Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that one of his most vociferous critics, Liz Cheney, would be less of a “war hawk” if she experienced ... Show more

Trump Invokes Violent Rhetoric Against Cheney, Drawing Blowback
Analyst Sees UK Builder Value After Worst Day Since Truss Budget: Morgan Stanley analysts said they favor buying more UK homebuilder stocks ...
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Analyst Sees UK Builder Value After Worst Day Since Truss Budget
This year’s choice for the Nobel Prize in Literature has been praised almost unanimously, unlike previous winners. 👉 Han Kang: Innovative author worthy of Nobel Prize in Literature
The withdrawal of corruption charges against former sports, arts and culture minister Zizi Kodwa does not mean the automatic resumption of his duties as a ... Show more

State Capture-related corruption charges withdrawn against Kodwa and co-accused
Quick Glance: Corruption Case Against Zizi Kodwa Dropped
  • The corruption case against Zizi Kodwa and Jehan Mackay has been dropped.

  • Both defendants appeared briefly in court, where the state alleged Kodwa received R1.68 million from Mackay.

  • The decision to withdraw the charges was based on successful representations made by both accused to the director of public prosecutions.

  • The National Prosecuting Authority stated that the interests of justice and changing circumstances were taken into account in the DPP's decision.
South Africa’s 2-0 series win over Bangladesh has shown the growth the Proteas side has made in the Test arena. 👉 Proteas Test side maturing into formidable outfit with bat and ball
Nova Scotia blueberry grunt is a simple recipe for a sweet South African tooth: This simple blueberry grunt recipe from Nova Scotia is always a hit with my South ...
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Nova Scotia blueberry grunt is a simple recipe for a sweet South African ...
Castle of Good Hope occupiers evicted under court order: The group had been living there since 2020, but the high court recently granted an order to evict them.
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Castle of Good Hope occupiers evicted under court order
Neither left wing nor right wing – you’ll only find spicy wings here: When the end of the world happens and billionaires are trying to escape the civil wars ...
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Neither left wing nor right wing – you’ll only find spicy wings here
Turkey and Africa — Deciphering Erdoğan’s intentions, beyond trade, investment and mediation
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Turkey and Africa — Deciphering Erdoğan’s intentions, beyond trade ...
Durban’s Adam Robinson is rightly puffed-up about his new pastries book: Four years after his A Book About Bread became a staple in many South African kitchens ...
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Durban’s Adam Robinson is rightly puffed-up about his new pastries book
JAKARTA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google due to rules requiring the use of locally ... Show more

Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple's iPhone 16
Quick Glance: Indonesia Imposes Sales Ban on Google Pixel Smartphones
  • Indonesia has prohibited the sale of Google Pixel smartphones for not meeting local content requirements.

  • The Ministry of Industry stated that Google must obtain local content certification to resume sales.

  • This ban follows the restriction on iPhone 16 sales after Apple failed to meet a $95 million investment commitment.

  • The regulation mandates companies to source 40% of components locally, achievable through manufacturing or investments in innovation.
Botswana’s ruling party loses election, ending 58-year rule: GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday conceded defeat after ...
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Botswana’s ruling party loses election, ending 58-year rule
A rare thing has happened on the Cape dining scene. A restaurant has emerged that manages to offer high-end cuisine in a space where you feel you’re in a vibey ... Show more

Shy ingredients shine at the Cape’s new restaurant to beat
Passing the baton — The BMW M Fest and Hyundai Staria panel van: While the journalist lugged a 700kg load in a Hyundai Staria panel van, her son got to execute ...
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Passing the baton — The BMW M Fest and Hyundai Staria panel van
A couple have taken their two year challenge for equity in parental leave to the Constitutional Court. The landmark case has implications for same-sex ... Show more

Parental leave – Couple’s challenge to laws heads to Constitutional Court 
The next time the industry laments the sugar tax, pay attention to what it doesn’t say. 👉 Balancing act: Will South Africa’s sugar tax survive amid industry pressure and health concerns?
Pursuit of profit for profit’s sake has left humanity in terrible shape: The squandering of trust and the exponential growth of cynicism can all be laid at the ...
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Pursuit of profit for profit’s sake has left humanity in terrible shape
VALENCIA/GODELLETA, Spain, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The death toll from devastating flashfloodsineastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday ... Show more

Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158, among Europe’s worst storm disasters
PSL elections – At 76, Irvin Khoza is set for another four years as boss: The PSL released its list of nominees for executive committee positions before the ...
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PSL elections – At 76, Irvin Khoza is set for another four years as boss
Ramaphosa’s geopolitical charade — the unbearable consequences of misaligning: SA foreign policy is less about non-alignment than misalignment with the ...
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Ramaphosa’s geopolitical charade — the unbearable consequences of ...
Russia is keen to boost its clout in Africa — for reasons that are frankly nefarious given the odious nature of Vladimir Putin’s regime — and nuclear power is ... Show more

After the Bell: The US and Russia are in a nuclear race to power African economies
As investor sentiment improves towards South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has renewed the government’s commitment to a path of fiscal ... Show more

GNU budget: Godongwana commits to more of the same

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I have a picture for you! 26-01 November 2024: The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery.
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I have a picture for you! 26-01 November 2024
If Donald Trump wins the US election and enacts half of the tyrannical ideas he has espoused, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and LA Times owner Patrick ... Show more

New US press barons and erosion of a free press
The most important module is ‘Radical Concepts of Political Morality and Humility’. Here we tackle the essential lesson that you cannot drive a ‘borrowed’ ... Show more

Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu – time to send all comrades (and John Steenhuisen) back to political school
MADAM and EVE: Know your ANC’s 👉 Know your ANC's
The Springboks are on a charm offensive as they start their first northern hemisphere tour since winning the Rugby World Cup 2023. 👉 Rassie and Boks go on charm offensive with British media as England Test looms
The EFF is at a crossroads. Following a bruising election and high-profile defections, the path it chooses at its December elective conference will determine ... Show more

Quo vadis, EFF? Finding a new leadership style and niche in a crowded and lethal playing field 
Two Mexican journalists shot dead in past 24 hours: MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Two Mexican journalists were shot dead in less than 24 hours in western ...
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Two Mexican journalists shot dead in past 24 hours
Bitcoin’s run towards record high falters as Trump election odds dip: Bitcoin’s push toward a record high is fizzling as pro-crypto Republican nominee Donald ...
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Bitcoin’s run towards record high falters as Trump election odds dip
Louis Liebenberg, the alleged mastermind of a R4.5bn diamond scam, claims Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald asked officials at the Kgosi Mampuru ... Show more

Minister refutes Liebenberg’s claim he told prison officials to ‘make his life hell’
LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Action movie star and former Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger threw his support on Wednesday behind ... Show more

Republican Schwarzenegger backs Democrat Harris for US president
Quick Glance: Schwarzenegger Backs Harris, Critiques Trump
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Kamala Harris, condemning Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

  • He expressed dissatisfaction with both parties, criticizing Republican economic policies and Democratic crime measures.

  • Schwarzenegger asserted that rejecting election results is unpatriotic and emphasized his identity as an American over a Republican.

  • Despite differing views on Harris and Walz's proposals, he believes their election is essential for moving the country forward.
UBS Still Embroiled in Mozambique Case After Swiss Opened Criminal Probe: The Mozambique ship-financing scandal that rocked Credit Suisse continues to haunt UBS ...
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UBS Still Embroiled in Mozambique Case After Swiss Opened Criminal Probe
Competition Commission rubber-stamps Media24 sale to Novus: The focus will now be on enhancing the content of Media24’s digital news brands, News24 and Netwerk24 ...
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Competition Commission rubber-stamps Media24 sale to Novus
The impressive Bulls looseforward Cameron Hanekom’s Springbok chance has come later than expected, but he must grab it. 👉 Uncapped Hanekom gives Rassie options in back row, bench
100-plus-day stock take of GNU’s economic and investment achievements: Having passed the 100-day mark in early October, South Africa’s new Government of National ...
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100-plus-day stock take of GNU’s economic and investment achievements
The executive mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, Gary van Niekerk, has resigned. The deputy executive mayor, Babalwa Lobishe ... Show more

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor resigns — to swop jobs with the ANC deputy mayor
Campaign builds to block ‘undesirable’ R&B star Chris Brown’s Johannesburg gigs: Controversy hits US R&B singer Chris Brown’s Joburg shows amid calls to declare ...
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Campaign builds to block ‘undesirable’ R&B star Chris Brown’s Johannesburg ...
Getting to grips with healthcare inflation: Medical aids having presented revised products, plans and pricing for 2025. Bonitas takes a look at the reality of ...
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Getting to grips with healthcare inflation
Meta Platforms warns of worsening losses after AI division posts $4.4bn loss: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg will ramp up heavy investments in AI and other ...
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Meta Platforms warns of worsening losses after AI division posts $4 ...
IEJ Legal action targets flaws in Social Relief of Distress grant distribution: The high court s set to make a ruling in a Social Relief of Distress grant ...
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IEJ Legal action targets flaws in Social Relief of Distress grant ...
Throwback Thursday: Betty Jackman’s good old-fashioned Yorkshire puddings: Get that in yer: Betty Jackman’s Yorkshire puddings, as puffed up and proud as a ...
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Throwback Thursday: Betty Jackman’s good old-fashioned Yorkshire puddings
BERLIN, Oct 31 (Reuters) - German police are searching for a man who abandoned a bag of explosives at a Berlin train station and ran away after being stopped ... Show more

Manhunt under way in Berlin after bag of explosives left at train station
Asian equities fell on Thursday after US stocks and government bonds dropped as robust economic data blurred the picture for imminent Federal Reserve rate cuts ... Show more

Asian stocks fall, yen fluctuates after BOJ holds: markets wrap
Anvil Bay — a coastal refuge where nature and conservation meet: In Mozambique’s Anvil Bay, this eco-lodge blends comfort with a respect for the surrounding ...
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Anvil Bay — a coastal refuge where nature and conservation meet
Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia: LA ALCUDIA, Spain, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At least 95 people have been killed in the deadliest ...
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Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia
New City of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya outlined her 100-day plan on Wednesday to improve the city’s finances, revitalise the economy and prioritise service ... Show more

Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya in talks to settle R6.7bn Eskom debt
This Halloween, we look back at a longstanding tradition of Halloween dog parades. 👉 In Images – Capturing Halloween Dog Parades through the years
The stench of discarded trash permeates the air in Thembelihle as residents say Pikitup has failed to deal with illegal dumping, creating a health hazard ... Show more

‘Pikitup hasn’t cleared dumping sites the size of three soccer pitches in years’
Farm dwellers in uMshwathi just outside of Pietermaritzburg are living under harsh conditions despite multiple interventions by civil society organisations ... Show more

Farm dwellers living under constructive eviction feel laws have failed them
Our relationship with the wild animals on our planet, whose numbers are rapidly declining, is deeply problematic. With the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) ... Show more

Eating elephants – Assault on our diminishing wildlife
Simply repeating the tried and failed approach of painful austerity budget cuts and freezing vacancies will not resolve a stagnant economy and a rising ... Show more

Tepid budget approach won’t generate badly needed SA jobs
It’s deeply problematic that too many Americans are apolitical, ‘don’t care’, or ‘don’t think much’ about politics. The degree of indifference is alarming ... Show more

Knocking on America’s door – going house to house in a fraught election
(Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris argued a second Donald Trump presidency would be steeped in chaos and division — but not focused ... Show more

Harris Casts Trump as Chaotic, Divisive in Speech at Jan. 6 Site
Quick Glance: Harris warns of Trump and unchecked power
  • Kamala Harris warned during a major rally in Washington about Donald Trump's pursuit of unchecked power.

  • She emphasized that Trump is unstable and consumed by revenge, recalling the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

  • Harris portrayed Trump as a threat to national security and criticized his affinity for autocrats.

  • Polls indicate a tight race, with Harris and Trump neck and neck in key battleground states.
Oct 29 (Reuters) - McDonald's MCD.N was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E.coli outbreak linked to onions in the ... Show more

McDonald's sued by consumers over E.coli outbreak
Quick Glance: McDonald's Sales Recovery Hindered by E. coli Concerns
  • McDonald's U.S. sales rose by 0.3% in Q3, driven by the popularity of $5 value meals.

  • The company withdrew Quarter Pounders from 3,000 locations due to an E. coli outbreak, potentially affecting future sales.

  • CEO Chris Kempczinski expressed regret over the situation, emphasizing customer safety as a top priority.

  • Despite a 1.5% decline in global same-store sales, revenue increased to $6.87 billion, surpassing analyst expectations.
BRUSSELS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The European Union has decided to increase tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45 ... Show more

EU slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs, risking Beijing backlash
Turn leftover roast chicken into a chicken and mushroom pie: Having over-catered somewhat for a lunch, I used the substantial amount of leftovers to make a large ...
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Turn leftover roast chicken into a chicken and mushroom pie
Godongwana’s GNU budget — the more things change, the more they stay the same: As investor sentiment improves towards South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch ...
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Godongwana’s GNU budget — the more things change, the more they stay the ...
So long, and thank you, for everything: On 30 October 2010, on the occasion of Daily Maverick’s first birthday, I sent a message to our die-hard audience ...
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So long, and thank you, for everything