European soccer says it has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino as investment plan scrapped

European soccer says it has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino as investment plan scrapped

Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global soccer politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino’s decade-long presidency. “No option should be off the table,” said European soccer body UEFA,…

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Telkom already lost this fight

Telkom already lost this fight

The gloves are off. Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati says Business Leadership South Africa and Business Unity South Africa – long the loudest critics of political meddling in state-owned enterprises – are themselves guilty of advocating “political intervention” by pressing for the transfer of the transmission grid to an independent operator. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has…

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Africa: The Black Box Problem – How Africa’s Music Money Is Lost in Global Systems

Africa: The Black Box Problem – How Africa’s Music Money Is Lost in Global Systems

For African music, 2024 was a landmark year. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) confirmed that Sub-Saharan Africa’s recorded music revenue surpassed $100 million for the first time, reaching $110 million with a growth rate of 22.6 percent, making it the fastest-growing region in the world. Driven by the global boom of Afrobeats…

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Television at 50 | How the SABC lost its way

Television at 50 | How the SABC lost its way

Today, 5 January 2026, South Africa marks 50 years since television was launched in 1976 – a milestone that invites a hard look at what television has been in this country: late to arrive, tightly controlled, briefly reimagined, then captured again, and now increasingly sidelined by streaming and smartphones. This is the first in a…

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Louvre robbery suspects will be caught, expert predicts, but France’s crown jewels likely lost forever

Louvre robbery suspects will be caught, expert predicts, but France’s crown jewels likely lost forever

Paris — French authorities may well manage to track down and arrest the thieves who pulled off an audacious robbery of royal crown jewels from Paris’ iconic Louvre museum, but they’re unlikely to recover the national treasures, a criminologist told CBS News on Tuesday. The heist took place on Sunday, in broad daylight with tourists in…

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Quest for Queen Cleopatra’s lost tomb reveals a sunken ancient Egyptian harbor

Quest for Queen Cleopatra’s lost tomb reveals a sunken ancient Egyptian harbor

Cairo — Archaeologists say they have discovered evidence of an ancient, long-submerged Mediterranean port that was linked to the Taposiris Magna Temple near Egypt’s northern coastal city of Alexandria. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery last week, expanding on what’s known about the temple complex about 30 miles west of Alexandria that…

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