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SECRET SNOW SAUCE: South African scientists outperform heavyweights Princeton, Oxford and Stanford in Antarctic research
Local researchers are strides ahead in the southernmost frontier – and outpacing elite heavyweights while they're at it.
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION: Opposition parties move to oust NMB mayor over electricity and water woes
ADCP and FF Plus challenge Mayor Babalwa Lobishe with no-confidence motions, citing failures in managing electricity and water infrastructure that have eroded public trust.
INFRASTRUCTURE FIASCO: Ten years of warnings, seven collapsed pylons and zero accountability in Nelson Mandela Bay
A decade of warnings about deteriorating electrical infrastructure fell on deaf ears, leading to a string of power line collapses in Nelson Mandela Bay. But there seems to be no accountability for the officials who did not heed the warnings.
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: Civil Society Coalition demands top-level action as service delivery collapses in Nelson Mandela Bay
The Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene as ailing infrastructure and a lack of service delivery in Nelson Mandela Bay reach ‘critical levels’.
FINANCIAL PRUDENCE: IMF urges strict debt caps after SA opts for flexible fiscal rules
The IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department released a report on Thursday saying South Africa needs a clearer plan to manage its debt. It said this plan should be supported by firm Budget rules, such as limits on how fast spending can grow and targets for improving t…
MORAL WITNESS: Goodbye Ufrieda Ho, keeper of Jozi and wordsmith of the people
Journalist Ufrieda Ho passed away from cancer in the early hours of Monday 9 March 2026. She was 52 years old. In a career spanning three decades, she wrote for The Star, Daily Maverick, Spotlight and many other publications. Her memoir Paper Sons and Daughte…
RUFF TIME: RCL comes clean on pet food recall after stolen stock reaches retail shelves
What started as a localised heist of condemned goods has mutated into a full-scale national crisis, as RCL Foods scrambles to claw back 115,045 bags of dry pet food that were never supposed to see the light of a retail shelf.
BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Parking the office
The rise of office precincts, while understandable, means yet another tenuous link that connects us to other people is being severed.