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The price of doing business in South Africa? South African construction industry is one of the places facing extortion syndicates. But even a hawker selling sweets is not immune to the "new tax".
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Pay or perish: the extortion economy holding South Africa hostage

South Africa's latest crime statistics show 519 extortion cases in three months, but behind the numbers is a growing criminal economy.

  • Vivian Warby
8 min read
Medical science is beginning to repair, replace and retrain parts of the human body once thought beyond repair.
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'Don't die for the next 10 years'

From cancer vaccines to cellular rejuvenation, 7 breakthroughs are changing medicine and ageing.

  • Vivian Warby
9 min read