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1 month ago | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia |Refilwe Mochoari |Thabo Molelekwa |Motlatsi Mofokeng
Otsile Bokamoso is an after-school educational organisation whose name means “The future is bright”. Based in Dealesville, a small mixed-farming town in the Free State, it provides academic support to learners in the grades one to three foundation phase. Founder Sophile Motsumi was volunteering at a primary school when she realised that many children in these grades struggle academically and still cannot read and write by the time they reach grade four.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
The opening two days of the G20 sherpa meeting — composed of country representatives responsible for shaping discussions and agreements ahead of next year’s final summit with heads of state — have led to a proposal to review the bloc’s purpose and mandate over its various presidencies since its inception in 1999.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
After entering the South African vehicle market very quietly in 2023, China’s Build Your Dreams (BYD) has made a splash this year. BYD was the second best-selling electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer worldwide in 2023 — behind Tesla — selling over 3 million units. The company had sold over 9 million new-energy vehicles in total as of September 2024. New-energy vehicles include EVs, plug-in hybrids and traditional hybrid vehicles.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia |Michael A Blum |Michaël GB Blum |Lisa Golden
On Monday, Israel began its commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s deadly 7 October attack, with an outpouring of emotion at vigils at massacre sites and rallies calling for the return of hostages. Ceremonies and events are planned across Israel and in cities around the world to mark the anniversary of the unprecedented attack by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, which claimed 1 205 lives.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
A strutting cockerel, adornedwith cartoonishly elongated wattles and comb, is an idiosyncratic feature of the artist Admire Kamudzengerere’s oeuvre. The anthropomorphic cockerel — jongwe in Shona, Kamudzengerere’s mother tongue — has become one of the most striking symbols in Zimbabwe’s recent visual history.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
At 8.51am on 25 August, residents from as far afield as the Garden Route, the Karoo, the Western Cape and the Free State saw a bright blue-white and orange streak of light moving through the sky. The meteorite, after splitting into several smaller fragments, disappeared from view. Shortly afterwards, people reported hearing loud explosions and sensing vibrations.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Eyaaz Matwadia
In the Benoni suburb of Lakefield, in Johannesburg, there is an Asian fusion restaurant called Origami that might grab your attention, based on the two-dimensional theme merged with the Japanese garden outside alone. The menu treats you to a diverse range of Asian foods — you will be spoilt for choice. From Korean to Thai flavours, whether it’s sushi or a bowl of your favourite ramen, the restaurant caters to all tastes.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
If there was ever a car to embody the word “futuristic”, it would be the Volvo EX30. A longing glance at the front of the vehicle elicits the same reaction we felt with the Audi’s concept RSQ when we first saw it in the 2004 blockbuster I, Robot. Because of the amount of technology that new cars have, I always figure it out before I drive the car, and luckily I did with this one. There is a 12.3 inch infotainment system which controls all aspects of the vehicle.
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May 6, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
The commission of inquiry into the fire that killed 77 people in August has found the city guilty of negligence
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
mg.co.za | Eyaaz Matwadia
KwaZulu-Natal’s water woes have again led to a delay in justice being served after the sentencing of a South Coast serial rapist, who drove around in his bakkie kidnapping teenage girls at gunpoint, was postponed in the Scottburgh regional court on Thursday. This is the second time that the sentencing of Sakhile Bhekisisa Mhlungu, 46, has been postponed because of water cuts in Scottburgh, the first having been on 19 March, when it was held up by just under a week.
