Inside AfriForum’s money machine: How lobby group splurges on salaries, marketing
AfriForum earned more than R1.6 billion from members and donors between 2019 and 2024 – but spent only R2 out of every R10 donated on actual projects.
Sports bodies hit out at funding delays amid McKenzie’s R31m spend row
Delayed and limited government funding is forcing SA athletes and parents to pay their own way to international competitions, while the women’s softball team has already withdrawn from a World Cup that offered a path to Olympic qualification.
Comrades Marathon v KZN Athletics: Two court cases, an olive branch and a future uncertain
There are currently two ongoing court cases between KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) and the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA). One is personal, the other is between the two organisations.
‘SA is the only home I have ever known’: Inside Chidimma’s High Court citizenship battle
Chidimma Adetshina argues that her challenges were fuelled by a social media storm that erupted when she entered the Miss South Africa pageant in 2024.
Designed in Stellies, made in India: Old School out of step with SA push for local manufacturing
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The chances of South Africans ever finding out what really happened at Phala Phala were dealt a major blow on Friday. Parliamentary journalist Jan Gerber explains why.
Read the article hereThe humanoid robots are coming, and AI’s getting smarter. Are we just sitting dinosaurs, or is AI a useful tool, like a sharp kitchen knife that needs to be handled with care? Charlotte Bauer examines the pros and cons and has a chat with Claude.
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Calla Scholtz breaks silence after protection order arrest: ‘I have never raised a hand’
Njabulo Ngidi | The good, the bad and the ugly of Gayton McKenzie’s ministerial tenure
Gauteng speaker allegedly bundles 16 contract renewals to shield tainted official
Bantu Holomisa on bootless soldiers... and why SA can’t play Father Christmas
Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa wants private capital and pension fund money to rebuild the SANDF’s crumbling barracks and bases on 500 000 hectares of military land – and this time, there will be nothing in it for the looters.
Bantu Holomisa on bootless soldiers... and why SA can’t play Father Christmas
Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa wants private capital and pension fund money to rebuild the SANDF’s crumbling barracks and bases on 500 000 hectares of military land – and this time, there will be nothing in it for the looters.
Johann Kirsten | The FMD vaccine mess: The thin line in saving SA’s red meat trade
Jonathan Jansen | A degree in isolation: Afrikaans-exclusive education endangers us all
Emsie Ferreira | ANC-DA bid to lock out fringe parties too late to get over the line
‘FFS, Alexa, call Belinda’: My mum, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Claude and me
The humanoid robots are coming, and AI’s getting smarter. Are we just sitting dinosaurs, or is AI a useful tool, like a sharp kitchen knife that needs to be handled with care? Charlotte Bauer examines the pros and cons and has a chat with Claude.
My F*k, Mzansi | The Financial Pale and the reasonable ‘vibes’ test
In this week’s edition of My F*k, Mzansi, we ask what’s wrong with the Financial Mail’s “meet the team” picture; subjectively find Andrea Johnson objectively funny; and narrate a k*k-in-mouth incident.
‘Into the past’: Tom Hiddleston on unearthing Pompeii secrets in new Nat Geo show
Caterpillar protein bars and pizza: Could the future of SA food be hanging from a tree in Limpopo?
UNREAD | Johnson in Madlanga hotseat, McKenzie’s hockey pledge, and a wildflower ‘superbloom’
We wrap up advocate Andrea Johnson’s rough ride before the Madlanga Commission this week, Minister McKenzie’s pledge to get SA hockey stars to their World Cup, and a News24 tool to track this year’s wildflower superbloom.
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