and Mlibo Qoboshiyane will go up against each other at the ANC Eastern Cape election conference

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Outa takes legal action opposing Karpowership licences
/ 3 May 2022

Outa takes legal action opposing Karpowership licences

The civil action group says Nersa was premature and lacked transparency when it granted the generation licences

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High court suspends environment department’s trophy hunting quota for black rhinos, leopards and elephants
/ 1 May 2022

High court suspends environment department’s trophy hunting quota for black rhinos, leopards and elephants

Interim interdict ‘spares death’ of 170 animals at the hands of hunters, judge says

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