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The launch of the new model has attracted great interest. (Photo: Ford)On Tuesday, on the first day of the Nampo Harvest Day, Ford unveiled a brand new bakkie, the Ranger Super Duty. It is a heavy-duty pick-up that, according to the manufacturer, is designed to “do more, carry more and tow more” than any other Ranger yet.The launch of the new model has attracted great interest.According to Ford, the Ranger Super Duty is much more than just a new version of the popular Ranger series. The manufacturer describes it as a “completely new segment” for South Africa and says the…

Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Tens of thousands of Argentines have taken to the streets in cities across the country to protest funding cuts by Javier Milei’s government to the public university system.Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls that they say are undermining the foundations of higher education.Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949 and have produced five Nobel laureates.Congress approved a law last year to finance universities’ operating costs and increase academic salaries in line with soaring inflation. The government, however, has refused to implement it…

Again and again in KwaZulu-Natal, officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), will meet with different leaders.These officials are in a campaign to unite the eyes of different leaders as they are looking at the local government elections on November 4, 2026. Today the officials will meet with the leader of the Shembe church, on the Buhleni side, Mduduzi “Nyazilwezulu” Shembe.It has not been long since the officials in the province met with the King of the Churches, Misuzulu of Zwelithini.The IEC statement said that the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Mosotho Moepya, will meet Nyazi Kwamhlabuyalingana. We said that…

WE CHOOSE to remember her late mother by going up on stage dressed in willows and carrying a t-shirt with a message written on her death, a student of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, who was graduating on Friday. Thembisani Mntungwa, who grew up in Malukazi, near Sipingo, is graduating with a Bachelor of Social Science in Criminology and Forensic Studies degree, not even two months have passed since her mother, Ms. Nondumiso Mntungwa (40), passed away.The t-shirt he was carrying with his mother’s picture showed that she passed away on March 21, this year.The message was written: “The person who…

(Photo: selensergen/iStock)Many South Africans may have been looking forward to an easier outlook at the start of the year: Inflation had receded, interest rates were expected to fall and the global economy seemed to be absorbing the tariff and trade drama. This meant that the local economy could slowly begin to recover.”That encouraging story is now more complicated,” warns Lisette IJssel de Schepper, chief economist at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER).While the question a few months ago was how quickly the interest rate will fall, now it is whether it will rise again.The disruption to the global energy market…

There are DIFFERENT views on the ActionSA group’s proposal in Parliament, to reduce the number of ministers in the Cabinet, by eliminating the positions of deputy ministers. This group wants the Parliament to be given the power to take action against ministers who fail if the president of the country is dragging his feet. Parliament recently tabled this proposal under the BillTwenty-third Constitutional Amendment Bill, which aims to review the country’s Constitution.Mr. Athol Trollip of ActionSA, said that there is no need for deputy ministers because they are like people who do nothing. He said they are wasting tax payers’…

Robert Stoltz in 2024 on his 77th birthday. (Photo: Tiaan Stoltz / Facebook). Bobo Mokoena Mathibe (26) was sentenced to effectively 19 years in prison for the murder of Robert Petrus Rodrick Stoltz, a farmer from Roossenekal. Maroela Media previously reported that Stoltz (79) died on 30 April 2025 on his farm Stofkraal, in the area of ​​Hartelus outside Roossenekal in Limpopo, after being brutally assaulted. Stoltz’s daughter found him the next day in the bathroom of his house on the farm. She lived on the farm and her father’s vigilance presumably saved her life. Col. Malesela Ledwaba, police spokesperson…

(Archive photo: Du Preez de Villiers/Maroela Media) AfriForum has taken legal action against the Merafong local municipality (Carletonville), Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) regarding the legality of a distribution agency agreement concluded between Eskom and the municipality. Eskom announced in a media release earlier this year that they entered into an agreement with the municipality due to the municipality’s failure to settle a significant outstanding debt. In response to this, AfriForum submitted a formal reminder letter to the municipality in which clarification is requested regarding alleged procedural irregularities surrounding the conclusion of this agreement which…

Close. Cyril Ramaphosa (Foto: Parliament/X) ActionSA will file criminal charges against pres. Cyril Ramaphosa is lying after new allegations about the amount of money stolen from his Phala Phala farm in 2020. The party says the complaint will be lodged at the Bela-Bela police station in Limpopo on Wednesday. This follows after reports apparently indicate that at least R15 million was stolen – and not the previously reported R10 million or $580 000, which at the time amounted to around R8.75 million. According to ActionSA, the complaint will include, among other things, an alleged violation of the Prevention and Combating…

Adan Funez was one of three men arrested this week over alleged involvement in the shooting of activist Juan Lopez.Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Honduran authorities have arrested three people, including a powerful politician, accused of plotting the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader, an incident that became a symbol of government corruption.Adan Funez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his home on Tuesday on suspicion of masterminding the killing of Juan Lopez, following years of accusations by religious and environmental leaders.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLopez was an anticorruption crusader who led…