As South Africa grapples with the growing crisis of illegal mining, the unfolding drama in Stilfontein, North West, has captured national attention. Late on Sunday night, fourteen Zama Zamas, or illegal miners,...
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Across South Africa, incidents of schoolchildren falling ill — and in some tragic cases, losing their lives — due to food poisoning from spaza shops and street vendors have become an alarming and frequent o...
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The debate surrounding UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s recent attendance at the 2024 BRICS summit—that took place in Kazan, Russia, between October 22 and 24—reveals deep fractures in how inte...
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On October 1, 2024, Israel launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon, marking a dramatic escalation in the long-standing conflict with Hezbollah. This military operation, catalyzed by a series of devasta...
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In a sweeping announcement at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit held on September 5, 2024 in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged nearly $51 billion over the next three years to bolster Ch...
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Dear IEC Management Chairperson : Mr. Mosotho Moepya COMMISSIONER : Ms. Janet Love; Mr. Glen Mashinini; : Dr. Nomsa Masuku; Judge. Dhaya Pillay South African National Flag on political logos I am not sure wheth...
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Renewing a vehicle licence disc has traditionally been considered one of those daunting tasks that are part and parcel of owning a vehicle. However, the government’s National Traffic Information System (N...
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In 2019, after many years of complaining about disappearing airtime, mobile network subscribers were relieved when the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) implemented new regulations th...
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In an attempt to brag about his government’s effort to recover a pandemic-hit economy, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah boasted that India might emerge as the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2022. Howev...
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As the worldwide media culture is drowning in breaking news, viral content and algorithm-driven noise, one essential pillar of public discourse is quietly eroding: access to rigorous expert opinion. Despite the illusion of information abundance, truly independent and globally distributed thought leadership is increasingly rare in today’s media landscape. Only a handful of platforms still prioritize the syndication of individual viewpoints. Project Syndicate remains the most... Read more »
