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Gen Alpha teens read the swoon without the spice
Gen Alpha teens are falling for romance novels, but without the adult content, as BookTok fuels demand for age-appropriate love stories.
Underfunding of public schools is sabotaging learning, unions warn
A recent Eastern Cape High Court ruling has intensified pressure on government to properly fund public schools.
Oh so close for the brave Lions: ‘So much good stuff to take out,’ says skipper Horn
The All Blacks now move onto the second Test against the Springboks at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
Cartoon of the day: 26 August 2026
Government needs to address the root causes of water supply challenges in municipalities
Seventeen arrested in Orange Farms hijacking plot shootout
The group were handcuffed during a crime intelligence-driven operation targeting an alleged syndicate linked to planned car and truck hijackings.
Scorched UK serves as warning for SA water crisis ahead
Brits are learning to spell drought as air-conditioner sales boom, while South Africans know lack of water is a permanent issue.
Mineral beneficiation tackles poverty
Mineral beneficiation is not merely an alternative industrial policy, it is an existential imperative for our sovereignty.
Human body is a prototype that was rushed in production
What evolutionary meeting invented toe hair and why does that one eyebrow hair return stronger and angrier with friends after plucking.
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