The collective efforts of the police, public order policing, the army and the community to protect still-standing properties in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has brought some order, but South Africa remains on high alert as we head into the weekend. And as we reflect on what happened over the past week, it is clear that the …
Our strength as a nation has always been tested at the worst of times, and time and time again we stood up triumphant. Today, even though we’ve been hammered by deadly waves of violence, looting and the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans are – in the words of Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm – “pushing back, cleaning up, confiscating …
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A cornered dog attacks, and attack it did. What has started out as a #FreeJacobZuma mega-event, has morphed into something much more widespread and uncontained, writes the Daily Maverick’s Richard Poplak. But to every action there must be a reaction. As the police and defence force buckle under looter pressure, thousands of residents in the besieged …
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Cry our beloved country, cry. Scenes of widespread violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are littered all over global media reporting that the violence and the looting of our country is ironically rooted in trying to free the man that allegedly looted our country. But there is much more to the violence and President Cyril …
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South Africa will stay on Alert Level 4 for another two weeks with a few crumbs for ailing sectors: Restaurants will resume operations at half their normal capacity and gyms are allowed to open subject to strict rules. Some financial relief in the form of unemployment insurance for workers is underway, and for small businesses, …
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The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on all fronts – record infections, climbing death toll, overstretched health system, slugging vaccination rollout, depressed economy, high unemployment, the list goes on. But a most worrying toll that’s largely gone unnoticed but will have a lasting effect on South Africa’s inequality gap is the future of …
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“Dear South Africans and the World. Please be advised that President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN. A full statement will be issued in due course.” With these words from the former president’s foundation just minutes before …
As Delta continues to boost Covid-19 case numbers worldwide, Sydney this morning moved to extend a lockdown that was due to end on Friday for another week to stem the latest outbreak. South Africa is facing the same fate as the country’s healthcare system is buckling under infections that already surpassed the severity of the previous …
Brent oil extended its 45% rise of the first six months of the year to boil over $77 for the first time since 2018, stoking the possibility of $100 a barrel. The latest spark comes from a breakdown of talks between OPEC and other key crude nations, leaving the oil market in limbo. Bloomberg reports …
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Customer-obsessed Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man with an estimated net worth of $198bn, is stepping down today from the company he built to a trillion-dollar empire – exactly 27 years to the day since he started Amazon. And for his next customers – himself, his brother Mark, 82-year old female pilot Wally Funk, and an …
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