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South Africa Cuts Repo Rate Amid Rising Inflation: Will Borrowers Feel Relief?
South Africa Today
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August 3, 2025
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced a 25 basis point reduction in the repo rate, bringing it down to 8.25%, with the prime lending rate now at 10.5%. The decision comes against a backdrop of...
Cape Town libraries ignite STEAM passion!
Cape Town ETC
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August 3, 2025
The City of Cape Town has officially kicked off National Science Week with an ambitious programme designed to inspire young minds through Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM), Cape {town} Etc reports. The week-long...
South Africa’s Valdai Conference Reviews Russia’s Current Relations With Africa
The News Chronicle
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August 3, 2025
On July 28, the Valdai Discussion Club in partnership with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) held the 3rd Russian-African Conference titled: “Realpolitik in a Divided World: Rethinking Russia-South Africa Ties in a...
Radioactive horns: South Africa’s bold approach to rhino conservation
The Times of India
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August 3, 2025
In a world-first effort to combat the ruthless poaching of rhinos, scientists in South Africa have developed a groundbreaking method: injecting rhino horns with radioactive material. The initiative, known as the Rhisotope Project, is the...
Communities near South Africa’s Kruger National Park prefer ...
Modern Ghana
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Kruger National Park is a flagship South African conservation area home to lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. Tourists from all over the world flock to the park to see wildlife. But people living nearby deal with the daily realities of living...
Cape Town's solution to river pollution that KZN should adopt
IOL
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Recent reports regarding the DA-led City of Cape Town’s installation of permanent waste interceptors in 20 rivers and canals is a success story in environmental stewardship. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and his administration deserve high praise for...
Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care ...
Modern Ghana
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The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of thought, to call for alternatives to development. The idea of development is a very influential way...
Wild Animals Are Thriving on South Africa's Private Reserves and Game Farms
Reason Magazine
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August 3, 2025
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. Sitting in the front seat of an open Land Rover being driven furiously backward for about a half-mile while being chased by a bugling, ear-flapping, and...
Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care should go hand-in-hand with development
The Conversation
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August 3, 2025
The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of thought, to call for alternatives to development. The idea of development is a very influential way...
South Africa Plans Relief For Exporters Affected By Trump Tariffs
StratNews Global
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August 2, 2025
Home Africa South Africa Plans Relief For Exporters Affected By Trump Tariffs South Africa’s trade ministry has launched an "Export Support Desk" to aid affected firms and explore alternative markets amid what Minister Parks Tau called “a trying...
MASTERING THE CUT – THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PRUNING
South Africa Today
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August 3, 2025
It’s that time of year again – winter, when gardeners prepare for one of nature’s most counterintuitive practices: cutting back to encourage growth. Pruning, typically done in late winter to early spring while many plants are still dormant, is...
Women in Engineering: IMESA reports significant growth
IOL
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The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) has reported a steady rise in the number of women in infrastructure engineering, with women now making up 30% of its membership, up from just 12% in 2005. The figures were released...
South African designer launches Ndebele Heritage LEGO hut set
Cape Town ETC
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August 2, 2025
Explore Africa project invites builders to celebrate Ndebele art. South African designer Lindsay Swartbooi has unveiled a new LEGO Ideas project titled Explore Africa! Ndebele Tribe Hut Set, honouring the country’s vibrant Ndebele heritage. The...
South Africa: Radioactive rhino horns to fight poaching
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 2, 2025
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If White South African Murders Are Robberies Gone Wrong, Why Are Many ‘Tortured Or Killed Without Anything Being Stolen’?
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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August 2, 2025
When President Donald Trump interrupted his Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to play a video evidencing widespread persecution against white South Africans in May, the left-wing media called it an “ambush.” Which...
South Africa Uses Radioactive Isotopes to Deter Rhino Horn Trafficking
teleSUR
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August 2, 2025
South African scientists are using radioactive isotopes to make rhino horns detectable at international checkpoints, aiming to disrupt illegal trade without harming the animals. New radioactive isotope injection makes rhino horns detectable at...
South Africa’s poaching plight highlighted
Zululand Observer
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August 2, 2025
Despite being at the frontline in the fight against crime syndicates targeting wildlife and other South African treasures, rangers are ‘outnumbered, outgunned and overlooked’. This was stated by Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment...
South Africa starts radioactive isotopes injection to fight rhino poaching
Xinhua News Agency
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A researcher injects a radioisotope dosage into a white rhino's horn at the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in Limpopo Province, South Africa, on July 30, 2025. South African researchers have started injecting small amounts of detectable radioactive...
Lesotho to Engage South Africa Over Alleged Xenophobic Treatment and Healthcare Denials
South Africa Today
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August 2, 2025
The Lesotho government has announced plans to send a high-level delegation to South Africa to address growing concerns over the treatment of Basotho nationals, including alleged xenophobic incidents and denial of healthcare services. The decision...
FW de Klerk Foundation urges South Africa to diversify trade amid US tariffs
IOL
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August 2, 2025
Bongani Hans|Published 5 minutes ago 4min Apartheid’s last president, FW De Klerk’s foundation has added its voice in calling for South Africa to stop being overly reliant on America and look elsewhere for trade deals amid concerns over President...