South Africa

Blitzboks battle back as mixed results highlight need for consistency before world championship

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

Business Maverick

#TheLaundry: the bullshit artist, the fuel traders and the Hong Kong front army

By Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane

South Africa

Unemployment, allure of cash sees spike in SA drug mules held in foreign jails

By Shaun Smillie

Africa

Rising demand from China pushes up illegal depletion of Lake Victoria’s Nile perch swim bladders

By Willis Okumu for ISS Today

Newsdeck

Hong Kong police put HK$1m bounty on eight wanted democracy activists

By Bloomberg

South Africa

Reflections: The woven connections in Bev Butkow’s tactile new installation

By David Mann

Business Maverick

Alibaba loses $23bn in one day in sign rally is easing off

By Bloomberg

Business Maverick

Dollar falls, Japan stocks rise in subdued trading: markets wrap

By Bloomberg

Sport

Blitzboks begin new dawn in style as they look to conquer Hong Kong Sevens

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

World

Mao Zedong 2.0: China’s Xi Jinping, now officially the new Great Helmsman

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Norway tops resilience ranking, Hong Kong in last place; South Africa registers 1,679 new cases

By Bloomberg

South Africa

Hong Kong signals policy shift; South Africa registers 566 new cases

By Bloomberg