HOSTING AMBITIONS: SA unveils Durban as candidate city in its bid to host the Olympic Games POLITICALLY AWEH: Six parties share how they’ll tackle the cost of living El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed Taiwan flags ‘obvious’ threat from 50 Chinese vessels in wide sweep of waters North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles toward sea off east coast, Seoul says ANALYSIS: So you want to govern a metro? Be careful what you wish for HOUSEHOLD SQUEEZE: Fuel levy cut offers brief relief as food basket outpaces SA’s unchanged SRD grant WHAT’S COOKING: Rich, fruity Christmas cake AMABHUNGANE: Takeover row: Butters vs the Takeover Regulation Panel — and Warren Chapman BOOK EXCERPT: Sandstone Estates – where steam locomotives bring SA railway history to life Alphabet stock sinks as search woes cause revenue miss, cash burn worsens Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees Judge rejects US Justice Dept bid to block votes from alleged noncitizens in California After landing in US, Flavio Bolsonaro declares himself Brazil’s rightful leader ANALYSIS: Treasury faces high-stakes battle on the road to social safety net grant reform PROJECT MAYIBUYE: SSA operation targeting EFF lacked national security basis, court told STING OPERATION: SA ‘refugee’ in US faces decades behind bars on child sexual exploitation charges Watch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the cities XENOBAROMETER: Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital TRC Roulette : Apartheid’s scapegoat — the jarring paradox of mass killer Eugene de Kock CRIMEFIGHTING REFORM: R1bn in recovered loot to fund Firoz Cachalia’s police reset GOVERNANCE FIASCO OP-ED: Bronkhorstspruit gastro outbreak: A failure to keep people safe Yawn-fest — political parties bore voters with dull election slogans, poles show DOUBLE TROUBLE: Suliman Carrim granted R100K bail in Madlanga case, but remains jailed on car-smuggling charges Coalition fights to save pristine Limpopo bushveld from huge Chinese industrial land grab POWER POLITICS OP-ED: Eleven years, thousands of megawatts, zero delivery — SA’s gas-to-power procurement failure WALTZING AUSTRALIA: Aussie batters make Proteas toil and broil under the blistering Newlands sun BUSINESS REFLECTION: Loaded for Bear: Equity markets have not priced in Trump’s next coup attempt IN PICTURES: Deadly train crash in Spain and more from around the world Markets are waking up to the risks they have spent months ignoring As Trump staggers to the polls, Americans yearning for change prepare to say ‘enough’ Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime Right of reply: SA needs more factories, not more walls Wildlife is not livestock — Aucamp’s dangerous plan to turn conservation into agriculture There is another Afrikaner story worth telling, rooted in reconciliation and a shared future Mantashe shifts focus from women’s vulnerability to linguistic legitimacy The other Pillay at the Geneva pharmacy East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny Regulation of religion — SA must tackle religious abuse without restricting freedom of belief Dealing with conservation’s inconvenient individual Local elections 2026: How do you choose who to vote for? Why the best-laid plans to fix Joburg won’t work — and what will When the state fails to protect you, self-defence isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity El Niño threatens to deepen southern Africa’s poverty crisis Lula’s Brazil election win has given the world breathing space JSC’s October 2026 interviews reveal leadership and judicial appointment challenges Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline Watch – Ferial Haffajee and Ernst Roets on Agoa, crosses and autonomy Watch — How a narrow court ruling became a week of anti-foreigner posts
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