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Constantine Chiwenga: get lost!
Mrs. Merry Chiwenga is a victim of Zanu PF dirty politics. The young woman was used to the point of becoming mad. She is accused of trying to murder Chiwenga: question is, who gave Merry orders to temper with the hospital gargets put on Chiwenga...
What lay behind the anti-Wilgenhof crusade? - Edwin Cameron
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 29/07/25 OPINION What lay behind the anti-Wilgenhof crusade? - Edwin Cameron Edwin Cameron | 29 July 2025 SU's failed effort decision to close residence a grotesque, crude and inept attempt to impose uniformity and singleness...

Morocco and South Africa: Twisting Toward a Common Ground
Rabat – The scoop could be misleading. Jumping to conclusions is a move that might serve a scoop in this summer period when the brain is on standby. People are looking to rest a bit. However, there are events that shake intellectual idleness and...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests R365m in new high-speed line in South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa 25 July 2025 – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has invested R365m in a new state-of-the-art bottling line capable of producing 72,000 bottles per hour at its plant in Midrand, South Africa. The high-speed production...

UHC drives progress across all of the SDGs
At the 2025 HLPF, world leaders and stakeholders came together to review progress on the 2030 Agenda and confront the intersecting crises of our time: poverty, inequality, climate emergencies, global instability and underfunded essential services....
SADC parliamentarians push for right to food legislation
Moses Magadza Parliamentarians from SADC member states have concluded a high-level meeting and training toward transforming food systems and eradicating hunger in Southern Africa with strong commitments to legislative reforms, regional...

340ml to headline another festival after returning to stage in 2025
The genre-defying collective will perform at the Corona Sunsets Festival in September. In sports, 2025 has been described as the year of the underdog. For music collective 340ml, the year has represented their return to the stage. Following their...

Which third countries is the US deporting migrants to?
Activists protest outside of the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building, where Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court, detaining immigrants for deportation on 24 July 2025, in New York City. [Getty] On Friday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis...
MaMkhize blocked! Highlanders FC deal collapses over missed deadline
Mbabane Highlanders AM Football Club will retain their former name and not be rebranded after Durban businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize missed the deadline to register herself as their new owner. According to a Soccer Laduma report, Mkhize was supposed...

Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader
Standing in front of a joint session of the Arizona Legislature in April, Tom Homan played the hits. During a nearly 30-minute address punctuated with occasional profanity, Donald Trump’s so-called border czar spouted the same crude bluster,...

Amazon’s Kuiper eyes South Africa as Starlink awaits licensing reform
A roof-mounted Project Kuiper terminal. Image: Amazon Regulatory hurdles in the way of Starlink’s pursuit of a local operating licence could see the SpaceX subsidiary losing the first-mover advantage it has enjoyed in most markets. This as...

Trump’s deportation machine advances despite court hurdles
President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda is moving forward at a rapid pace, even as dozens of lawsuits brought by liberal legal groups aim to forestall his efforts to achieve 1 million annual deportations of illegal migrants.With third-country...
Spotify: The Ultimate Guide
Believe it or not, Spotify was one of the first streaming music services that offered more than just a personalized radio service, like Pandora. It actually launched in 2008, ahead of YouTube Music (or Google Play Music), Apple Music, Amazon...
The data black hole: South Africa cannot govern what it cannot see
Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza|Published 4 hours ago 6min At South Africa’s northern border, the crossings continue quietly, steadily and mostly unrecorded. While public debate often centres on the visibility of foreign nationals, the far more...

Paarl at your leisure — heritage, big rocks, big flavours and big cats
In 1657, Jan van Riebeeck sent Abraham Gabbema, the public treasurer for the Dutch settlement in Table Bay, to scout the interior. While out and about he saw a giant granite outcrop glistening in the sun after a rainstorm, and named it “de...

Trump’s Deportations Spark Anger Across Africa
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Africans express outrage over the Trump administration’s deportation of migrants to Eswatini, the European Union imposes a fourth round of sanctions on officials and companies...

Stanley Mutoya: We came, we saw, we conquered … Region 5 CEO reflects on games legacy and road ahead
The 2024 Region 5 Youth Games hosted in Namibia have concluded, leaving behind more than just medals and records. According to Stanley Mutoya, the Chief Executive Officer of the Region 5 Games, the recently held multi-sport event set a new...

Court blocks Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ attempt to end birthright citizenship – as it happened
Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220m as settlement to Trump administrationColumbia University announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with the U S government to pay $200m to settle multiple investigations into alleged...

SCHOLAR, NOT SAVAGE
The Jamaican man who was among five “barbaric criminals” deported from the United States (US) to a South African nation earned a bachelor’s degree in prison, was enrolled in a master’s programme, and well on the way to rebuilding his life, a US...

Shauwn Mkhize apologises to Bloemfontein Celtics fans amid buying new football club, SA reacts
South African socialite Shauwn Mkhize recently apologised to all Bloemfontein Celtics fans This was after it was announced that the star had purchased another football club, which is based in Swaziland Mkhize asked for forgiveness for changing...