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ALL AT SEA: Ramaphosa should fire Motshekga and all of SANDF top brass for Iran fiasco, say experts 18th January 2026
Military experts urge President Ramaphosa to dismiss Defence Minister Motshekga and SANDF leaders for failing to enforce his order to withdraw Iranian warships during joint exercises.
TRC ROULETTE : Judge Sisi Khampepe allegedly being illegally monitored by Jacob Zuma, inquiry hears 18th January 2026
From possessing ‘secret’ emails allegedly sent from the private address of retired judge Sisi Khampepe, to hush-hush talks with apartheid-era generals, Jacob Zuma’s shadow looms large over the Khampepe Inquiry.
BIG TURN-OFF: Joburg residents in the dark as streetlight repair time skyrockets 18th January 2026
If you think Johannesburg’s streets are looking a lot darker these days, your instincts are correct. A Daily Maverick community investigation has uncovered that the repair time for streetlights has doubled in the space of a year. Widespread crime, vandalism, and underspending are leaving frustrated residents in the dark for weeks, and in some cases, […]
DIGITAL DANGER OP-ED: Grok’s undress feature violates South Africans’ rights, and must be stopped now 18th January 2026
Moxii Africa (formerly Media Monitoring Africa) has issued letters of demand to the South African government and to X Corp to ensure Grok AI acts immediately to disable the ‘undressing’ feature of Grok, and any other feature that allows users to create and share non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.
ANALYSIS: National Health Insurance — reports of a potential truce are greatly exaggerated 18th January 2026
Amid ongoing legal battles over the National Health Insurance, hopes for a truce dwindle as political motives complicate negotiations on universal healthcare.
Big Stink: Cable theft leaves Nelson Mandela Bay awash in raw sewage 18th January 2026
Cable theft and vandalism have left Gqeberha’s wastewater system in crisis, sending raw sewage into streets and homes — affecting both more affluent suburbs and under-resourced communities.
ANYONE ANSWERING?: City Power backtracks on banning reporting faults through councillors, but only temporarily 18th January 2026
Johannesburg residents often complain that City call centres are not effective. So when City Power told residents they had to communicate with the utility directly, not through councillors, there was outrage.
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED: From Minnesota to the Red Sea — how Somalis became the front line of global politics 18th January 2026
The people Trump treats as expendable – the refugees, the ones he tells to go back – do not exist on the margins of history. They are the connective tissue of global politics, the ones who absorb the blows first – until the rest of the world finally realises it is standing in the blast […]

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