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Makhudu Sefara

South Africa

Editor-in-Chief at TimesLIVE

Editor-in-Chief at Sunday Times

Editor-in-Chief @SundayTimesZA & @TimesLIVE. Chairperson @SAEditorsForum. Ex-STD Bank Sikuvile Editor of the Year award winner. Word artist. Work slave

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  • 2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

    Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Click on the image to access thee-edition. The latest edition of the Sunday Times. Dear reader,Would charging a star witness in the case against former defence minister and ANC stalwart Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula jeopardise the case against her?

  • 2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

    Did the AfDB not matter, or did Godongwana sleep on the job? That we are Africa’s most sophisticated economy is not translating into diplomatic heft and influence when it matters 01 June 2025 - 00:00 When the occasion demands, President Cyril Ramaphosa steps up and talks tough, especially when he is out of the country. He seems to find the chutzpah to speak truth to world power...

  • 3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

    Dear reader,We all know that our country has been grappling with the spectre of kidnappings. Today the Sunday Times reports on a new trend in which kidnappers use rape and sexual assault of victims — both men and women — as a way to secure quick ransom payouts. The criminals make videos of the assaults and send them to family members in a bid to force them to make expeditious payments.

  • 3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

    Crime is our achilles heel, not the minions in AfriForum Our leaders had no option but to make uncomfortable concessions about how bad crime is in our country 25 May 2025 - 00:00 We may blame AfriForum for the degrading treatment the country’s leaders were subjected to at the White House, debate to no end whether President Cyril Ramaphosa handled the tense meeting well, or find some other bogeyman to blame for our woes...

  • 1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

    MAKHUDU SEFARA | Ramaphosa dodged a bullet, but was that the best Team SA could do? Escaping the ‘Zelensky treatment’ does not cut it 22 May 2025 - 04:33 For many South Africans, it was sufficient that President Cyril Ramaphosa “dodged a bullet”, as it were, content merely with escaping the dreaded treatment Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was previously subjected to...

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8 Jun 25

RT @TimesLIVE: What happens now that Musk is a different shade of persona non grata at the White House? Would helping Musk now piss of Trum…