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INCLUSION: South Africa leads Africa in Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption, yet millions remain excluded from the digital economy because they lack something far more basic as access to computers. Tech corporate...
Treasury Finally Wakes Up to Crisis It Ignored for Years
BELATED: National Treasury’s R13.5bn municipal funding freeze not a bold stance on accountability but panicked response to decades of systemic plunder… By Themba Khumalo The modern South African municipality has...
UJ choir gives Joburg’s young voices centre stage
REPERTOIRE: The University of Johannesburg Choir will bring together some of Johannesburg’s finest school choirs for Voices of Tomorrow: A Choir Kaleidoscope on August 1, celebrating young musical talent while creating...
National Arts Festival defies the odds
EXPRESSION: Despite persistent funding challenges, the National Arts Festival once again transformed Makhanda into the country’s cultural capital, showcasing world-class theatre, music, dance and visual arts while...
What Cabo Verde’s World Cup debut means for African football
DIASPORA: Cabo Verde’s historic run and the breakthrough performances of fellow African and Caribbean nations changed the conversation about visibility, opportunity, and the future of African football… By Mery Vieira It...
AFRICA’S FINAL WHISTLE: Continent leaves World Cup heads held high
COMPETITIVENESS: Morocco’s courageous quarter-final exit to France brings the curtain down on Africa’s 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign after a tournament of historic milestones, emerging football powers and lingering...
STATE DRAWS THE LINE
ENFORCEMENT: A total of 3 400 troops deployed as Ramaphosa toughens migration response amid rising anti-illegal immigration protests… By WSAM Reporters, Reuters and Lusa The Government has dramatically escalated its...
THE SILENT ASSASSIN’S LAST SALUTE
FEAT: For six remarkable years Peter Shalulile made scoring goals look routine, powering Mamelodi Sundowns to unprecedented domestic dominance and continental glory. Yet despite his extraordinary numbers, the Namibian...
Two dead as Ratanda water crisis explodes
DISRUPTION: A weeks-long water crisis in Ratanda boiled over into deadly unrest, leaving two people dead, the mayor’s home in flames and 15 people behind bars as IPID investigates whether police were responsible for...
Rape survivor waits 5 hours for life-saving HIV treatment
ORDEAL: A 20-year-old rape survivor says she was forced to wait for emergency HIV-prevention medication at a Soweto clinic despite visible injuries and the treatment’s critical 72-hour window, exposing serious gaps in...
Traditional bone broth fuels rural enterprise
HERITAGE: By transforming discarded animal bones into nutrient-rich bone broth, East London entrepreneur Phumeza Stuurman proving that ancient African food traditions can become a modern engine for rural economic...
Land denial cannot rewrite SA history
AMNESIA: To dismiss land dispossession as fiction is to ignore centuries of conquest, forced removals and economic exclusion. Themba Khumalo argues that meaningful land reform is about far more than farming… By Themba...
Venezuela earthquake – the struggle to survive
RUPTURE: In Venezuela, the government, the armed forces, and the people – organized with the help of true friends – are working tirelessly to save as many lives as possible… By Guillermo R Barreto On June 24...
Fitzroy ‘Bra Fitz’ Ngcukana: Farewell to Cape jazz giant
TRIBUTE: A chance encounter over a Kevin Mahogany recording became a lifelong greeting between writer Oupa Ngwenya and jazz legend Fitzroy Ngcukana. As South Africa mourns the last of the legendary Ngcukana Brothers...
New ex-Soweto student leader book reopens painful questions
MYSTERY: A new biography of 1976 student leader Tsietsi Mashinini has sparked an emotional public reckoning, as his family revisits decades-old questions about his mysterious death, political divisions in the...
UMFAZI WOMXHOSA’S LATEST CREATIONS OOZE TRADITIONAL FLAIR
Umfazi Womxhosa,launched a fashion line celebrating culture,women empowerment and leadership at The RoyalBliss Guest House & Spa,Randjesfontein, Midrand. PHOTOS: SIPHO MALUKA
