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Protesters Block Foreign Nationals from Accessing Healthcare Despite Constitutional Right
South Africa Today
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July 11, 2025
Despite constitutional guarantees ensuring emergency medical treatment for all, protesters from the March and March and Operation Dudula movements have allegedly prevented individuals—based on their immigration status—from accessing public...
Son’s medical gift to save dad’s life
Times LIVE
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South Africa faces a huge shortage of kidney donors leaving many in need of surgery without a fighting chance 11 July 2025 - 04:30 A Ladysmith student gave his gravely ill father the ultimate gift by donating a much-needed kidney in a bid to save...
Antiretroviral drugs in South Africa’s rivers raise environmental concerns
Mail & Guardian
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July 10, 2025
A new study has found that lopinavir and efavirenz are the top pollutants in water bodies, many associated with waste water treatment plants Significant concentrations of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) have been detected in South Africa’s water...
Cape Town prepares for winter flooding: City assures residents of readiness
IOL
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July 10, 2025
With another cold front to hit the western parts of South Africa, the City of Cape Town has assured residents that they are well prepared with their winter readiness plan. However despite these assurances a series of flooding incidents across the...
Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine
Mail & Guardian
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July 10, 2025
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain. (File photo) South Africa is the most unequal society in the world. In one suburb, rows of tidy houses with manicured lawns and sparkling blue...
A viral video celebrated the connection between two friends who came from opposite sides of South African life
Briefly
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July 10, 2025
A heartwarming TikTok video went viral, showcasing the friendship between two young South African men from vastly different backgrounds Their bond deepened through mutual respect and shared values, with each learning about the other's culture,...
Ordinary South Africans will feel impact of US tariffs
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 10, 2025
South African consumers already battle to make ends meet in difficult economic conditions and the US tariffs will make it even worse. US president Donald Trump’s import tariffs will threaten South African jobs and livelihoods, with ordinary people...
30% tariff, 0% respect. Why South Africa must push back against US bullying
Mail & Guardian
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July 9, 2025
Donald Trump’s ‘solution’ to South Africa avoiding the tariff hike – move production to the US – is nothing more than economic blackmail On 7 July, United States President Donald Trump delivered an aggressive diplomatic strike against South...
10 Children Among at Least 17 Killed in Israeli Bombing of Gaza Charity Clinic Queue
Common Dreams
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July 10, 2025
An Israeli strike on Palestinians waiting in line outside a charity clinic in central Gaza killed at least 17 people including 10 children Thursday, a day that saw scores more Gazans killed throughout the embattled enclave. The Palestinians were...
South African stewardess found dead on Bahamas yacht
Cape Town ETC
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July 10, 2025
A dream voyage aboard a multimillion-dollar superyacht turned into a chilling nightmare when 20-year-old South African stewardess Paige Bell was found dead in the engine room of the Far From It, a 43-metre luxury vessel docked at the elite Harbour...
South Africa: Small businesses transform Cape Town CBD with record growth
Zawya
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Confidence is climbing in Cape Town’s central business district, with business sentiment reaching its highest point since 2020. According to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District’s (CCID) Q1 2025 Business Confidence Survey – based on...
The silent struggle of panic attacks: how South Africans cope daily
IOL
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July marks Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa, and on 10 July, we pause to spotlight something many people live with but few talk about openly: panic attacks. But here’s the thing, panic doesn’t always look the way you might imagine....
5. 2% annual inflation in South Africa's residential property prices reported for February 2025
IOL
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The annual national residential property price inflation was 5.2% in February 2025, marginally down from a revised 5.3% in January this year. The Residential Property Price Index February 2025, released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on...
Real and fake antidotes to Trump's latest tariffs, seen from South Africa
CADTM
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July 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps reminiscent of 1930s-scale Make America Great Depression Again. The self-harm to his own MAGA lower-middle-class social base –...
India, Namibia Call For Fast-tracking Trade Deal With South African Customs Union
StratNews Global
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July 10, 2025
Home Africa India, Namibia Call For Fast-tracking Trade Deal With South African Customs Union India–SACU preferential trade agreement can be a transformative platform for regional trade, investment and value chain integration, PM Modi said India...
South Africa’s digital revolution:
SA Instrumentation & Control
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South Africa’s digital revolution: July 2025 IT in Manufacturing South Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its technological evolution, poised to redefine itself as Africa’s leading digital powerhouse. Over the past two years, political leaders...
South Africa faces a decline in homebuying activity amid economic challenges
IOL
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South Africa may see a dip in homebuying activity as consumers grapple with various economic challenges and rising household costs. Although the tariff increases do not directly target South Africa’s residential property market, there will be some...
Devil worship, muti and murder: what’s behind the growth of occult gangs in South Africa?
The Conversation
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July 10, 2025
Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and contribute to ongoing violence, drug trafficking...
A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting South Africa's analgesics market
Zawya
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Locally and globally, there is growing demand for alternative pain-relief products that utilise advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence, reshaping how pain is managed and treated. This trend is being driven by the need for safer, more...
How social media influencers shape public opinion in South Africa
Weekend Argus
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July 10, 2025
Lindokuhle Tonono Social media was supposed to be a place where everyone could finally have a voice. For years, we heard that platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok would open up public conversation. No more gatekeepers in newsrooms...