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GROUNDUP: Space to grow: Carnarvon sets sights on jobs through astrotourism

LESSONS OF WAR: Deluded and defective: The leadership failings of Trump, Netanyahu, Khamenei and Putin

OUR CITY NEWS: How CLAW navigates ruins and rituals to save Joburg’s pets

NARRATING A DREAM: Blind brothers turn passion for soccer into commentary and bring the game to life

VIDEO: Watch – How Cape Town families found loved ones in paupers’ graves

THE WEEKEND WRAP: A paralysed ANC, tips for Bozell and the IEC’s fight against AI

IN PICTURES: Airstrike in Beirut as Israel Defense Forces target sites linked to Hezbollah, and more from around the world

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: Joburg’s ‘silver men’ on the politics and paint of street performing

REBUKE: Lessons in diplomacy for the new US ambassador, with love from SA

THE READINESS REPORT: Watch – Redi Tlhabi has advice for America’s new ambassador to South Africa

ISS TODAY: Agoa extension offers little relief as US trade chaos rattles African exporters

ELECTRICITY CRISIS: Nelson Mandela Bay councillors walk out of critical electricity meeting amid widespread blackouts

PEDAL POWER: Time parity for women introduced at iconic 2026 Cape Epic

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Pressure mounts as Netherlands, Iceland intervene in SA’s genocide case against Israel

ANALYSIS: Iran’s probable ‘withdrawal’ from 2026 World Cup opens up a legal minefield for Fifa

JOBURG NEWSLETTER: Women’s Power, jazz at Hugh’s and honouring Ufrieda Ho

US issues 30-day sanctions waiver for purchase of Russian oil at sea

Japan to join Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ project, expects missile requests

Poland's Tusk vows to use EU defence loans despite president's veto

HEALTH INEQUITY: Red Cross Children’s Hospital doctor using donated ‘miracle’ cystic fibrosis drug to save lives

Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is ‘about to surrender’, Axios reports

BUSINESS REFLECTION: Loaded for Bear: Religious extremism and oil — the toxic mix roiling world markets

STRESS TEST: The battle for women’s rights in an under-strain multilateral UN system

MATTERS OF THE ART: Spier Light Art reflects on South Africa’s past and present with immersive installations

One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, SnapChat after social media ban

US carrying out rescue effort after military aircraft crash in Iraq

Cuba to release 51 prisoners in Vatican-brokered deal

Several French soldiers wounded, one officer dead in Iraq after drone attack

MADLANGA COMMISSION: How to corrupt a cop — SAPS general Shibiri’s guide

DASHED AMERICAN DREAM: The Viljoens — from ‘Real Housewives fame’ in SA to US ‘shoplifting’ bubbly

GANGS AND GOVERNMENT: Prasa’s ‘well-known links’ to gang accused Stanfield echoes SA cartel infiltration scandal

TURNAROUND STRATEGY: New NPA boss Andy Mothibi sets sights on a fully independent prosecuting authority

BOOTS ON THE GROUND: This deployment is different, says Ramaphosa, as SANDF swoops on illegal mining

LAND CLAIMS SCAM: Payment pending — how the Fred Daniel matter taints the state attorney

LEARNER EMPOWERMENT: Bridging the gap — Bay organisation tackles school dropout rate head-on

SECRET SNOW SAUCE: South African scientists outperform heavyweights Princeton, Oxford and Stanford in Antarctic research

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION: Opposition parties move to oust NMB mayor over electricity and water woes

INFRASTRUCTURE FIASCO: Ten years of warnings, seven collapsed pylons and zero accountability in Nelson Mandela Bay

MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: Civil Society Coalition demands top-level action as service delivery collapses in Nelson Mandela Bay

FINANCIAL PRUDENCE: IMF urges strict debt caps after SA opts for flexible fiscal rules

MORAL WITNESS: Goodbye Ufrieda Ho, keeper of Jozi and wordsmith of the people

RUFF TIME: RCL comes clean on pet food recall after stolen stock reaches retail shelves

BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Parking the office

GROUNDUP: This may be as good as a Master’s Office gets in South Africa

GRAND FINALE: Flawed France still have the edge over rivals before Six Nations finale

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: Club World Cup buzz brings Leipzig to Sundowns

Senegal doubles maximum penalty for same-sex activity to 10 years' jail

First train to Pyongyang in six years leaves Beijing as neighbours revive link

Indian source says Iran to allow India-flagged tankers to pass through Strait of Hormuz

Oil tankers burn near Iraq as Iranian strikes defy Trump's claim to have won the war

OUR CITY NEWS: Joburg artist’s stroke of inspiration immortalises Delta Park’s storm-battered Blue Bridge

SPATIAL APARTHEID TRAP: Why SA parents are faking addresses to flee failing schools

FBI bulletin warned of possible Iran retaliation on California targets

Israel pounds Beirut suburbs after Hezbollah fires volley of rockets

Five vessels attacked in Gulf, Strait of Hormuz as war puts merchant ships on front lines

Chile's Kast sworn in as president in biggest right-wing shift in decades

PHOTO ESSAY: Chilling out — Capetonians take to the water as heatwave sets in

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: New spat brews with US after SA rebukes Ambassador Bozell for ‘undiplomatic remarks’

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: From scarcity to ambition — reimagining global health strategies

WEATHERING STORMS: OUTsurance says war may bruise growth, but its risk engine is built for turbulence

GEOPOLITICS: A house divided — BRICS members at odds over Iran war

SOCCER: Tottenham Hotspur weathering a tumultuous storm as relegation looms large

AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE: Seventh pylon collapse sparks blackout across Nelson Mandela Bay as metro needs R35m upgrade

ANALYSIS: As local elections loom, the ANC is frozen

MEMORIAL SERVICE: ‘He never stopped being an activist’: Mosiua Lekota honoured at Soweto ceremony

BOOTS ON THE GROUND: The SANDF arrives in Joburg as communities call for ‘permanent’ deployment

SERVICE (NON-)DELIVERY: Joburg waste collection crisis deepens, with Pikitup and DA at odds over cause

WHAT’S THAT SMELL?: Joburg’s sulphur smell returns, as do questions over who’s polluting the air

SEISMIC SURVEYS: Aucamp takes aim at ‘decision paralysis’ on appeals against offshore oil/gas exploration

GROUNDUP: Tongaat — a ticking time bomb set to go off in April

COUNCIL RUCTIONS : National ANC orders Jongizizwe Dlabathi back to Ekurhuleni as council fights continue

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Health Minister Motsoaledi suspends three top officials arrested on R1m fraud, theft charges

ROVING REPORTERS: Living with danger: How moral dilemmas shape conservation in Africa

MOVING FORWARD: Women’s Super League growing, but Daisies remain the benchmark

DERBY DAY: URC championship mentality under scrutiny as Bulls, Stormers clash in vital game

APPLICATION ABANDONED: Attempted murder accused Bellarmine Mugabe drops bail bid, wants plea deal

HOMECOMING TREND: Thousands of expats returning to SA, challenging claims of white persecution

Six die in Swiss bus blaze after reports of person setting themselves on fire

Israel believes Iran's new leader was lightly wounded in attacks, senior official says

Three vessels hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz

UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats in parliament upper chamber

MIDDLE EAST FALLOUT: ‘No immediate risk’ of fuel shortages in SA, most oil imports from Nigeria

ISS TODAY: Fight against police corruption depends on accountability at the top

UNFINISHED COVENANT: A man of his zeitgeist: Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai

EXECUTIVE TURMOIL: SA soccer deserves better than Safa's boardroom brawls

South Korea says can deter threats if US weapons redeployed to Middle East

Suspected Hamas member detained in Cyprus over weapons procurement

No sign of sabotage in Finland-Sweden power outage, operator says

GROUNDUP: Joburg residents dispute massive electricity bills as City Power tackles broken billing system

Canada says it will let TikTok continue operations in the country

Trump threatens to escalate Iran war, but says it could end soon

DIVISIVE PLAN: Mayor vs Minister: Firoz Cachalia says Cape Town’s N2 wall can’t replace policing

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Tenders, tycoons, and threats — Suleiman Carrim’s day of reckoning at the Madlanga Commission

Almost 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as war enters second week

Much of Iran's near-bomb-grade uranium likely to be in Isfahan, IAEA's Grossi says

TRC Roulette : ‘Project Gnome’: How security police forged a memorandum that tricked ANC and changed history

VIDEO: Watch – Inside Johannesburg’s escalating water crisis

MARATHON MAN: Kipchoge picks Cape Town to launch his dream of uniting the world through running

COHESION UPTICK: South Africa’s social fabric is fragile, but it may be starting to mend

BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Mzansi — a nation in search of accountability