South Africa Top Stories

    Africa’s green minerals represent a historic opportunity. But realising it will require generations working together, combining experience with fresh thinking and creating opportunities for Africans to turn the continent’s natural wealth and human potential into shared prosperity.
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    Decades after Project Coast, South Africa has rebuilt its biosecurity around peace. But new global threats demand stronger national and regional governance.
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    OUR CITY NEWS: IFP’s Mlungisi Mabaso claims to know Joburg inside out, but can he fix it?
    IFP mayoral candidate Mlungisi Mabaso says Johannesburg needs better management, maintenance and law enforcement, but his plans face financial constraints and scrutiny over migration operations.
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    THE INTERVIEW: Life after weight-loss medication — what happens when the injections stop?
    The arrival of drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro has transformed weight loss. But what happens when people stop taking them? In her new book, dietitian and public health researcher Dr Linia Patel examines the uncomfortable realities of weight regain, muscle loss and the importance of looking beyond the scale.
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    Crew from Nasa’s simulated Mars mission emerges after 378 days in isolation
    Nov 1 (Reuters) - The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, an endeavor designed to help prepare for a possible future excursion by Nasa astronauts to Earth's planetary neighbor.
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    UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years, UN chief says
    Nov 1 (Reuters) - The 35-year-old UN peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara region will come to an end after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate, the UN chief said on Sunday.
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    CONGRESS IN THE BALANCE: A blue tsunami, a tide, or chaos as usual — the US midterm election
    With just hours to go before the American midterm election takes place, the day before South Africa’s own local election, control of both houses of the American Congress hangs in the balance.
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    DIVISIVE WORDS: ‘We never called for literal killing’ — Malema appeals for farm killings to stop
    EFF leader Julius Malema says the chant ‘Kill the boer, kill the farmer’ was never meant literally and has appealed for farm killings to stop.
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    TRC ROULETTE : Victims’ families place key hidden evidence before Khampepe inquiry
    A physical inspection of old lever arch files by the legal team representing the families of apartheid victims at the Khampepe Commission strengthens Anton Ackermann’s claim that a disputed 2006 memo was forged, reshaping the Khampepe inquiry into delayed apartheid prosecutions.
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    High early-voter turnout, slumping approval ratings, inflation and a forever war could be what will flip control of Congress to the Democrats. But the Republicans are fighting back with the support of deep-pocketed funders and efforts to impose voter suppression tactics.
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