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Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price 14th August 2026
CAMPUS CHAOS: Court orders Manamela to reinstate NSFAS board, suspending Mathebula 14th August 2026
NSFAS administrator Prof Hlengani Mathebula’s appointment has been suspended by the Pretoria High Court, which ordered the reinstatement of the board after the court cited “bizarre” conduct from Mathebula’s past at SARS and procedural flaws in Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela’s intervention.
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Woolworths shopper, patient Suliman Carrim faces criminal charges after final commission no-show 14th August 2026
The Madlanga Commission will lay criminal charges against ANC member and businessman Suliman Carrim after he repeatedly failed to appear and refused an independent medical assessment. The move ends months of wrangling over Carrim’s medical excuses. Evidence leader Adila Hassim says he may be in breach of the Commissions Act.
EXPLORATION HALTED: ConCourt ends Shell’s Wild Coast oil and gas lifeline in victory for coastal communities 14th August 2026
Apex ruling overturns order that gave companies another chance to preserve an “unlawfully” granted offshore exploration right.
CORRUPTION-BUSTING: Theatre of consequences — Madlanga Commission needs an extended run 14th August 2026
In a country weary of inquiries without consequences, acclaim for the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System — the Madlanga Commission — is surprising.
Edge of survival: I sell sex and chicken feet to feed my children, says mom of three 14th August 2026
In Lenasia South a 32‑year‑old mother of three from Mozambique says she sells chicken feet on the street – and sex to men – because she has no schooling, receives no child grants and her husband stopped supporting the family in 2019.
If we want a human rights economy, Africa must change from within 14th August 2026
While building a human rights economy in Africa also requires transforming the international financial architecture and global economic governance, true and lasting change must come from within.
American missionary kidnapped in Niger released, NYT and Christian organization say 14th August 2026
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was kidnapped in Niger's capital Niamey in October last year, has been released and is in U.S. hands, according to the Christian organization Rideout worked for.

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