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Drones were sent out more than once to situations described as “fake COVID testing.”

Martin Williams Picture: iStock Pothole Patrol, launched on Monday, offers a glimpse of the way forward for Johannesburg and the country. For months, potholes have symbolised dysfunction in South Africa’s largest, richest city. We have despaired at the growing list and the inability of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) to cope. Now, the arrival of sponsored “Jetpatcher” machinery has spawned hopes that the backlog of about 48 000 potholes is not insurmountable. We can visualise ...

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Former Schuylkill County cheerleader Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

South Africa’s political landscape is unique and complex, underpinned by a history of racial inequality and discrimination. The idealism of a ‘Rainbow Nation’ is held aloft whenever a politician needs to tug at the heartstrings of South Africans. The reality is far removed. The wrong word, uttered by the wrong person is quickly churned into a hate-filled froth by sensationalism on media platforms. Strip a single word of its context, magnify its connotations and you’ve got fuel for the South African ritual of the Two Weeks Hate. James Myburgh extends George Orwell’s description of t...