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March 19, 2026 The world order isn’t cracking – it’s being exposed. As tensions escalate between Iran, Israel and the United States, the real story is unfolding beneath the headlines. This is no longer just a military confrontation. It is revealing a deeper shift in how power actually works – and how fragile the idea […]

March 19, 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the deployment of 2,000 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops alongside the South African Police Service (SAPS) in five provinces: Gauteng, the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape, North West, and the Free State. The purpose of the military deployment is to combat escalating gang violence and

March 18, 2026 Tel Aviv has launched air strikes on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, Israel’s northern neighbour. Two southern suburbs of the city were hit by large air strikes. The Israelis targeted Dahiyeh, which is under a forced evacuation order. The suburb was home to over a million people, who have

March 18, 2026 The world is holding its breath – because one wrong move in the Middle East could trigger something far bigger than a regional war. Right now, tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States are no longer just political noise. They are active, volatile, and edging closer to direct confrontation. Military activity,

March 16, 2026 Missiles are flying across the Middle East – but the world’s most powerful military alliance is not firing back. As the war between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has taken an unusual position: support the campaign politically, but stay out of the fighting. That

March 16, 2026 The late former Minister of Defence, co-founder, and President of the Congress of the People (COPE) party, Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, was prepared for burial on Saturday, 14 January. He had passed away on Wednesday. The late politician was laid to rest in Bloemfontein, Free State, following a Special Official Funeral Category Two

March 16, 2026 Thirty-five people have lost their lives in storm-related incidents since December. Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi said in an official address to the press in Durban last Thursday. The KwaZulu-Natal Disaster Management Centre has launched a province-wide plan to help municipalities prepare for disasters. The MEC emphasized that early planning is critical

March 13, 2026 The war in the Middle East is already reshaping the way the world flies – and the cost of that shift may soon land directly on travellers. As tensions involving Iran, Israel and the United States disrupt key aviation corridors across the region, airlines are being forced to redraw flight paths that

March 13, 2026 South Africa’s mobile phone network, MTN Group, faces an escalating legal threat that could see it removed as a partner to the American financial system. This warning was issued by economist Frederick Mitchell in a stark analysis of the company’s exposure through its business relations with Iranian political and security elites. Mitchell,