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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000Unforgettable social media moments
To meme or not to meme is the question … we pick some stand-out posts
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000Prisons have R385 a day to care for prisoners
How many law-abiding citizens reliant on state grants might be better off in prison rather than trying to feed and fend for themselves on less than $1.25 a day, or R624 a month? The income threshold for the means test for the social relief gra...
Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000The Zambian student who died on the Russian front line
Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia. So how did he end up dying in combat in Ukraine?
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000Corruption on trial: Zimbabwean court orders executive to deal with the scourge
Zimbabwe MP and human rights activist Allan Markham has brought a case against the minister of justice, legal and parliamentary affairs and the attorney general
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000Many sacrifices, little protection for state witnesses
People in South Africa’s witness programme often feel frightened and undervalued
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000‘Phrenology’ — a reintroduction to The Roots, 20 years later
Phrenology, the fifth studio album by prolific hip-hop group The Roots, turns 20 on 26 November
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000Farmer from Matatiele wins award for rural-based small business
What started as a side hustle for Nonopa Tenza ended up in her winning the 2022 Inaugural National Presidential Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises award
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000Dearth of foreign currency drives Malawi’s fuel shortage
With its tobacco dollars going up in smoke, the country is struggling to keep its petrol-starved cars on the road
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000The boy racer grows up somewhat
Still an enjoyable ride, the Subaru WRX is more concerned with practicality than rallies
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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000Big oil’s generational curse: Pollutant-related epigenetic changes keep South Africans in poverty
After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes.
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