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NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 29: Gold Medalist Tatjana Smith of Team South Africa poses following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
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Tatjana Smith switches to the Netherlands, taking SA’s most decorated Olympian off the team

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The two-time Olympic champion will chase LA 2028 in Dutch colours but stay based in South Africa, training with her long-time team.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 04: Ballot box during the 2026 Local Government Elections (LGE) at Pinelands Primary School on November 04, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. Local government elections are held to elect councils for all metropolitan, district and local municipalities across the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas)
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How the BizNews Tribe reacted to LGE 2026 as it happened

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Editor BizNews
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Five days, two WhatsApp groups and a running commentary that often beat the headlines.
Dr Brian Benfield: Government legislating poverty into permanence
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Dr Brian Benfield: Government legislating poverty into permanence

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Editor BizNews
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South Africa needs a Freedom to Enterprise Act to cut red tape, remove barriers to business and unlock job creation.
MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 05: IEC Chairperson Mosothi Moepa briefs media at the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Convention Centre on November 05, 2026 in Midrand, South Africa. The municipal elections were held to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
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Community Speaks: How the BizNews Tribe reacted to vote-counting day as it happened

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Editor BizNews
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From Hermanus at dawn to MK’s Richmond win late in the evening, Premium members tracked the count council by council, and corrected each other along the way.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange words during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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US moves to strip South Africa of AGOA benefits from 1 January 2027

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Editor BizNews
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A 28 October letter to Ramaphosa cites corruption, barriers to US trade and Pretoria's ties to governments Washington is wary of.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 19: Names of members of the multi-party-charter on October 19, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. The multi-party coalition consist of the African Democratic Christian Party (ADCP), Democratic Alliance (DA), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), ActionSA, United Independent Movement (UIM), Independent SA National Civic Organisation (Isanco) and the Spectrum National Party (SNP). (Photo by Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais)
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Latest SRF poll: DA leads Joburg and Tshwane, MK running away with eThekwini

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The Common Sense
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SRF poll shows ANC trailing in key metros as voters favour ANC-DA coalitions