Escaping the debt trap could set SA on the road to fiscal victory dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Christiane @Amanpour said she “looks forward to interesting new projects down the line, and will always be rooting for CNN and maintaining its history of independent journalism. Remember: always be truthful, not neutral.” cnn.com/2026/10/19/media/chr…
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BREAKING: Trump administration considers large-scale strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, which handles around 90% of Iran's oil exports, to force concessions on the nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz before the November 3 midterms, per senior US sources cited by Israel Hayom.
The options include massive precision strikes on oil storage tanks, oil pipelines and loading facilities on the island, as well as military installations there and elsewhere. Trump discussed them with advisers at the Defense Department and the CIA.
The sources say fears of electoral losses are pushing Trump to "seek a foreign policy achievement before the midterms." Strikes on Pickaxe Mountain remain on the table in parallel, with Kharg not cancelling the other out.
Iran has already warned that "All oil, economic and energy infrastructure throughout the region that own US stocks or cooperate with the US will be immediately destroyed and turned into a pile of ashes," in return.
Bid-rigging detection receives boost from new AI system businessday.co.za/news/2026-…
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The MK Party has once again fired its party whips in Parliament and brought in new people (I think this might be the third or fourth since the 2024 elections).
Notably, Mr Ngubane was once a chief whip, fired, and is now back again as a whip.
NPA hasn’t even decided on Suliman Carrim prosecution, lawyer says as bail ruling reserved news24.com/southafrica/crime… via @news24
‘A complete fabrication’: Mbeki rebuts claims of secret SADF amnesty meetings businessday.co.za/news/law/2…
NPA blocks demands in bid to collapse Transnet state capture case businessday.co.za/news/law/2…
Ramaphosa backs Vedanta’s zinc smelter in Northern Cape businessday.co.za/companies/…
ANC hauled to court over unpaid R40m debt owed for 2019 election campaign branding news24.com/southafrica/news/… via @news24
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[JUST IN] #SulimanCarrim Another week behind bars for the businessman. The magistrate wants time to consider arguments.
Bail decision will be on the 28th October.
#eNCA
Libertas ‘has hallmarks of Ponzi scheme on grand scale’ citizen.co.za/news/libertas-…
Media and civil society fight secret trial of Zuma’s ‘superspy’ Thulani Dlomo dailymaverick.co.za/article/…






