31 January 2025

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DRC: SA influence and prestige is undermined

SA can only withdraw from the peacekeeping force in the DRC at great diplomatic cost. But it needs to do something.

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The Dylan shape-shift myth factory rejects blues

Staunch Bob Dylan adherents' stress levels were raised by A Complete Unknown's wrestling with the slippery facts.

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What Alice knew and remained silent about

Nobel laureate Alice Munro's child was raped by her stepfather. When told, Munro's response was cold and disdainful.

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Ask not what AI can do for me ...

How can AI help us in our daily lives? And which jobs are most likely to become redundant because of it?

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Playing chicken in the toughest business

SA’s own Col. Sanders, Chris Schutte, packs up his desk today after 40 years with Astral Foods, 16 of them as CEO.

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How land grabbers can sidestep the DA

That a DA minister can stop a radical land restitution bid in its tracks is not yet guaranteed by the recently...

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Expropriation wagon is rattling

The DA minister of public works found clashes in the Expropriation Bill. Trying to fix them turned into a circus.

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Ramaphosa’s counter to the Trumpian world view

The 2025 chairman of the G20 presented a very different vision for geopolitics to that of the US president at Davos.

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Rolex is much more than timely street food

When Ugandans talk about getting a rolex soon, they usually don't mean an expensive Swiss watch.

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The 12 things on our radar this week

From snow art to braai equipment, an alcohol-free dirty martini and barefoot shoes: what we got excited about this week.

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15+ questions for Marthinus Basson

One of South Africa's most talented, versatile theatre personalities gives us the answers.