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22 July ’21 Wrap: South Africa is in your hands
Hi there 🙋🏽♀️ in this week’s edition of The Wrap, we’re looking at how ordinary South African citizens are the future of this country, plus
16 July ’21 Wrap: A dark week leaves SA bruised
Tensions are high in South Africa, so it’s OK if you’re feeling scared, sad and a lot more in between. But as always, we’re here
08 July ’21 Wrap: Zuma’s dramatic arrest
South Africa! 🙋🏽♀️ Jacob Zuma woke up in jail this morning and that’s a pretty big deal. We tell you why, plus bring you the
01 July ’21 Wrap: Jail for Zuma, flowers for Cyril
What a week! From Jacob Zuma going to jail (you heard right) to Cyril Ramaphosa being exonerated in court TODAY, as well as some folks’
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A gaint, er, leap for mankind
The billionaire space race continued this week. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ventured into space aboard a rocket built by his own company, Blue Origin. Bezos
The miseducation of Busi Mkhwebane
Any activist dreams of shaping our Constitution in some way. But trust our bumbling Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to end up doing so completely by
#Adulting 101
🔹This is a friendly reminder to file your tax returns. Tax season opened on 1 July and will end on 23 November. Log onto the
Justice for Life Esidimeni victims
It’s been five years since 144 mental health patients, who were recklessly moved from the Life Esidimeni facility to unprepared NGOs, passed away. No one
Explainers
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Accountability Monitor: Tracking the fight against corruption
In light of recent arrests related to corruption and state capture, in this developing story, we’ll be keeping tabs on the corruption-related arrests in both the public and private sector.
Ramaphosa’s big energy announcement explained
Self-generation is by far the quickest way to bring additional megawatts onto the grid and lobby groups have been hard at work to increase that threshold, as that really could be the magic bullet to help the country’s energy crisis.
Explained: New proposed rules for breeding wildlife
If you’ve petted lion cubs you’ll hopefully know it’s a contentious activity. Now authorities want the country to move away from captive breeding operations generally
Everything you need to know about the the new Zulu King
This succession is an important marker in South African politics and history. There is so much wealth and power that hangs in the balance.
Deep Dives
In-depth takes on key topics, with the breadth that is often missing in daily reports, also delivered via our subscription services.
‘Carry the label with pride’ Ron Derby on ‘BEE appointments’ and more
How long should it take for Cyril Ramaphosa to turn the country around, and what’s the strengths of our economy we don’t hear about often
Tanzania gets its first woman leader: who is Samia Suluhu Hassan?
Often described as soft spoken, Hassan is anything but a timid leader.
Our stories: the burden of student debt
Our staff shares their experiences with navigating student debt during their time as tertiary students, as student protests continue across the country.
How Meghan and Harry’s South African plan was scuppered by powerful royal insiders
As the fallout from THAT Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey continues to reverberate around the world, it’s emerged that South Africa played a
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