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Mandela Day Zine Competition is HERE! 📰🎨.High schoolers, college students & young creatives — tell us what Mandela Day really means to YOU. From celebration to critique, comics to collage — anything goes, as long as it's bold, original, and honest. Creative Interpretation
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Beginning August 1, the Trump Administration levied a staggering 30% tariff on all South African products entering the US, potentially reversing the many benefits gained under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). #business #DonaldTrump #tariff #UnitedStates #AGOA
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Former KwaZulu-Natal EFF chairperson, Vusi Khoza’s political career is set for a resuscitation following his appointment as a provincial deputy convener of Floyd Shivambu’s Mayibuye Consultative Forum. #news #politics #KwaZuluNatal #VusiKhoza #FloydShivambu #Mayibuye.Read on
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The South African Cane Growers Association has expressed concern over the looming 30% tariff on sugar exports to the United States, warning that the move could undermine the competitiveness of South African sugar. #business #UnitedStates #tariffs #sugar #industry #jobs.Read on
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An attempt by former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba to prevent his ex-wife Norma Mngoma's tell-all Showmax interview has been dismissed. @IOL_Lifestyle.#lifestyle #entertainment #NormaMngoma #MalusiGigaba #Showmax #dismissed.Read on
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Lower-income countries will gain access to a "game-changing" HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said Wednesday. #NEWS #HIV #prevention #drug #lower #income #countries.Read on
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🚨POLL: What should President Cyril Ramaphosa do? 🚨.- Fire Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.- Fire Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.- Fire Mchunu and Mkhwanazi.- Initiate a Commission of Inquiry.- Reshuffle the Cabinet.- Do nothing. Take part on in our WhatsApp poll.Click here:
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🚨WHAT WILL PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA DO?🚨.Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has admitted he “knows” Brown Mogotsi after telling Parliament he’d never met him. He still denies knowing Vusumuzi 'Cat' Matlala, while Police Commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola added to the saga, saying he
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is unlikely to take immediate action against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and is expected to engage with those directly implicated after a series of allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. #news #politics
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Six months after the Department of Transport announced plans to approach the courts for a declaratory order on a controversial contract with French tech firm IDEMIA, the matter has yet to be heard. #news #DepartmentofTransport #court #contract #driverslicence #IDEMIA.Read on
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DA parliamentary police committee chair Ian Cameron has publicly apologised to Durban business tycoon Shauwn Mkhize, admitting he mistakenly named businessman Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala over guns found on her property, while they belonged to businessman Vusi Xaba. #news #DA #IanCameron
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The Labour Party of South Africa turned to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, on Wednesday to urgently halt the President’s decision to convene a National Dialogue and two related conventions. #news #politics #LabourParty #HighCourt #CyrilRamaphosa #NationalDialogue.Read on
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National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has refused to allow a debate on the explosive remarks made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi but has assigned three committees to urgently investigate the matter. #news #NationalAssembly #ThokoDidiza
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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has moved to calm the nerves of millions of social grant beneficiaries following the circulation of a fake video on social media, which "falsely claims that all recipients must re-register or risk losing their grants". #business
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) is predicting very cold, as well as wet and windy conditions in the Western Cape and Northern Cape. #news #weather #cold #wet #windy #NorthernCape #WesternCape.Read on
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Eastern Cape High Court Judge President Selby Mbenenge, was cross-examined about his persistent attempts to engage sexual harassment complainant, Andiswa Mengo, despite a bout of silence from her for five days and prolonged delays in responses to his messages. #news #judge
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The GOOD Party has called for an urgent and independent investigation into the management of social housing facilities across Cape Town, following a wave of complaints from tenants about unaffordable utility bills, mistreatment by security and what they describe as inhumane
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is intensifying its fight against the controversial new by-law requiring residents to register CCTV cameras monitoring public spaces. #news #court #OUTA #bylaw #CCTV #cameras.Read on
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Prominent businessman Robert Evans has been denied bail two months after his arrest for the alleged premeditated murder of his girlfriend, Vanessa van Rensburg. #news #businessman #bail #denied #murder #girfriend.Read on
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Known for his flamboyant lifestyle and multimillion-rand state tenders, Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala has recently become a central figure in explosive allegations of fraud, violent crime, and high-level corruption. #news #VusimuziMatlala #corruption #allegations #NhlanhlaMkhwanazi
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STADIO is launching two new IT qualifications in 2026: a Bachelor of Computing and a Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science, aimed at equipping students with in-demand skills in AI and data analytics. Read more: . #STADIO #Education #AI #DataScience.
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