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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Not my fault I am a cadre deployee.
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Mampara of the week: Zwelo Masilela
Not my fault I am a cadre deployee.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The World Bank has urged SA to consider easing BEE and labour policies to make it less demanding for foreign companies to invest in the country.
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Ease back on BEE and onerous labour laws, urges World Bank
The World Bank has urged South Africa to consider easing BEE and labour policies to make it less demanding for foreign companies to invest in the country.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Led by CEO Kallie Kriel, AfriForum’s call to Donald Trump for intervention in our politics calls into question the legitimacy of the elected government.
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Disinformation adds fuel to AfriForum's fire
Led by CEO Kallie Kriel, AfriForum’s call to US President Donald Trump for intervention in our politics calls into question the legitimacy of the elected government.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Donald Trump is the butt of jokes around the globe, but watching him act like an entitled back-in-the-day school principal was the lowest of lows, writes Makhudu Sefara.
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Trump has ushered in a new era of barbarism
At a time like this, we must be hard on ourselves, display the political nous that helped us navigate a difficult past and demand of ourselves only the best, writes Makhudu Sefara
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
There is so much more in the Sunday Times — have your pick, there is something for everyone.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
When a witness pulled over to intervene and film, the attacker turned on her, screaming expletives and banging on her car window. When a taxi driver came to help, she slapped him too.
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Shocking road rage attack — and some amateur sleuthing — lands woman in court
In a shocking road rage incident, a woman brutally assaulted another female driver after a bumper bash in Honeydew, Johannesburg, repeatedly punching her in the face and stomach.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Though the EFF, like the DA, has opposed a VAT hike, the party has indicated before that it would join the government of national unity if the DA departed, a scenario that could unfold if the impasse is not resolved.
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ANC erects an EFF budget ‘scarecrow’
Party set to lock horns with DA after accepting a 0.75 percentage point hike in VAT proposed by the Treasury
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today in SA sport history: March 3
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Blast from the past: Rain drowns Proteas’ World Cup hopes in Durban
Today in SA sport history: March 3
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
AI-driven learning tools will adjust in real-time to each student's needs, ensuring lessons are tailored specifically to them.
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OPINION | The future of education in a rapidly changing world: Five trends shaping 2025 and beyond
AI-driven learning tools will adjust in real-time to each student's needs, ensuring lessons are tailored specifically to them
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Turning to ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane, former president asked pointedly: ‘Are we doing the right things?’
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'Where are today's liberators?': Thabo Mbeki remembers Namibia's Sam Nujoma
Turning to ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane, former president asked pointedly: ‘Are we doing the right things?’
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Africans were robbed of not only land and wealth but spiritual and cultural anchors says the writers.
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OPINION | 38th AU Summit’s reparatory justice and racial healing agenda was long overdue
Africans were robbed of not only land and wealth but spiritual and cultural anchors
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Premier will be held to account for his 'G13' plan. If he fails, the repercussions for the ANC in the province — and for his place in the party — will be dire.
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EDITORIAL | Does Lesufi have what it takes to turn Gauteng around?
Premier will be held to account for his 'G13' plan. If he fails, the repercussions for the ANC in the province — and for his place in the party — will be dire
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
“For some time, AfriForum has attempted to present itself as a civil society group, but it has become clear their intentions are racial in character. There is nothing civil about it. It is neither inclusive nor respectful of our constitution."
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Naledi Pandor urges swift diplomacy amid SA/Trump debacle
Pandor also took a moment to extend her condolences to the families of South African soldiers killed in Goma
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In this podcast, Mia Malan asks former Pepfar head of staff Jirair Ratevosian what the future holds.
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LISTEN | Would Pepfar survive Trump — and what would it look like?
In this podcast, Mia Malan asks former Pepfar head of staff Jirair Ratevosian what the future holds
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Today in SA sport history: February 27
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Blast from the past: De Villiers wallops whirlwind 162 to help thrash Windies
Today in SA sport history: February 27
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Angry Joburg lawyer wins order against estate agent who defamed him to his bosses
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Judge tells Joburg estate agent to desist from defaming lawyer involved with his ex-wife
Angry Joburg lawyer wins order against estate agent who defamed him to his bosses
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Racial legislation also actively discriminates against this community. Racial discrimination is not limited to this group as it includes white South Africans in general and other minorities,” AfriForum and the Solidarity said.
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AfriForum and Solidarity call for ‘sustained pressure’ on ‘arrogant’ Ramophosa government during US trip
Afrikaner rights group AfriForum and the Solidarity movement have told Washington they are considering President Donald Trump's offer for white Afrikaners to resettle in US, claiming the government led by President Cyril Ramaphosa has "arrogantly refused to negotiate".
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The families were part of more than 100 people who moved into the area from nearby Mega Village, next to Umlazi Mega City, after devastating floods in 2021.
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KZN flood nightmare: ‘I watched my mother and neighbours washed away right in front me’
The families were part of more than 100 moved into the area from nearby Mega Village, next to Umlazi Mega City, after devastating floods in 2021
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Rugby’s greatest championship remains the playing field for the pragmatists.
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Six Nations a real spectacle, but ...
Rugby’s greatest championship remains the playing field for the pragmatists
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
It is ironic that the architects of apartheid colonialism today cry foul for being discriminated against because of their race, writes Nkenke Kekana.
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NKENKE KEKANA | Unravelling the twisted race classification of the ‘regte Afrikaners’
It is ironic that the architects of apartheid colonialism today cry foul for being discriminated against because of their race
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Colonia-era legacies, Kigali’s security concerns and the EU’s ‘selective outrage’ must be factored into narratives about the situation in the DRC, writes Silence Charumba
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SILENCE CHARUMBIRA | Rwandan parliamentary resolution on eastern DRC crisis: pragmatic plea for security and stability
Colonia-era legacies, Kigali’s security concerns and the EU’s ‘selective outrage’ must be factored into narratives about the situation in the DRC, says Silence Charumba
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
TVET colleges, which prepare students for jobs in skilled trades and other technical or vocational fields, are emerging as the preferred choice for many students after matric.
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KZN public works department signs on the dotted line to recruit TVET college artisans
TVET colleges, which prepare students for jobs in skilled trades and other technical or vocational fields, are emerging as the preferred choice for many students after matric
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Today in SA sport history: February 26
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Blast from the past: SA back with a bang as they thrash World Cup hosts on debut
Today in SA sport history: February 26
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the national house of traditional and Khoi-San leaders to collaborate in the process to review the white paper on local government.
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Work with us to build the nation: Ramaphosa tells traditional leaders
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the national house of traditional and Khoi-San leaders to collaborate in the process to review the white paper on local government.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Western Cape High Court hears arguments on whether former judge should be permanently barred from the JSC.
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Sending Hlophe to JSC ‘would make a mockery of its process’, court hears
Western Cape High Court hears arguments on whether former judge should be permanently barred from the JSC
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Former provincial chair Siboniso Duma has been demoted to second deputy co-ordinator while former provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo has been removed from top leadership.
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Mbalula announces KZN task team, demoting both Duma and Mtolo
The ANC has unveiled the KwaZulu-Natal provincial task team (PTT) that will be led by ANC veteran Jeff Radebe as convenor and Mike Mabuyakhulu as co-ordinator.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
SA is producing more doctors than ever, but many can't find jobs in the public sector — even though hospitals need them.
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Not enough jobs for state doctors — what does that mean for NHI?
SA is producing more doctors than ever, but many can't find jobs in the public sector — even though hospitals need them. The Health Beat team examines options for newly qualified doctors
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A Ugandan magistrate's court charged detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye with treason on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's pleas that he be transferred to hospital to help him recover from ill health stemming from a hunger strike.
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IN PICS | Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye charged with treason
A Ugandan magistrate's court charged detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye with treason on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's pleas that he be transferred to hospital to help him recover from ill health stemming from a hunger strike.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Minister says there are opportunities for SA to decommission coal-fired power stations in Mpumalanga and the sugar industry to provide alternative energies and create jobs in the modernised energy sector.
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Sugar biofuels industry an urgent priority, says Steenhuisen
Minister says there are opportunities for SA to decommission coal-fired power stations in Mpumalanga and the sugar industry to provide alternative energies and create jobs in the modernised energy sector
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Today in SA sport history: February 25
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Blast from the past: McCarthy double sends Bafana into Afcon final
Today in SA sport history: February 25
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Given that it is a new multiparty government and not an ANC majority government, it must come up with new GNU policies, not continue policies and budgets the ANC adopted when it was the government, writes William Gumede.
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WILLIAM GUMEDE | The ANC behaves as if it still has a majority
It keeps forcing its destructive policies through parliament, despite vehement opposition to them from its GNU partners
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Trauma fundamentally alters how the brain develops and functions — this is how addressing this looks in practice, to great results
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GUGULETHU NDEBELE | Healing is learning: SA should invest in trauma-based education
Trauma fundamentally alters how the brain develops and functions — this is how addressing this looks in practice, to great results
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Instead of fixing the broken system, the government has allowed NSFAS to drift, while universities struggle to become financially sustainable.
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EDITORIAL | Dear students, shake the tree and force change
Instead of fixing the broken system, the government has allowed NSFAS to drift, while universities struggle to become financially sustainable
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa is either out to prove he was never the Vladimir Putin stooge some of our right-leaning analysts have painted him as, or he really has it in for Donald Trump.
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No chance, Cupcake
President Cyril Ramaphosa is either out to prove he was never the Vladimir Putin stooge some of our right-leaning analysts have painted him as, or he really has it in for Donald Trump.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Zakhele Lebelo probed for allegedly fraudulent R39m land deal
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Former Transnet Property boss in trouble again
Zakhele Lebelo probed for allegedly fraudulent R39m land deal
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Prime area was given to its owners in a land restitution programme, but sold to hotel group.
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High court sets aside R15m land deal near Kruger Park
Prime area was given to its owners in a land restitution programme, but sold to hotel group.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
There’s foment in the winelands where the Stellenbosch municipality is finding the conduct of a well-known wine emporium hard to swallow.
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Court to decide fate of 'rowdy' Stellenbosch wine emporium
There’s foment in the winelands where the Stellenbosch municipality is finding the conduct of a well-known wine emporium hard to swallow.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
American woman says she was in online ‘satanic marriage’ with Alison Botha’s jailed attacker Frans du Toit
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'My satanic marriage to a brutal rapist'
American woman says she was in online ‘satanic marriage’ with Alison Botha’s jailed attacker Frans du Toit
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Test Kitchen is a new bakery causing a stir in suburban Jobur
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A taste of true decadence
Test Kitchen is a new bakery causing a stir in suburban Jobur
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
'I'm not saying Stedman [Gans, who was named man of the match] was poor, I just thought 'Grobbies' was outstanding'
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White lauds Bulls' Grobbelaar and Le Roux for Jukskei heroics
'I'm not saying Stedman [Gans, who was named man of the match] was poor, I just thought 'Grobbies' was outstanding'
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Today in SA sport history: February 24
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Blast from the past: Proteas Women become first senior SA team to reach a World Cup final
Today in SA sport history: February 24
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Presidency spokesperson Tina Salama said Tshisekedi would form a government of national unity and make changes in the leadership of the coalition, without giving further details.
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DRC president Felix Tshisekedi plans to form a government of national unity in response to M23 crisis
Presidency spokesperson Tina Salama said Tshisekedi would form a government of national unity and make changes in the leadership of the coalition.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's new bride-to-be Princess Sihle Mdluli from Mpumalanga sealed her fate as "mother of the nation' when she took centre stage at official royal events.
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Princess Sihle tipped to be 'mother of the nation'
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's new bride-to-be Princess Sihle Mdluli from Mpumalanga sealed her fate this week as "mother of the nation' when she took centre stage at official royal events.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It has been established that the relationship between the two is so sour that Godongwana — in the period before the dramatic postponement of the budget on Wednesday — ignored repeated requests for a meeting from Kieswetter.
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Inside the ‘toxic’ relationship between Godongwana and Kieswetter
Well-placed officials told Sunday Times this week that the working relationship between finance minister and Sars boss has been sour since February last year
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Since its formation in 2006, AfriForum has gained notoriety for championing issues pertaining to what it calls the unjust oppression of “the Afrikaner community” — the definition of which I doubt extends to black and coloured Afrikaners.
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Taking responsibility doesn’t always taste good
AfriForum’s most high-profile leaders — Kallie Kriel and Ernst Roets — have spent the past fortnight having to swallow several litres of their own, over-sweetened cream soda concoction.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
DA federal chair Helen Zille told the Sunday Times she held several meetings with Godongwana in the past fortnight at which it was made clear the party opposed any increase in VAT.
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How Godongwana’s obstinacy cancelled the budget
Desperate to find money to fund the state’s ambitious spending plans, finance minister ignored warnings about VAT hike plan
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
There is so much more in the Sunday Times — have your pick, there is something for everyone.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Reino Erasmus is the co-founder and chief innovation officer at tech consultancy Ampersand
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Combining creativity and technology to solve problems
Reino Erasmus is the co-founder and chief innovation officer at tech consultancy Ampersand
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The Bulls bullied the Lions in the scrum as they maintained their stranglehold over their Gauteng neighbours in their United Rugby Championship clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
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Brutal Bulls bully win from Lions
The Bulls bullied the Lions in the scrum as they maintained their stranglehold over their Gauteng neighbours in their United Rugby Championship clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
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Sunday Times @sundaytimessa.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Patrick Rulore invites us to a dialogue with his experiences
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Art masters get a reboot
Patrick Rulore invites us to a dialogue with his experiences
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