The poorest now pay an extra R300 for a basic food basket from a year ago

The Pacsa food basket is a barometer for the affordability of food and other essential household requirements for working-class households

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The ANC’s national executive has spelled out procedures it has adopted to counter slate politics aimed at delivering a manufactured leadership outcome

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May rebuffs calls to halt Trump visit

More than a million Britons sign petition to block Trump’s state visit

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Crucial meeting on future of Metsimaholo mayor is postponed

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WATCH: ANC addresses 'war room' and fresh leadership battles

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe addresses the media on the outcomes of the party's NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla

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SA farmers prepare to battle armyworm invasion

Grain SA awaits confirmation of a fall armyworm outbreak in three provinces, and is in talks with major chemical suppliers

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Former billionaire Eike Batista surrenders to police in Brazil

Batista is alleged to have paid a $16.5m bribe to former Rio de Janeiro state governor Sergio Cabral, who is already behind bars

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US ban on refugees from Muslim lands has not affected SA

The Department of Home Affairs and the Muslim Judicial Council Problems have had no reports on South Africans being affected by a US ban on certain refugees

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China and other Asian countries spur a rally in demand for US cotton

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EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: No more autonomy without accountability, says Mashaba

Recordings suggest ANC GM Ignatius Jacobs lied about the party’s involvement in spreading fake news about opposition parties

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Patricia de Lille quits as DA’s leader in the Western Cape

The Cape Town mayor says she wants to focus on implementing the city’s recently adopted transformation plan

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Government should buy chicken farms, Gwede Mantashe says

About 1‚200 workers have lost their jobs after RCL Foods was forced to sell 15 of its 25 Hammersdale poultry farms to stay afloat

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Morocco’s bid to rejoin the African Union presents leaders with a dilemma

As they laboured with Morocco’s problematic bid to rejoin the African Union, leaders were also busy finding a new chairman and fretting about Donald Trump

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A woman president in SA? Sadly the top contender offers more of the same

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is an ambiguous, ambitious figure, an operator and bureaucrat — and not what either SA or a reinvigorated ANC needs, writes Susan Booysen

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Richemont subsidiary Chloe confirms departure of creative director

Richemont’s French fashion house Chloe did not say why its creative director was leaving, but sources said she wanted to stop commuting between London and Paris

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Bird flu in Europe may be good news for Brazil

The biggest exporter, which has been untouched by the outbreak of the highly contagious virus, may be able to sell more of its chicken to Europe and Asia

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Ford SA reacted badly in a crisis, but it did not have to be that way

The Kuga case is a classic example of being in the news for all the wrong reasons, only time will tell if the car maker can bounce back from the disaster, writes Owen Skae

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EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: No more autonomy without accountability, says Mashaba

Recordings suggest ANC GM Ignatius Jacobs lied about the party’s involvement in spreading fake news about opposition parties

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A woman president in SA? Sadly the top contender offers more of the same

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is an ambiguous, ambitious figure, an operator and bureaucrat — and not what either SA or a reinvigorated ANC needs, writes Susan Booysen

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