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Health workers applaud medical association’s decision to cut ties with Israel SAMA calls for the Israeli Medical Association to condemn the blockade of essential medical supplies, among other demands

South African Medical Association (SAMA) "immediately suspend all professional and bilateral relations with the Israeli Medical Association (IMA)" and call for the suspension of the IMA from the World Medical Association.
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

KILLED BY THE IDF: Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

After deliberations, the JSC has forwarded this list of 5 candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court, out of which President Ramaphosa must choose 2 to appoint:

Judge Nambitha Dambuza
Adv Alan Dodson SC
Judge Glenn Goosen
Judge Kate Savage
Judge Ashton Schippers

OPINION | Through Zionism, progressive and egalitarian Jewish values have been corrupted | News24 If Judaism is going to be part of the anti-fascist struggle for a better world, we will need to reclaim progressive traditions that have guided us for thousands of years, while also integrating them i...

🔒OPINION | Through Zionism, progressive and egalitarian Jewish values have been corrupted www.news24.com/opinions/col...

New Cape Town transgender health service addresses Pepfar funding gap Run by the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, the service at Groote Schuur Hospital seeks to help transgender and gender-diverse people who previously relied on specialised clinics that closed due to Pep...

New Cape Town transgender health service addresses funding gap after Pepfar cuts www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

ANC’s R1bn in public funds at risk as insolvency looms for party The ANC faces an insolvency application that would be parlous for the party ahead of next year’s make-or-break local government elections.

With at least three bank accounts attached and payments stopped to settle an R85-million debt, the ANC also faces an insolvency application that could jeopardise more than R1-billion in public funds it receives as a represented party.
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Delayed judgments inevitable due to lack of staff, Dambuza-Mayosi tells JSC Constitutional Court hopeful pins blame for delays in delivering rulings at SCA on big shortage of researchers as candidates interviewed

🔒Delayed judgments inevitable due to lack of staff, Dambuza-Mayosi tells JSC www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

Church fund scandal claim shadows candidate for Constitutional Court Madumetja Kate Malepe under scrutiny over alleged misappropriation, for which she says she's been cleared, and debt woes

🔒 Church fund scandal claim shadows candidate for Constitutional Court. Madumetja Kate Malepe under scrutiny over alleged misappropriation, for which she says she's been cleared, and debt woes. www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes. Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Two Years After October 7, the Horrors Are Indescribable After October 7, Israeli society went into a vengeful genocidal tailspin, carrying out some of the most heinous crimes of this century again and again and again. Two years on, its leaders are unrepent...

After October 7, Israeli society went into a vengeful genocidal tailspin, carrying out some of the most heinous crimes of this century again and again and again. Two years on, its leaders are unrepentant and baying for more blood. jacobin.com/2025/10/gaza...

Queue, the beloved country We have come to accept that we must queue for hours for every public service - but it’s not normal

Queue, the beloved country: We have come to accept that we must queue for hours for every public service - but it’s not normal. groundup.org.za/article/queu...

Landowners must go through mediation before applying for an eviction, court rules Land Court lays out rules for mediation procedures

Landowners must go through mediation before applying for an eviction, court rules groundup.org.za/article/land...

Qaanitah Hunter | The political hustler the ANC now pretends not to know | News24 Disowning Brown Mogotsi will not fix the culture of tenderpreneurs bankrolling ANC politician’s internal campaigns because the problem is systemic, writes Qaanitah Hunter.

🔒Qaanitah Hunter | "It is how the ANC operates. Tenderpreneurs bankroll campaigns in exchange for protection. Hustlers broker deals and trade influence for cash. Politicians benefit and later act innocent when the details leak." www.news24.com/opinions/col...

🔒 Pierre de Vos | R2bn Tembisa Hospital looting: ANC leaders celebrate what should shame them

PKTT arrested me without a shred of evidence, corruption-busting lawyer tells Madlanga | News24 After spending four years investigating and exposing rampant corruption at the University of Fort Hare, lawyer Sarah Burger was shocked when the same PKTT member she had briefed arrested her for corru...

🔒PKTT arrested me without a shred of evidence, corruption-busting lawyer tells Madlanga. She alleges that the abuse "at the hands of the PKTT was calculated, excessive and unconstitutional". www.news24.com/southafrica/...

At least 53 Palestinians killed in fresh wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza Military offensive stepped up as Hamas leaders consider Trump’s 20-point peace plan

At least 53 more Palestinians killed by Israel in continuing wave of often indiscriminate attacks on Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports The Trump administration ultimately gave the King a replica sword on the president’s recent state visit

US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity of the Trump regime seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon. Stupidity can be understood as a problem of social systems rather than individuals. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

JSC interviews — hope and questions In this round of interviews, with two vacancies up for grabs, the JSC must send five names to the president, and must therefore interview an absolute minimum of five candidates, and ideally more. Happ...

Hope and controversy as JSC prepares for crucial interviews amid ongoing vacancies in courts. Will the two vacancies on the Constitutional Court be filled to give the Court a full compliment of judges for the first time since 2016? www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Justice delayed — Fred Daniel defeats Mabuza, more than 20 years late On 30 September, for the first time since the story broke in the early 2000s, an officer of the law ruled that Mpumalanga strongman David Mabuza — South Africa’s former deputy president, who died in e...

ustice for the departed — Fred Daniel defeats Mabuza, more than 20 years late, as High Court rules that David Mabuza — South Africa’s former deputy president, who died in early July — was a primary architect of the massive land claims scam. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Fikile Mbalula says criminal cartels have infiltrated ANC Secretary-general concedes networks have eroded trust as commission hears of underworld links to party funding

🔒Fikile Mbalula says criminal cartels have infiltrated ANC (One could argue the ANC itself is a criminal cartel.) www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/...

Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta Thunberg

Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

KZN water entity axes chairperson over undeclared business interests | News24 uMngeni-uThukela Water has axed the chairperson of its subsidiary, uMngeni Water Services, after investigators found that he failed to make a full disclosure of his interests in a series of companies,...

🔒KZN water entity axes chairperson over undeclared business interests www.news24.com/investigatio...

R1.6bn contracts, mass raids – City of Cape Town probes take another turn Police say raids across Cape Town this week are linked to a corruption investigation involving R1.6-billion in municipal contracts. Previous raids involving the City of Cape Town caused controversy an...

Whistleblower sparks police raids as investigations into Cape Town’s R1.6 billion tender fraud intensify, following preliminary investigations conducted by both the City of Cape Town Municipality and SAPS www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Julius Malema’s firearm verdict and the EFF’s fork in the road The finding by the East London Magistrates’ Court that EFF leader Julius Malema is guilty of an offence for firing a firearm at a rally in 2018 could be a significant step in the continued weakening o...

Julius Malema’s firearm verdict and the EFF’s fork in the road www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Afrikaner leaders’ private US dinner raises trade diplomacy concerns Influential business and political figures pitch proposal in Washington as SA holds formal talks on trade deal

🔒Private US dinner of Afrikaner "leaders, including a right wing politician, with the White House Historical Association raises trade diplomacy concerns www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

The enemy within: Eskom fleeced of R20bn in three years Power utility battling to root out illegally printed and distributed electricity tokens that are robbing it of core revenue

🔒The enemy within: Eskom fleeced of R20bn in three years. The group on Tuesday reported material losses of R7.2bn alone due to criminal conduct in the year ended March, up from R6.7bn reported in the prior year. www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

The Peaceful Atom Gillian Schutte follows the transformative journey of the atom from a symbol of destruction to a beacon of sustainable energy, as we explore its potential for peace and progress.

🤣🤣🤣IOL at it again: "Vladimir Putin sat at the centre — not as conqueror but as archangel... Around him assembled archetypes of the living fable. Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, the ally-king, oak-voiced, guardian of sovereignty and brotherhood." iol.co.za/news/opinion...

Going to prison a 'badge of honour', says convicted Julius Malema EFF leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of multiple firearm charges after he fired an assault rifle at a party event in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, in 2018.

Malema vows to appeal against gun conviction as possible prison sentence of up to 15 years looms www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

From gala dinners to court threats: WhatsApps track Matlala-Mogotsi bromance break-up | News24 Attempted murder-accused tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala funnelled hundreds of thousands of rands to businessman Brown Mogotsi, in the belief he was “assisting” now-suspended Police Minister Senz...

🔒From gala dinners to court threats: WhatsApps track Matlala-Mogotsi bromance break-up www.news24.com/southafrica/...