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Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase

Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Qaanitah Hunter: The ANC: Addicted to diagnosis, allergic to treatment | News24 The ANC seems almost addicted to running blood tests, stepping on the scale and undergoing MRI scans to confirm what everyone else can visibly see. It commissions its own specialists, receives the dia...

🔒Qaanitah Hunter: The ANC: Addicted to diagnosis, allergic to treatment. Once again, the ANC finds itself trapped in a minimalistic moral framework where avoiding criminal charges is considered enough to qualify one for major leadership responsibilities. www.news24.com/opinions/col...

Nhlanhla Nene's sacking 10 years on — remember, remember the ninth of December | Daily Maverick Ten years ago, former president Jacob Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, marking the end of an era. There are many lessons to be drawn from that event.

Nhlanhla Nene's sacking 10 years on — remember, remember the ninth of December www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

‘Boundless love’ — Will mercenary scandal strain the bond between Zuma and Duduzile? | Daily Maverick Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s absence at Jacob Zuma’s Arms Deal trial marks a significant shift in their longstanding father-daughter dynamic, previously anchored in unwavering support. Her retreat coincid...

‘Boundless love’ — Will mercenary scandal strain the bond between Zuma and Duduzile? www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Despite Said’s warning, the American media continues today to fan the flames of othering hate, applying fatalistic narratives to well-documented political struggles. This is most recognizable in the framing of the Palestinian genocide. africasacountry.com/list/campaig...

EXPLAINER | Men recruited for Russia’s war: Links between Zuma-Sambudla and Mantula? | News24 In the last month, two cases have surfaced of South Africans being recruited into the Russian military. At the centre of both are two high-profile women. The first is the MK Party’s Duduzile Zuma-Samb...

🔒EXPLAINER | Men recruited for Russia’s war: Links between Zuma-Sambudla and Mantula? www.news24.com/southafrica/...

Madlanga hearing told Ekurhuleni failed to act on metro police rape and corruption claims | Daily Maverick The Madlanga Commission has heard evidence exposing how the City of Ekurhuleni allegedly failed to act against senior officials accused of rape and sexual harassment, as well as police officers implic...

Madlanga hearing told Ekurhuleni failed to act on metro police rape and corruption claims www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Charismatic churches in court to fight attempt to ‘decimate freedom of religion in South Africa' | Daily Maverick A government body’s determination to legislate how churches in SA are regulated and what they can and can’t do has been met with fierce resistance, particularly from the charismatic denominations.

Charismatic churches in court to fight attempt to ‘decimate freedom of religion in South Africa' www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Phaahla slams ‘hogwash’ claims of ANC plot to oust Ramaphosa Denial comes before ANC council meeting amid murmurs over Ramaphosa’s support

🔒Phaahla slams ‘hogwash’ claims of ANC plot to oust Ramaphosa www.businessday.co.za/politics/202...

Pierre de Vos | AfriForum Trump-style lies: Turning a handful of laws into 144 ‘race laws’ | News24 Pierre de Vos reflects on a 2023 report AfriForum submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which relies on Trump-style dishonesty by inflating a handful of redress laws ...

🔒Pierre de Vos | AfriForum Trump-style lies: Turning a handful of laws into 144 ‘race laws’ www.news24.com/opinions/ana...

Jonny Steinberg | The inconvenient truth about apartheid’s economic ‘success’ | News24 Anyone suffering from apartheid nostalgia should read the work of renowned economist Charles Feinstein, writes Jonny Steinberg. His research revealed how South Africa plummeted from relative prosperit...

🔒Research by renowned economist Charles Feinstein "revealed how South Africa plummeted from relative prosperity in 1913 - when it was richer than Japan and South Korea - to economic catastrophe by 1994." www.news24.com/opinions/col...

KZN Hawks head implicated in leaking SAPS info to benefit ‘brother’ Matlala – inquiry | News24 The Madlanga Commission says KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Lesetja Senona, who “Cat” Matlala described as his “big brother”, has been implicated in leaking sensitive or classified police documents to the t...

🔒KZN Hawks head implicated in leaking SAPS info to benefit ‘brother’ Matlala – inquiry www.news24.com/southafrica/...

HUNTED | How Ekurhuleni mayor tried to divert scrutiny from Mpho Mafole’s murder | News24 Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza sought to divert investigators’ attention by publicly insisting that chief auditor Mpho Mafole was working on an irregular rates clearance audit ahead of his mur...

🔒HUNTED | How Ekurhuleni mayor tried to divert scrutiny from Mpho Mafole’s murder www.news24.com/investigatio...

SA and the upcoming season of political apathy | Daily Maverick <p>As South Africa faces a growing sense of political apathy, the consequences could be dire. Against a backdrop of declining voter turnout, corruption and weak leadership, citizens may turn away from...

SA and the upcoming season of political apathy www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

SA and the upcoming season of political apathy | Daily Maverick <p>As South Africa faces a growing sense of political apathy, the consequences could be dire. Against a backdrop of declining voter turnout, corruption and weak leadership, citizens may turn away from...

SA and the upcoming season of political apathy www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system | Daily Maverick <p>With 81% of residents not paying, illegal occupants moving in, and maintenance at breaking point, many units have become uninhabitable while the City claims its hands are tied by low collections an...

Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system. The City of Joburg has lost operational and financial control of its 39 municipally owned old-age homes. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Trump’s fresh white genocide claims are ‘blatant misinformation’ — Ramaphosa | Daily Maverick <p>Despite the ‘challenges and misunderstandings’ that have arisen between SA and the US, the President says SA remains a ‘firm and unwavering friend to the American people’.</p>

The stance taken by the Trump administration had been influenced “by a sustained campaign of disinformation by groups and individuals” in SA and the US, "endangering and undermining South Africa’s national interests, destroying South African jobs". www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

‘Cat’ Matlala faces eviction over unpaid rent Landlord wants Vusimuzi booted out amid ongoing political corruption probe

🔒‘Cat’ Matlala faces eviction over unpaid rent www.businessday.co.za/news/law/202...

NICOLE FRITZ: NDPP shortlist exposes a much deeper crisis The shortlist for the NDPP highlights systemic issues within the NPA

🔒NICOLE FRITZ: NDPP shortlist exposes a much deeper crisis. Apart from the alarming inclusion of former NDPP Menzi Simelane, one appointment cannot save the NPA. www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...

Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah

What Hurwitz objects to is that Holocaust education works. She is upset that the various social media vectors through which people hear directly from Palestinians drive accurate perceptions of the genocide. www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...

Carol Paton | The ANC has many Brown Mogotsis who have rocked our politics | News24 The ANC’s love of conspiracy theories and its tendency for factional battles have enabled many Brown Mogotsis to prosper.

🔒Carol Paton | The ANC has many Brown Mogotsis who have rocked our politics www.news24.com/business/opi...

Six candidates shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi as NPA head | News24 Six people have been shortlisted for the National Director of Public Prosecutions post, which becomes vacant when Shamila Batohi retires in January.

Six candidates shortlisted to replace Shamila Batohi as NPA head www.news24.com/southafrica/...

The DA’s Gordian knot: How the party’s internal feud could affect the elections | Daily Maverick <p>The DA faces several difficult scenarios in dealing with the fallout from two serious and interrelated issues. How it deals both with the alleged misuse of a DA credit card by its leader, John Stee...

The DA’s Gordian knot: How the party’s internal feud could affect the elections www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support | Daily Maverick <p>There was no post-G20 bounce for the ANC as it lost three seats and fell sharply in four other wards in the last major round of by-elections for 2025. The party lost seats to uMkhonto Wesizwe party...

Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

‘Cele lied’ — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala alleges he made R500K payoff to former police minister | Daily Maverick <p>The cat is out of the bag — from inside Kgosi Mampuru Prison, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala accused Bheki Cele of demanding R500,000 and insisted the former minister ‘lied under oath’ about their relation...

‘Cele lied’ — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala alleges he made R500K payoff to former police minister www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

It all blew up, there was some legal hokey-cokey, they lost their jobs, she fled to LA, RFK became health secretary. He’s got bigger brainworms to fry; the other two are now “breaking their silence”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Desperate in Donbas: He trusted ‘Auntie Dudu’, but his mom hasn’t heard from him in 3 months | News24 The last time a mother from Botswana heard from her 19-year-old son, who was sent to Russia by former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla under the guise of an “educational opportun...

🔒Desperate in Donbas: He trusted ‘Auntie Dudu’, but his mom hasn’t heard from him in 3 months www.news24.com/southafrica/...

High Court judge arrested for alleged corruption | News24 A Pretoria High Court judge is in custody for allegedly accepting money in exchange for favourable rulings.

🔒😳High Court judge Portia Phahlane arrested for alleged corruption. Phahlane's arrest reportedly relates to her allegedly receiving kickbacks for favourable rulings in a succession battle involving the International Pentecost Holiness Church. www.news24.com/southafrica/...

The coup kids are in charge now. Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...

TIMELINE | The journey of HIV through science, struggle, activism, and hope From the first reported cases of HIV in 1981 to the latest breakthroughs in long-acting prevention, this Spotlight timeline traces key moments in the global and South African response to the virus. It...

THE HISTORY OF HIV | Explore four decades of the HIV story, from the first cases to breakthroughs in prevention, science, and South Africa’s fight against the virus: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/25/a...