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Daily Maverick reports SAA will continue its recruitment process; Seshibe’s lawyers say he has not dropped his complaints.
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Daily Maverick points to South Africa’s credit-rating upgrades but says weak growth remains a challenge.
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Daily Maverick reports SAA decided not to interview Matshela Seshibe for the permanent CEO job.
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Daily Maverick reports 41 deaths at registered South African mines in 2025; Mantashe called the 2026 rise deeply concerning.
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Daily Maverick reports 95-grade petrol will rise by R3.33 a litre, while diesel will rise by as much as R3.24.
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An AI-generated market post says traders anticipate potential spending cuts; another commenter puts the Ibovespa’s single-session gain at nearly 7.7%.
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Daily Maverick reports that a switch to a new operating system in August 2026 sparked a series of delays at Durban harbour.
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Al Jazeera, citing Somali authorities, reports that security forces rescued the Palau-flagged oil tanker after pirates killed five crew members aboard it.
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Daily Maverick reports, citing budget documents, that Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defense in 2027, up from the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted.
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Yahoo Finance, citing a prospectus seen by Reuters, reports Anthropic’s 2025 revenue rose 12-fold to nearly $4.6 billion. Reuters says the company expects to spend at least $518 billion over a decade building AI infrastructure with six partners.
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Daily Maverick reports that Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says continuity is important as the utility evolves into “Eskom 2.0.”
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Daily Maverick says the inquiry is due to hear ‘izinkabi’ evidence on Monday, September 28.
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Daily Maverick, carrying a Reuters report citing Fortune, says OpenAI also plans a product designed to help customers deploy the model more securely and automatically.
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Reuters reports that the Houthis claimed missile and drone attacks on what they called a “sensitive target” in Riyadh and Saudi Aramco facilities in the Red Sea city of Yanbu.
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First lady Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan joined the greeting upon Xi’s arrival in Washington, according to the White House.
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A Daily Maverick opinion piece says an estimated 645 million people worldwide face hunger, with food disruptions reverberating far beyond immediate conflict zones.
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AFP reports fighting between Tigrayan forces and federal troops in neighboring Afar. African Union Commission chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf called for de-escalation and direct talks under the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement.
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Daily Maverick reports that Aspen Pharmacare will not manufacture the lenacapavir injection, focusing instead on producing alimatravir, an experimental HIV prevention pill.
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Daily Maverick says the proposed race could boost tourism, investment and jobs while avoiding the financial and governance risks of government-funded hosting.
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Daily Maverick reports that the National Financial Ombudsman has suggested urgent changes to how insurers sell funeral policies.
