GROUNDUP: Foundation Phase textbook delays threaten SA’s literacy push Violence is South Africa’s unofficial 13th language FRENCH LETTER: All I Know… Thoughts on travel, book tours and school visits ANYONE FOR TEDDY?: Throw a Rocky Horror Dinner Party, it’ll be bloody marvellous WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: The Whisper Man: An adequate Netflix thriller boosted by Robert De Niro performance ROVING REPORTERS: Ducking disaster — what storm-battered Madagascar teaches us about conservation resilience Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Singapore in 2028 Indonesia calls off search for journalists missing while covering volcano eruption Centuries-old manuscript narrating Aztec history returns on loan to Mexico UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONNECTION: From Kabul to Nairobi — how US unmasked SA’s global drug links MADLANGA COMMISSION ANNIVERSARY: Mkhwanazi’s ‘too grave to contemplate’ allegations gain grim weight MADLANGA COMMISSION: Where criminals rule the roost — Correctional Services boss outlines SA prisons’ parlous state ‘Isolated Incidents’: Dolphin strandings in Gqeberha spark concern, but experts urge calm READERS’ STORIES: ‘A gamble with my life’: Women speak out amid Ekurhuleni killings UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE: Nelson Mandela Bay wants residents to repay electricity rebates if it wins court bid Local Elections 2026: ANC election-list war heats up as Eastern Cape secretary threatens to sue Fikile Mbalula KILLING SPREE: Fourth Ekurhuleni victim identified as serial killer fears escalate after discovery of ninth body LONG CAPITAL: The rules of pension fund investment have changed GROUNDUP : No relief in sight in Makhanda’s decade-long struggle for reliable water HOLE IN NONE: Ailing LIV’s existence changed golf and made players richer than ever before MUNICIPAL PARALYSIS: Suspended Nelson Mandela Bay city manager paid R6.7m — disciplinary hearing collapses CORRUPTION TRIAL : Ex-defence minister Mapisa-Nqakula grilled over tenders, millions and a wig AFTER THE BELL: Busting the bluffers one bogus qualification at a time Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support Russia says new US sanctions, if signed by Trump, would make Ukraine peace deal harder US regulators to examine testosterone therapy as use by menopausal women rises UK watchdog targets three London sites suspected of illegal crypto trading EU Commission proposes under-13s social media ban WHAT’S COOKING: Spaghetti and meatballs with sugo al pomodoro (Italian tomato sauce) When the GBV campaign hashtags fade, the fear doesn’t SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy Resetting and renewing Idac won’t solve SA’s corruption crisis Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions Disturbing diplomacy is part of US bid to pressure SA Animal welfare is a real crisis, but Cape Town’s draft bylaw regulates the wrong things Lenacapavir rollout a major HIV milestone but the real test is keeping people protected Stop teaching women how not to be murdered and focus on the men killing them Workers’ trillions should rebuild SA for all, not feed financial speculation for the few BRICS leaders urge global financial system reform, but does it avoid the Thucydides Trap? The Amandelboom Basters’ forgotten Northern Frontier story: A 19th-century tragedy Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action Elephant culling debate is about governance, not activism Reimagining agricultural education as AI transforms farming and future jobs Foot in mouth — politicians talk sh#t while South Africans live in it Langa Massacre and SA in 1985 — Vignettes for resisting global authoritarianism Drought-hit Kenya should lift ban on GMO maize imports to prioritise its food security The $1.2-trillion desperation play — why Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ will backfire Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal Watch – Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes
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