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Weekly English South Africa News · News Commentary
3 Episodes

The DA sets fire to SA flag in new election ad

To be filled inIf you think you’ve got it bad, spare a thought for Joburg. The City of Gold is embroiled in not one but two scandals this week: one over a whopping unpaid electricity bill and another over an inquiry into the devastating Usindiso fire. We also unpack the…
9 May 18 min

25 April '24: This terrible rape judgement has been overturned

Justice for survivors ✌️ -- Welcome back, fam! 🙋🏽‍♀️ We’re back in your inbox and stronger than ever. We took a bit of a breather to fine-tune how we deliver your bite-sized news and realised the timing was right to return, with just a few weeks till South Africa’s game-changing…
25 Apr 15 min