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After 60 years, cheetahs return to Maputo Special Reserve
/ 14 October 2021

After 60 years, cheetahs return to Maputo Special Reserve

Historic conservation milestone for rewilding project in Mozambique

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Multimillion-rand cyber property ‘fraudster’ ducks start of trial
/ 14 October 2021

Multimillion-rand cyber property ‘fraudster’ ducks start of trial

Bukelwa Kwinana, who was expected to plead guilty to ‘business email compromise’ cyber fraud, disappeared moments before pleading

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Mabuza told to resolve factional wars in Tshwane during meeting with ANC members
/ 13 October 2021

Mabuza told to resolve factional wars in Tshwane during meeting with ANC members

Some ANC members claim Tshwane’s regional executive committee is ‘dysfunctional’, but leaders will assess the situation only after the local government elections

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Election manifestos: ‘The environment will remain a loser’ under ANC, DA, EFF
/ 13 October 2021

Election manifestos: ‘The environment will remain a loser’ under ANC, DA, EFF

Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos

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R85m Umgeni Water tender back in court
/ 10 October 2021

R85m Umgeni Water tender back in court

New claims of irregular awards have surfaced over a R85-million a year contract

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Zondo villains: Amnesiac, paranoid, unhinged
/ 9 October 2021

Zondo villains: Amnesiac, paranoid, unhinged

South Africans listened to the weird testimony of people who denied they looted the country’s coffers — except Zuma, who refused to respond

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Cryptic Crossword 301 – October 8
/ 8 October 2021

Cryptic Crossword 301 – October 8

In this episode, veteran journalist Paddy Harper and political journalist Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mawethu Mosery and Vasu Gounden about riots and the elections

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The Zondo commission at a glance: A timeline from 2016 to today
/ 7 October 2021

The Zondo commission at a glance: A timeline from 2016 to today

Luke Feltham has compiled a timeline that represents the major events, testimonies and controversies of the commission

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Q&A Sessions: ‘Covering struggle funerals was my redemption’ — Noxolo Grootboom
/ 7 October 2021

Q&A Sessions: ‘Covering struggle funerals was my redemption’ — Noxolo Grootboom

Veteran broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom talks to Denvor de Wee about her childhood in the rural Eastern Cape, the day her neighbour Chris Hani was murdered and the secret to her ageless beauty

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DA vote fears over Phoenix posters
/ 7 October 2021

DA vote fears over Phoenix posters

The party will remove the ‘racially inciting’ posters and ‘discipline’ its KwaZulu-Natal chairperson

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Eskom is the world’s worst-polluting power company by SO2
/ 6 October 2021

Eskom is the world’s worst-polluting power company by SO2

Eskom alone spews more sulphur dioxide into the air than the entire combined power sector emissions of any country except for India

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ANC Free State member takes legal action against speaker for allegedly bumping Dukwana up list
/ 6 October 2021

ANC Free State member takes legal action against speaker for allegedly bumping Dukwana up list

An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature

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The smelly and corrupt side of ‘dysfunctional’ Nelson Mandela Bay
/ 5 October 2021

The smelly and corrupt side of ‘dysfunctional’ Nelson Mandela Bay

The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets

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Cryptic Crossword 300 – Six years of non-stop word wrangling
/ 4 October 2021

Cryptic Crossword 300 – Six years of non-stop word wrangling

1A Cheers GE, child (second) of JDE, and heart of the great jubilee today! (10)

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Sasol on ‘rollercoaster’ ride to a green future
/ 4 October 2021

Sasol on ‘rollercoaster’ ride to a green future

Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.

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It’s time to clean up South Africa’s polluted air
/ 3 October 2021

It’s time to clean up South Africa’s polluted air

Families in areas of Mpumalanga have to choose between work and health, but new WHO air quality guidelines say the time to act is now

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Eastern Cape owes SMEs more than R2-billion
/ 3 October 2021

Eastern Cape owes SMEs more than R2-billion

Small businesses are on their knees

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Once empowered, always empowered: Does the mining charter judgment rule out transformation?
/ 2 October 2021

Once empowered, always empowered: Does the mining charter judgment rule out transformation?

Given the slow pace of change in mining and other sectors, some analysts have raised concerns that the ruling will cause empowerment efforts to unravel

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Municipal elections: Smaller parties battle for kingmaker status
/ 2 October 2021

Municipal elections: Smaller parties battle for kingmaker status

They will most likely punch above their weight in municipalities to gain leverage from the ANC and DA in next month’s local government elections.

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Effluent Warrenton: ‘Our town is worth saving’
/ 2 October 2021

Effluent Warrenton: ‘Our town is worth saving’

Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems

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The Zondo commission cases that have made it to the courts
/ 1 October 2021

The Zondo commission cases that have made it to the courts

The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry

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Zuma’s silence leaves state capture’s truth up to inference
/ 30 September 2021

Zuma’s silence leaves state capture’s truth up to inference

The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo

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How ANC bartered to save the elections
/ 30 September 2021

How ANC bartered to save the elections

When the ANC was faced with possible losses in 95 municipalities, it approached two smaller parties in hope that its endorsements would result in trade-offs.

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Gupta-linked ‘fraudster’ nabbed en route to Dubai
/ 29 September 2021

Gupta-linked ‘fraudster’ nabbed en route to Dubai

Kubentheran Moodley was caught trying to ‘flee’ to Dubai allegedly after his family was threatened by a debt collector and the state seized R232-million worth of his assets

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Tourism industry hopeful of UK red list review
/ 28 September 2021

Tourism industry hopeful of UK red list review

Meeting between scientists of both countries may pave way for removal from red list

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R350 social relief grant not enough to live on
/ 26 September 2021

R350 social relief grant not enough to live on

Nearly half of the population in South Africa — one of the most unequal countries in the world — is considered chronically poor.

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Didiza unveils plan to reverse Ingonyama Trust leases
/ 25 September 2021

Didiza unveils plan to reverse Ingonyama Trust leases

R39m to effect Ingonyama ruling

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South Africa breaking more temperature records than expected
/ 24 September 2021

South Africa breaking more temperature records than expected

The country’s climate is becoming ‘more extreme’ as temperature records are broken

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Environmental groups welcome China’s pledge on coal
/ 24 September 2021

Environmental groups welcome China’s pledge on coal

Will China’s end of coal finance be the final nail in the coffin for MMESZ?

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Local elections: More than 800 ANC candidate disputes remain unresolved
/ 24 September 2021

Local elections: More than 800 ANC candidate disputes remain unresolved

Candidate court challenges loom for ANC

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No more cash for coal FirstRand says
/ 24 September 2021

No more cash for coal FirstRand says

The bank’s chief risk officer says banks can’t stand on the sidelines of the climate crisis debate

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Cryptic Crossword 299 – September 24
/ 24 September 2021

Cryptic Crossword 299 – September 24

11A Upfront tenderpreneur requests jobs (5)

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