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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:26:43 +0000Cryptic Crossword 300 – Six years of non-stop word wrangling
1A Cheers GE, child (second) of JDE, and heart of the great jubilee today! (10)
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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000Seven tech companies to be showcased to potential investors at summit
Online summit provides platform for local tech start ups to access global investors
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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 03:00:00 +0000Sasol on ‘rollercoaster’ ride to a green future
Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.
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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 02:45:00 +0000Ramaphosa’s panel calls for end to coal, but who’ll fund it?
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:02:00 +0000The black women who fought against remnants of apartheid laws
Tirelessly working to build a home and a legacy only to be told you have no right over it once your husband dies or decides to divorce you — the story of black women who battled for justice
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000Zimbabwe: How women are taking over cross-border smuggling
When Covid-19 hit and borders closed, people still needed to bring their groceries into Zimbabwe. Some women have taken the chance to earn a bit of cash
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000The true state of South Africa’s schools
South Africa has one of the most unequal school systems in the world. The gap in test scores between the top 20% and the rest is wider than in almost every other country
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000South Africa’s young climate strikers hit back at critics
Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000Meet the young activist from Mitchells Plain who’s fighting for a greener world
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:56:00 +0000Scrutiny and robust debate are healthy for our courts
Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for example, Turkey’s recent human rights abuses
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