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16 September ’21 Wrap: Elections: Everything you need to know
Welcome back you guys! It’s been a minute since we last spoke, in millennial speak. We enjoyed our hiatus and are back with the news
19 August ’21 Wrap: Joblessness, elections…and vibrators?
Hi there! 🙋🏽♀️We’ve been putting out this Wrap without a break for a while so we’re taking a trip to the Bahamas (jokes) 😄 We
19 August ’21 Wrap: South Africans aren’t getting vaccinated.
Hi there 🙋🏽♀️ In this week’s edition of The Wrap, we’re looking at how, of all things, vaccine hesitancy is scuppering our war against Covid.
12 August ’21 Wrap: A strong centre in Cyril’s new cabinet
Spring is coming and almost 10% of adults have been fully vaccinated in South Africa! Plus we were warmed by images of more than 100
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Individual summaries on key news items, thoroughly researched and fact-checked.
RIP Minster Mkhize
This morning we woke up to the sad news of the death of Deputy Minister in the Presidency Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize. Mkhize was previously minister
#Adulting: voter registration opens
Local government elections are looming, and there isn’t much time to register. The final voter registration week will be this weekend, September 18 and 19.
What you missed
What you missed A lot happened while we took our two-week break and we’ve been itching to break it down for you guys. So here
Poli-tricks
What’s a Wrap update without some political news? The office of the Presidency confirmed on Tuesday evening that former spokesperson Khusela Diko would return to
Explainers
Videos, FAQs, charts and more – whatever it takes to help you understand. These are also delivered via our subscription services.
New licence rules for SA motorists
Feeling guilty about not renewing your driver’s license yet thanks to the pandemic? Don’t worry – you and about three million other South Africans are
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
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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