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Godongwana holds better budget cards but economic recovery remains inadequate

Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Feb 2026
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will probably have an easier time presenting this year’s budget compared with last year because tax revenue might come in above previous estimates, partly due to a commodity boom and more efficient collection.
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Portuguese carbon deal ‘locks’ Malawian forests for decades

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
Malawi has committed about 550 000 hectares of public forest, close to 6% of the country’s land area, to a 40-year carbon-credit arrangement before parliament has passed a dedicated law to regulate such deals ... The core uncertainty is ... ....
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Our advertising regulator is funded by the food and beverage industry. Should it be allowed ...

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
The public service announcement that aired on Radio Sonder Grense, the Afrikaans arm of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, in October 2024, didn’t mince words ... ‘A very strange funding system’ ... All told, ... I think it’s an addition.” ... — ... ....
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It’s time for a community-centred budget

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
As South Africa awaits the national budget speech, the debate is already framed around familiar themes. fiscal consolidation, debt stabilisation and constrained revenue. These are legitimate concerns ... Equally important is governance.
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Community WhatsApp groups may be amplifying fear, not preventing crime

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
The company cites research showing that informal community crime groups often blur the line between verified threats and assumptions, creating environments where suspicion is treated as evidence and rumours spread faster than facts ... ....
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The Sona debate reflects degeneracy in parliament

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
The recent State of the Nation Address (Sona) debate exposed a profound level of political degeneracy and ideational bankruptcy within South Africa’s Parliament ... Yet the Sona debate demonstrated that such expectations are largely misplaced.
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Gauteng water crisis in the forefront as political parties challenge Lesufi’s Sopa promises

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
Gauteng’s prolonged water crisis and Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s recent comments — for which he later apologised — about using hotel facilities during outages returned to the forefront as political parties responded to his State of the Province address.
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Fire at Cape Town International Airport halts flights

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
A fire at Cape Town International Airport brought operations to a halt on Tuesday, disrupting one of South Africa’ s busiest travel hubs and delaying scores of passengers as flights were rerouted while the fire was being contained ... ....
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Mkhwanazi met Cat Matlala in person, says Brown Mogotsi

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
North West businessman Brown Mogotsi has told parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating police corruption that KwaZulu-Natal commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi met businessman and alleged “Big Five” cartel leader Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala ... Mogotsi ... ....
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IMF expects Godongwana to maintain budget surplus target of 1.5% of GDP

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Feb 2026
The International Monetary Fund expects Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to maintain a primary budget surplus target of 1.5% of GDP, its mission chief for South Africa Delia Velculescu said ... ....
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Unpacking African markets in the era of global volatility

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Feb 2026
Coming in the backdrop of trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the conference, in its second year, is hosted by Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest lender by asset ... It will feature Ballin, Power and Mhango ... ....
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ makes history with Bafta Outstanding Debut win

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Feb 2026
At the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) on Sunday night, My Father’s Shadow quietly stepped into history ... For a film rooted in Nigerian memory yet shaped by diasporic experience, the win lands with particular resonance ... ....
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Colleen Makhubele resigns as MP and quits MK

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Feb 2026
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) MP Colleen Makhubele resigned as a legislator and quit the organisation on Monday, becoming the latest high-profile member to leave Jacob Zuma’s party ... In May last year, she was appointed MP chief whip, replacing Mzwanele Manyi.
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Sibiya denies receiving 20 impalas from Cat Matlala

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Feb 2026
Deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya has denied allegations Witness F made at the Madlanga commission that he received 20 impalas from businessman and alleged leader of the Big 5 cartel Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala ... ....
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Face-to-face with a pangolin: Free AR app launches for World Pangolin Day

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Feb 2026
A new augmented reality (AR) cellphone app is offering the public a rare chance to come face-to-face with South Africa’s only pangolin species, without disturbing wildlife in the wild ... Despite this, pangolins remain largely unknown to the public ... ....

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