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Break cycle of financial stress

Create a budget, seek professional advice early on, says expert.

A foray into modern-day superheroes

Long gone are the days when a superhero could simply don a mask and cap, save the day and escape to a secret lair.

Is it all in the mind?

Understanding these factors creates a great sense of ease.

30 years of the Samas

Ensuring every note, beat and lyric takes its place.

What about us single pensioners, Woolies?

Buy three, pay for two is just a gimmick. I'd rather go elsewhere, writes George.

Let's get to the roots of names

When my mum was moving house recently one of the musclemen doing the heavy lifting introduced himself as Gift.

Lesufi's bluster wears thin

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi's, pictured, response to the DA's demand that he release forensic reports which allegedly provide evidence of corruption, embodies the adage that attack is the best form of defence.

King Charles just a sideshow in Oz

The national mood in Australia seems to have got a little more excited about the visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla... although many Aussies still couldn't care less about old colonial ties.

The DA must box clever with NHI

It was to be expected that, sooner or later, the main parties in the government of national unity (GNU) would butt heads. After all, oil and water do not mix... and the socialist policies of the ANC don't gel at all with the capitalist direction favoured by the DA.

Where are locals' spazas?

Protest takes many strange forms in South Africa but the recent Sharpeville upheaval warrants some introspection. If one takes issue with foreign nationals running shops in one's area, how does looting and consuming or looting and burning help?

War rages on from both sides

ISRAEL: ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH 'COMMAND' AND GAZA

Bomb hoaxes ground planes

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported yesterday, sparking fear among passengers and global delays.

Kamala, Trump call in star power

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump invited star power to the campaign trail on Saturday, as they took shots at each other's endurance and urged early voting in battleground states key to the tightening US presidential race.

Ex-general takes the oath

Former general Prabowo Subianto was yesterday sworn in as president of Indonesia, seeking a more prominent position on the global stage for the world's fourth most populous nation.

War rages on from both sides

ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH 'COMMAND' AND GAZA

Rustenburg faces possible R150m civil contractor lawsuit

Rustenburg municipality in North West could be facing at least a R150 million lawsuit from an aggrieved contractor after a junior official signed land allo- cation documents and a service level agreement with a company without authorisation from his boss, the municipal manager.

Celebrating media freedom

Apartheid govt launched an assault on the press.

Matrics sit for last stretch

Nearly 7000 schools and centres will host the finals.

Charles expresses joy Down Under

King Charles' antipodean admirers got a first glimpse of their reigning monarch yesterday, as the British royal attended a church service and expressed his \"great joy\" at returning Down Under.

Farmers take black story to Italy's Rome

Three smallholder farmers from Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg - Tintswalo Makhubele, Nozikhumbuzo Sidumo and Knowledge Modise, representing Imvuselelo Bakery and Food Distribution Cooperative - are set to make an international impact in Rome, Italy.

Joburg mayor on 'fraud charge'

Gwamanda given the all-clear by the regional ANC.

Two power workers die, 3 in hospital

Two City Power contract workers have died and three more are in hospital after being trapped in an underground tunnel in the Johannesburg CBD on Saturday.

‘Increase’ gun control

Gun lobby group calls for more action from government.

An executive who hates suits

'I'd rather be on the beach, waxing my board, than stuck in a room talking figures.'

Thrills as actors serve forerunner of Halloween aboard train

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train. But the journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with passengers screaming in terror.

Parties ‘squabble' over NHI

Differences seen as as a divide between the haves, have nots.

'Teachers prey on pupils for sex'

164 new cases reported in the last two financial years.

Cher, Ozzy rock the Hall of Fame

Cher, Mary J Blige and Ozzy Osbourne were among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, an elite group formally introduced into the music pantheon Saturday at a star-studded concert gala.

Donkeys' burden gets heavier

Droves of braying donkeys were once the backbone of Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi, but growing upkeep costs and the surging sprawl of the city are putting them out to pasture.

No time for a holiday? A 'workation' could be answer

Imagine this: you're lounging on the beach, waves crashing in the background. A laptop sits on the table next to your iced coffee.