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Concert invitation for Putin ally Gergiev signals “rehabilitation”
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 14, 2025
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has been barred from European concert halls since the invasion of Ukraine, has been invited to participate in a concert

Charges dropped against controversial US anti-vax doctor
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 14, 2025
Dr Michael Kirk Moore Jr., who was accused of destroying Covid-19 vaccines worth $28,000 (£20,742), distributing fake vaccination record cards, and giving children saline shots

SA’s catastrophic economic forfeiture in perspective
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 13, 2025
South Africa has been a growth laggard for well over a decade, and had it kept up with the average growth-rate of emerging markets since

Brazil gears up to retaliate against Trump tariffs
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 13, 2025
As South Africa struggles to conceive a response to an impending tariff hike on exports to the United States, BRICS partner Brazil has shown no

Sweden rents jail space from Estonia
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 13, 2025
Sweden, with a rising prison population and limited space in its prisons, is looking to cut a deal with Estonia to house some of its

Judicial “concern” around Mkhwanazi’s remarks
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 12, 2025
A statement put out by the Office of the Chief Justice noted with “serious concern” the comments made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla

Tshwane by-election results “encouraging” for DA – Brink
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 12, 2025
Results in one of two by-elections in Tshwane this week show that “many” former ActionSA voters in Pretoria North “have switched their support to the

Kanye concert goes west
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 12, 2025
A rap festival featuring what organisers had claimed would be the only performance in Europe this year by controversial American rapper Kanye West has been

South Africans reject “fake transformation”, Minister Meth – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 11, 2025
The government “pays lip service to economic transformation, yet its conduct tells us that it is dedicated to fake transformation” that “doesn’t empower people who

Apartheid-era policeman jailed for activist’s murder
- By Staff Writer
- . Jul 11, 2025
A former police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of an activist in 1987. Johan Marais shot and killed Caiphus