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IN PICTURES: Historic-low water levels reveal shipwreck in Germany, and more from around the world 1st October 2026
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... a selection of recent images from our planet.
NATIONAL UNHEALTHY INSURANCE: R182m NHI spin deal is a warning of what’s to come 1st October 2026
If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare.
FORMULA FOR FAILURE OP-ED: Fenced in — why City Power’s ‘ringfencing’ in Joburg is a 30% revenue grab 30th September 2026
City Power’s new 70/30 revenue split isn't ringfencing; it’s an arbitrary top-line tax. Without structural funding reform, Johannesburg’s power utility faces guaranteed insolvency.
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Sibanyoni’s Putco bid puts focus on political access, business interests 30th September 2026
Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni’s January 2024 meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Gwede Mantashe, and his apparent demand for a 30% stake in the bus company Putco, have brought into question the tax boss’s political reach and his business interests.
CRIMINALISING SURVIVAL OP-ED: Blunt-force justice — new bill proposes excessive punishment for artisanal mining 30th September 2026
The General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill proposes penalties of up to 30 years’ imprisonment and a R100-million fine for unlicensed mining. But the Bill fails to distinguish between violent criminal networks and vulnerable, subsistence artisanal miners.
WILD OMISSION: South Africa’s lion bone trade — the consequences the government never considered 30th September 2026
South Africa exported thousands of captive-bred lion skeletons to Asian markets – but never studied whether the trade fuelled demand, enabled laundering or increased pressure on wild lions.
Why I’ll wear black, not pink, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month 30th September 2026
This October, I will wear black, not as a symbol of despair, but as an act of reflection and, frankly, of grief. To mourn the preventable suffering we have allowed to become normal.
Freedom Front Plus’ apartheid killers should not be elected councillors nor mayoral candidates 30th September 2026
The Freedom Front plus should withdraw William Harrington’s mayoral candidature in Nelson Mandela Bay.

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