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Dial-A-Ride Crisis Ignored by Urban Mobility Directorate

Location: News

The GOOD Party condemns the City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate for refusing to place the Dial-a-Ride crisis on the agenda of tomorrow’s Portfolio Committee on Urban Mobility. Instead of urgently addressing the service cuts already affecting hundreds of residents with severe mobility impairments, the committee has scheduled the matter for discussion only in October, a full month after the City’s own 8 September suspension and restriction of the service takes effect.

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World News – 3 September 2025

Location: News

UK markets wobble as 30-year gilt yields hit 1998 highs and sterling tumbles 1.5%, underscoring investor doubts about Labour’s fiscal discipline. Rising global debt jitters fuel the selloff, with traders demanding steeper risk premiums on both bonds and currency. Putin’s China visit yielded big energy deals, but Russia’s push to tap China’s vast wheat market …

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TLDR: Social Media Headlines – 3 September 2025

Location: News

Johnnie Walker strikes a bolder note with Sabrina Carpenter partnership: Announced around the release of the singer’s new album, the multiyear pact is part of the whisky maker’s efforts to better appeal to young consumers. Depop eyes larger US presence with ads touting style ‘Depopelgangers’: The online fashion reseller’s “Where Taste Recognizes Taste” campaign spotlights …

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Hope Restored

Location: Letters

Dear Editor The DA in North West welcomes the decision by the COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to place the Ditsobotla Local Municipality under national government administration as per Section 139(7). Ditsobotla residents can today again look towards the future with hope in a municipality that is responsive and that delivers services. This is the first …

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Inspiring a Culture of Allyship Amongst Senior Women Leaders

Location: Business

South African Breweries (SAB), in partnership with Open Chair, proudly hosted The Unspoken Alliance last week, during Women’s Month dinner and conversation designed to bring senior women in the advertising and marketing industry together for connection, collaboration, and collective strength. Taking place at ‘The Pot Luck Club’ in Johannesburg, the special gathering offers women leaders …

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Instant, Integrated and Inclusive African Payments

Location: Business

Africa is rapidly becoming a laboratory for payment innovation, where regional corridors, mobile-led economies, and digitally savvy consumers are converging to transform how money moves. With a growing focus on real-time, frictionless payments and regional integration, the continent’s financial future is being rewritten, one transaction at a time. “Payment systems have increasingly become the heartbeat …

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A Milestone Celebration of Passion, Innovation, and Community

Location: Business

The 8th edition of the Festival of Motoring (FOM), powered by WesBank, has officially concluded at the iconic Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, marking a landmark year for Africa’s premier automotive showcase. With 32,441 visitors, 107 exhibitors, and more than 10,000 track experiences, the 2025 Festival achieved record attendance and cemented its position as a must-attend …

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Western Cape Government’s Legal Challenge to the NHI Act Welcomed

Location: Letters

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) warmly welcomes the Western Cape Government’s decision to challenge the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act in the Constitutional Court. This challenge is about defending the right of South Africans to have a real say when laws are made. The NHI Act is one of the biggest changes to South …

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UIF Millions Used to Bail out AMSA While Jobs Vanish

Location: Letters

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding answers on why Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has poured hundreds of millions of rands into bailing out ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), while thousands of workers elsewhere in the manufacturing and minerals sectors are still losing their jobs. In recent months, Ford has cut around 500 jobs, Goodyear nearly …

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Gregor Townsend’s Contract Extended

Location: Sport

Scottish Rugby and Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend have agreed to extend his contract until the end of 2027, following the Rugby World Cup in Australia. Townsend began his term in 2017 and is the longest serving head coach of the Scotland national team in the professional era. During the 2026 Guinness Six Nations, Gregor …

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SA Rugby Becomes a Shareholder

Location: Sport

The United Rugby Championship confirmed on Wednesday that the South African Rugby Union has become the league’s sixth shareholder, joining the Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Welsh rugby unions, along with CVC Capital Partners, as shareholders in Pro Rugby Championship DAC, the company that operates the league. SA Rugby’s relationship with the competition dates back to …

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Brown Appointed as Interim Managing Director Of Glasgow Warriors

Location: Sport

Kenny Brown has been appointed Glasgow Warriors’ interim Managing Director, succeeding Al Kellock who leaves the club to become Scottish Rugby Head of Performance Pathways after a successful four-and-a-half-year tenure. Brown will transition from his current role as Head of Operations for an initial 12-month period having joined the club in 2018. He became Team …

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Scottish Rugby Strengthens High-Performance Department

Location: Sport

Five new appointments to crucial areas in Scottish Rugby’s High-Performance department have been confirmed to deliver the organisation’s new strategic approach to player development. The appointment process, led directly by Scottish Rugby Performance Director David Nucifora, has recruited expertise to enhance the performance pathway, nutrition, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, analysis, athletic performance, along with sport science. …

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We Will Uphold Non-racialism

Location: Letters

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance is deeply concerned about a video purportedly capturing an official at the Stellenbosch Municipality expressing racist views and apparently promoting unlawful labour practices. The DA is committed to non-racialism. We reject all forms of discrimination, regardless of their source or target. In light of the video being circulated on social …

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2025 Inclusive Lens Award Winners

Location: News

FAME Week Africa hosted the second Inclusive Lens Awards, unveiling a new era of creators, filmmakers and storytellers who are reshaping traditional media on our screens. The Inclusive Lens Awards are designed to foreground content that elevates diverse storytelling and representation through film and television. The winners were announced at the award ceremony on Tuesday, …

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American Sailing Yacht Assisted

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Etienne van Zyl, NSRI Durban station commander, said: On Sunday evening, 31 August, at approximately 18h00, NSRI Durban were alerted by TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Port of Durban Port Control reporting a 14 meter monohull sailing yacht, crewed by an American husband and wife, requiring assistance, who had been at sea for the past …

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COGTA Fails to Exercise Oversight in Buffalo City

Location: Letters

Dear Editor The decision by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to allow Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) to dictate the postponement of an oversight visit by the Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee is deeply troubling. Oversight is a constitutional mandate, not a courtesy extended at the discretion of municipalities. This abdication undermines …

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