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Image: Supplied President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow , Tuesday, 04 November 2025, receive the G20 Inequality Committee  Report on global inequalities together with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and UNAIDS Executive Director Ms Winnie Byanyima. The G20 Presidency of South Africa gave a unique opportunity for the country to launch a new Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts – commissioned by President Ramaphosa, and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Jos

Image: Supplied The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources announces the adjustment of fuel prices based on current local and international factors with effect from the 5th of November 2025. South Africa’s fuel prices are adjusted monthly, informed by international and local factors. International factors include the fact that South Africa imports both crude oil and finished products at a price set at the international level, including importation costs, e.g., shipping c

Image: NYDA The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) joins the nation in commemorating Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM), which is observed annually from 3 November 2025 to 3 December 2025. This period serves as a reminder of the Agency's commitment to building an inclusive and accessible NYDA that delivers impactful, meaningful youth development opportunities for every young person in the nation. Under the current Board's strategic vision, inclusivity and accessib

Image: Supplied one of South Africa’s leading digital marketing agencies, is pioneering solutions to help businesses take control of their brand narrative inside AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity. In today’s world, people no longer just Google, they ask AI. And that means your customers are getting answers about your brand directly from AI systems. But what if those answers are incomplete, outdated, or even wrong? Generative AI models learn from t

Image: Anthony Grote Luan Munnik , winner of the 2024 Boxer Super Run Tshwane, and Ryan Mphahlele , winner of the 2025 Boxer Super Run Durban, will face off at the debut of the Boxer Super Run Joburg  at Marks Park Sports Club  on Sunday, 09 November 2025 . The showdown promises to be a showstopper, with both speedsters openly aiming for gold. According to Munnik , the 5km distance is a sweet spot where speed and endurance collide. “It’s where a 1500m track specialist like me

image: Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) condemns last weekend's brutal farm attack in the Heilbron area, in which a farm worker was murdered and his wife seriously injured during a livestock theft incident. According to reports, 11 attackers stole sheep and brutally assaulted the couple. Thanks to the swift response by the police and local farmers, the suspects were arrested and 22 stolen sheep recovered.  The Freedom Front Plus commends the collaboration b

Image: Wanda Diamond League The biggest stars of global athletics can begin to plot their route to glory in the 2026 Wanda Diamond League with the publication of disciplines for all 15 meetings this Monday. A host of reigning Olympic and world champions will return to action in the Diamond League next year, testing themselves week in, week out at the highest level of track and field. As athletics’ premier one-day meeting series, the Diamond League offers fans and athletes the

Comrades Marathon Association With more than 2,600 entries secured in the early window by the Green Number Club and CMA Members, the 22,000 limit is well on its way! The entry fees are as follows: •South African 2026 Entrants R1200 •Rest of African 2026 Entrants R2000 •International 2026 Entrants R4500 Runners can choose the option to pay the entry fee in one immediate instalment, or in two instalments: 50% on entering and the remaining 50% by the end of February 2026. (Note:

Image: Anthony Grote The Boxer Super Run  will celebrate its Joburg debut at Marks Park Sports Club  on Sunday, 09 November 2025 , with a strong showing in the ELITE WOMEN’S WAVE . Glenrose Xaba  (Boxer Super Run Durban 2025 and Boxer Super Run Tshwane 2024 Champion), Karabo More  (Boxer Super Run Durban 2024 Champion), Zanthe Taljaart and Cian Oldknow have all confirmed their readiness to bring the heat on race day. With Boxer Athletics Club’s top runner Glenrose Xaba  havin

Image: Maroela Media This week, Premier Alan Winde visited the Southern Cape, where he assessed progress on some of the Hessequa Municipality’s major infrastructure projects. In a meeting with the municipal council, the Premier congratulated Executive Mayor Grant Riddles and his team for being recognised as one of South Africa’s best-performing municipalities at the inaugural South African Property Owners Association Municipal Performance Awards. “This accolade speaks to stab

Images: SA Govt. The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mr Buti Manamela, has announced the publication of draft amended Regulations for Reporting by Public Higher Education Institutions. The proposed regulations mark a major step in strengthening accountability, improving transparency, and enabling earlier intervention in the governance of public universities. The new regulations, which will soon be gazetted for public comment under Section 41 of the Higher Education

Image: ENCA The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), in partnership with Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA), will host the Global Business Services (GBS) Annual Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, from 3–5 November 2025. The conference will bring together investors, international brands, policymakers, and industry leaders from key markets such as Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to explore new investmen

Image: Dakar 2026 Ayo is a young lion who symbolises the joy and energy of Senegalese youth. The name means “joy” in Yoruba – – and reflects the spirit of celebration and unity associated with the Games. Ayo wears a traditional Fulani Tingandé hat, representing wisdom, dignity and a connection to rural life, Ayo represents the values of Dakar 2026 and highlights the cultural heritage of Senegal as the host nation. The mascot was unveiled by the YOG Organising Committee, dur

Image: ABSM African Bank has officially announced musician, athlete, and philanthropist, Kabelo Mabalane as the brand ambassador for the African Bank Soweto Marathon 2025 (ABSM 2025). The announcement was made during an energetic internal launch event at the Bank’s headquarters, where hundreds of staff members gathered to celebrate the reveal of the ambassador for the race. This year’s marathon is particularly momentous, marking 30 years of the Soweto Marathon and 50 years of

Image: Cloudian Cloudian is enabling governments, enterprises, and service providers worldwide to develop sovereign AI projects within their national borders, using its proven S3-compatible storage platforms. With Cloudian HyperStore for AI data management and the Cloudian HyperScale AI Data Platform — which integrates NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software — organizations can deploy full-stack sovereign AI solutions that maintain complet

Image, courtesy of World Athletics Earlier this year World Athletics uncovered the systematic theft of money from the organisation by two employees and a contracted consultant. While one of the employees left the organisation before their theft was discovered, another employee and a consultant had their contracts terminated following an internal investigation. Detailed cases have been prepared and handed over to the relevant judicial and legal authorities for criminal investi

Image: FF Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the brutal farm attack on Jan and Elna Dhooge of Schikfontein outside Heidelberg. This attack, which took place on Tuesday evening, is not only a crime against two beloved community members, but also a shocking reminder of the unacceptable levels of violence associated with farm attacks and murders. Five armed and masked attackers overpowered the couple in their home, shooting Jan in the neck and seriously assa

Image: Sanlam Cape Town Marathon This year, the race was pursuing its second consecutive pass of the AbbottWMM criteria that must be met in order for Cape Town to join the series. The cancellation of the 2025 event means that the evaluation was not completed.  We fully support the decision that was made to cancel the 2025 event in the interests of the safety of runners, volunteers and staff. We also applaud the decision by Cape Town’s title sponsor Sanlam in offering to fund

Image: Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the recent statements by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, regarding Afrikaner self-determination, and would like to enlighten her. In response to a written question from EFF MP Mr Carl Niehaus, she took the unprecedented step of attempting to strip section 235 of the South African Constitution of its meaning. In doing so, the Minister also took another step to

Image: IOC It is with profound sadness that the IOC has learnt of the death of Lambis V. Nikolaou at the age of 89. Mr Nikolaou devoted his entire life to the Olympic Movement, both in Greece and beyond. On learning of his passing, IOC President Kirsty Coventry said: “Lambis Nikolaou lived and breathed the Olympic spirit in everything he did. His long and remarkable service to sport has left an enduring legacy behind. His wealth of knowledge and commitment to the Olympic idea