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- THE KILLING OF ALEX PRETTI: Federal officials dig in on Minneapolis shooting narrative, contradicting video evidence
In Minneapolis, video evidence contradicts federal officials’ narrative of a fatal shooting by immigration agents, igniting protests and calls for accountability amid rising tensions. Read more » - COMMUNITY JUSTICE: Inside the Joburg vigilante group delivering ‘justice’ and posting it online in the absence of police
Many residents of Orange Farm, Johannesburg, have lost faith in the police. A local group has stepped in to fill the vacuum, taking ‘cases’, dishing out ‘discipline’, returning stolen property and posting coerced confessions on social media. Read more » - CRICKET: Sunrisers Eastern Cape seal third SA20 title in four seasons with Newlands victory
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 162 for 4 (Matthew Breetzke 68*, Tristan Stubbs 63*, Keshav Maharaj 1-23) beat Pretoria Capitals 158 for 7 (Dewald Brevis 101, Marco Jansen 3-10) by six wickets. Read more » - AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE: Nelson Mandela Bay to spend R10m restoring power after transmission towers collapse
Serious questions have been raised over maintenance failure after two transmission towers collapsed in Gqeberha on Thursday. While the municipality tries to restore power, small businesses are struggling to stay afloat, and the water supply has been disrupted. Read more » - US storm leaves 850,000 without power, forces 10,000 flight cancellations
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - More than 850,000 customers in the U.S. as far west as New Mexico were without electricity and over 10,000 flights were canceled on Sunday during a monster winter storm that paralyzed eastern and southern states with heavy snow and ice. Read more » - ANALYSIS: Economic growth in 2026 is key to survival of the coalition government
Amid the optimism about South Africa’s prospects in 2026, economic growth is crucial to our longer-term future. If the economy expands, the coalition and the Constitution are strengthened. If the economy fails to grow now, we risk losing our last real chance to defeat the rising tide of anti-constitutionalist and… Read more » - Starmer leadership rival Burnham blocked from seeking return to UK parliament
LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - British Labour Party politician Andy Burnham was on Sunday blocked from trying to return to parliament, with lawmakers on the left of the party accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his allies of a political move to keep out a potential leadership rival. Read more » - Hippo meat frenzy ends in tragedy at Lake St Lucia
Two men have died in the aftermath of the illegal snaring of a hippo in the Imfolozi River floodplain, near the mouth of Lake St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal Read more » - STATE OF CAPTURE: Combined crises — Ramphosa decries 26 murders, while turmoil rocks SA law enforcement
President Ramaphosa expresses ‘sadness’ over 26 murders while SA law enforcers battle over accountability in a nation gripped by crime, corruption and community despair. Read more » - PREVENTION NOT PUNISHMENT OP-ED: Crime, cartels and corruption — the drug policy debate we refuse to have in SA
The Madlanga Commission didn’t reveal anything new. Communities already know that the war on drugs protects power, not people. Read more »