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And South Africa's clivias are being targeted.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-08-coalition-ministers-poised-to-butt-heads-with-the-tough-realities-of-governance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coalition ministers poised to butt heads with the tough realities of governance</a></h2>\r\nThe recent claims by Action SA that DA leader John Steenhuisen is using blue-light vehicles as a Cabinet minister may be a reminder of some of the pitfalls that lie ahead for some of the parties who are new to government.\r\n\r\nBy Stephen Grootes\r\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-10-growing-tensions-between-trumps-maga-base-and-silicon-valley-elites-suggest-a-rocky-ride-ahead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Growing tensions between Trump’s Maga base and Silicon Valley elites suggest a rocky ride ahead</a></h2>\r\nAs the Trump administration begins to take shape before it comes into office in just a few days, even before it takes over, the chasms between different clans of supporters are becoming public and acrimonious.\r\n\r\nBy J Brooks Spector\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic-720x405.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=720%2C405&quality=89&ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=480%2C270&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&quality=89&ssl=1 1280w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=1600%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=600%2C338&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?resize=50%2C28&quality=89&ssl=1 50w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?w=1944&quality=89&ssl=1 1944w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ISS-Today-pic.jpg?w=1440&quality=89&ssl=1 1440w\" alt=\"Russian military in Libya\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" />\r\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-10-fall-of-assad-regime-in-syria-is-bad-news-for-libya/\">The fall of Syria’s Assad regime is bad news for Libya</a></h2>\r\nFor Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Russia’s plans to establish a military hub in Libya could now worsen that country’s protracted conflict.\r\n\r\nBy Peter Fabricius\r\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-10-fall-of-assad-regime-in-syria-is-bad-news-for-libya/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The fall of Syria’s Assad regime is bad news for Libya</a></h2>\r\nFor Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Russia’s plans to establish a military hub in Libya could now worsen that country’s protracted conflict.\r\n\r\nBy Peter Fabricius\r\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-01-09-bela-bill-there-are-56-good-reasons-south-africa-needs-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There are 56 good reasons South Africa needs the Bela Bill</a></h2>\r\nThe debate around the Bela Bill has long focused only on two clauses – admission and language. 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