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Billionaire Gumede’s R30bn smart city dream hits snag
The ambitious R30-billion smart city that billionaire businessman Robert Gumede envisions for state-owned land south of Mbombela has encountered an early obstacle: contractual obligations,...
83% spike in inmate deaths prompts MPs to demand answers from...
Parliament will haul the Department of Correctional Services before MPs next week to explain why unnatural deaths in prisons have surged and what consequences,...
The alliance is unravelling, heralding a new era for politics
The SACP’s decision to contest the upcoming local government elections independently of the ANC is more than a political disagreement; it is a tectonic...
African clubs must stop selling themselves short
If the maxim everything is politics is true – like the air we breathe, the water we drink and the sky we see or...
The young and the jobless: The struggle of the qualified yet...
Noxolo Mahlubi’s N6 qualification in public management has not translated into employment. The 32-year-old who hails from Qumbu in the Eastern Cape says her...
Powerball results for Friday, August 21 2026
Powerball results for Friday, August 21 2026
Powerball numbers:
02 | 04 | 05 | 24 | 49 Powerball: 04
Powerball Xtra numbers:
17 | 23| 37 |...
Oil rises as Donald Trump threatens sanctions on Iran partners
By Anushree Mukherjee HOUSTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - International and U.S. crude futures rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened economic sanctions on Iran's trading partners,
City of Joburg settles Eskom debt, averting risk of power being...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg has fully settled an overdue debt of 5.25 billion rand ($328 million) owed to state-owned power utility Eskom, the electricity
ANC to unveil Frank Chikane for Joburg mayor, amid ‘smear campaign’
Veteran ANC politician Frank Chikane is expected to be announced as the ANC’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate on Saturday morning, despite reports that he has...
Congo set to receive 70,000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak,...
Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as the country attempts to












