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Comrades took Place on Sunday Tete Dijana came First

Tete Dijana who won the Comrades Marathon twice before has taken a third ‘run down’ victory on Sunday. Thirty-seven-year-old Dijana, won the race in 2022 and 2023. Dijana outpaced the clock in an official time of 5:25:28, with Dutchman Piet Wiersma second in 5:25:33. Russian Nikolai Volkov took third place at 5:29:42. The Comrades which […]

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Durban Bakery under Construction is being built at wrong site while seventy people are rescued from settlement ablaze

The eThekwini Municipality officially launched R6.7 million community bakery development programme last week. However, a bump in the road was hit when construction started on one of them but on the wrong plot of land in Glenwood on Wednesday. In December 2024, the Economic Development and Planning Committee received support from council to fund five

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Zimbabwe What South Africa Owes and Where we will be in the Future?

The Issue of Zimbabwe’s crisis remains a complex matter for its sudden neighbour South Africa. The relationship between the two nations can be described as contentious at best. The number of Zimbabwean immigrants who live in South Africa and other countries due to economic hardship and authoritarianism number in the thousands. In South Africa their

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Two court Cases Related to President Ramaphosa take strange twists

Two separate Court cases related to President Cyril Ramaphosa took place this week. The first case against a man who allegedly made threats against the President and the Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hills-Lewis was postponed to allow for the verification of his address and investigation into the status of his passport. The plaintiff, Philip

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Mamelodi Sundowns to take on Pyramids FC at CAF Champions League Final

Betway Premiership champions Mamalodi Sundowns went against Egypt’s Pyramids FC in the CAF Championships League on Sunday the first of June. It follows the first leg tie last weekend; Sunday’s second leg will start at 1-1. Lucas Ribeiro was the one who broke the stalemate between the teams after fifty-four minutes before Pyramids’ Walid El

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Westville Senior Primary Principle back at School after Scandal and Merebank Residents call for military base be Made Recreational Centre

As the Principle, of Westville Senior Primary School returned to work after facing a probe into claims of sexual harassment and financial misconduct lodged in 2022, a group of concerned parents of students demanded feedback. This was during a protest outside the school last week. Teachers’ Union NAPTOSA says it is still waiting for clarity.

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Syria on an Unsteady path as EU follows the US President in Lifting Sanctions

In a move close on the heels of United States President Donald Trump, the European Union (EU) announced on Wednesday the lifting of a broad range of economic sanctions previously imposed on Syria. Syria is at the moment recovering from a brutal and divisive civil war. However, the decision by Brussels, comes with conditions, as

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Meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa has yielded fruit despite Accusations of “White Genocide”

The meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington could have left much to be desired. This was going to be a significant and tumultuous make or break moment for Ramaphosa’s leadership. For the most part he had to steer Trump carefully into

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Comrades Marathon is around the Corner as Runners Prepare in Cape Town and Durban

The Comrades Marathon is happening this month on Sunday, 8 June and athletes trained in running are preparing. Some like Aaron Biggar will be performing for their first race. Biggar has been preparing from six weeks prior. The 30-year-old qualified for the ‘ultimate human race’, as the marathon is officially referred to, at last year’s

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