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MAKHUDU SEFARA | Glimmers of hope amid SA’s ongoing polycrisis
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (323+ words) Editor: Sunday Times and TimesLIVE To be a South African is to, at any given moment, navigate multiple maelstroms. It is to be pummelled by an endless stream of bad news, so that if you were not well-travelled you might…...
Pieter Coetzé’s 2025 heroics allow South African swimmers to eye Olympic history in 2028
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (700+ words) The successes of Pieter Coetz" last year has provided renewed hope that South African swimming might be able to deliver its greatest Olympic performance come Los Angeles 2028. Coetz" won three backstroke medals at the world championships in Singapore last year…...
Here’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agenda
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1793+ words) South Africa is a study in contrasts. And the 2026 public health agenda is no exception. Breakthrough HIV prevention medicine has arrived alongside US funding cuts. AI could revolutionise TB screening, but drug resistance is climbing. New obesity drugs have launched…...
SAPS faces R56.7bn in potential liability payouts
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (738+ words) Nearly 49,000 unlawful'arrest and detention claims have left the South African Police Service exposed to R56.7bn in contingent liabilities " a figure that underscores systemic rights breaches and poses a huge fiscal risk. In a written reply to EFF MP Lorato Tito, acting…...
Cape Town no-fee school lifts matric pass rate from 40.4% to 100%
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (574+ words) Cape Town retail worker Vuyokazi Goni was elated when her daughter topped the matric class at a school that lifted its pass rate from 40.4% in 2019 to 100% in 2025. Goni attended a matric results event at Silikamva High School on Tuesday, alongside…...
EDITORIAL | Matric 2025: when stability starts to masquerade as progress
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (404+ words) South Africa's 2025 matric results have been welcomed with a familiar mix of relief and celebration. An 88% national pass rate, the highest on record, is being presented as evidence of a system that is stabilising, inclusive and finally turning a corner....
Holiday joy shattered as dozens drown along South Africa’s shores
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (655+ words) Thousands of holidaymakers returned home safely after a day at the beach this festive season, but it ended in tragedy for more than 33 families after their loved ones drowned along South Africa's coastline. In Pennington on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast,…...
‘It’s not just a horse, it’s our livelihood’: Soweto cart operators
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1170+ words) A common sight in Diepkloof, Orlando, Pimville and Meadowlands, operators and their carthorses are symbols of ingenuity and resilience amid poverty in the township survival economy. They are legal on most streets, except major routes and freeways, provided they meet…...
KANANELO SEXWALE | Manufacture the lie, kidnap the leader, take the country
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (525+ words) A sitting president was kidnapped in full public view, the event announced and celebrated live on social media. There is no credible evidence that Maduro is a drug trafficker. There never was. What there is, is oil, and a superpower…...
Ryan Rickelton ton powers MI Cape Town to victory
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (665+ words) The latest stop on Ryan Rickelton's "prove you wrong" tour saw the left-hander become the first player to score multiple centuries in the same SA20 season " leaving the Proteas selectors looking foolish for omitting him from the squad for next month's…...