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Crude oil storage tanks stand at the oil refinery operated by Saudi Aramco in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdoms economic diversification. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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SA has just 13 days of fuel reserves as Gulf oil supply risks rise: Anthea Jeffery

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South Africa’s plan to rebuild strategic fuel reserves faces serious questions over state capacity, corruption, infrastructure and cost.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 17: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry at Brigette Mabandla Judicial College on August 17, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission to investigate and report on the veracity, scope, and extent of the allegations made on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that South Africa’s criminal justice system was compromised. ( Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)

Scrap the Public Protector? A retired brigadier makes the case for a permanent Madlanga

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Could South Africa replace the Public Protector with a permanent institution targeting systemic corruption and criminal infiltration?

Olympiad Man has displaced Davos Man.

Forget Davos — The new global elite won Gold at 17, and SA keeps exporting its own

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A new elite of mathematical prodigies is reshaping AI, finance and global capitalism.

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BizNews Daybreak

BN Daybreak: US visa ban on SA officials, AfriForum's farm attack report, SA banks resilient

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SA joins Colombia, South Sudan on short list hit by this US visa tool. Meservey unpacks why

SA joins Colombia, South Sudan on short list hit by this US visa tool. Meservey unpacks why

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Joshua Meservey on the new US visa sanctions against South African officials, AGOA's fate, and why he says more measures may follow.

Kooyman: Making SA investable again, pressure from Washington, and November’s election stakes

Kooyman: Making SA investable again, pressure from Washington, and November’s election stakes

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FirstRand’s UK headache, Capitec’s global expansion, bank rivalry, Iran tensions, and the political risks shaping South Africa’s economy.

A general view of destroyed buildings in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City, on August 6, 2026. More than two-and-a-half years after the conflict began, Gaza remains in a severe humanitarian crisis, and despite a fragile ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October 2025, efforts to bring the war to a definitive end have stalled for months. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

MAILBOX: Jasmine Opperman's terror "analysis" of Hamas smacks of prejudice and hate

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Twenty-five years of Nolan films led to this one moment

Twenty-five years of Nolan films led to this one moment

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Jacques Broodryk: Trump hits SA officials with “bombshell” visa restrictions

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SESHEGO, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 16: IEC signage during the Ward 13 By-Elections at Mponegele Primary School on July 16, 2025 in Seshego, South Africa. The municipal by-elections allow the community to vote for the ward councillor who will represent the interests of the community in the municipality. (Photo by Philip Maeta/Gallo Images)

Coalition Country: Up to 141 SA municipalities could be ungovernable after November

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