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February 2026

The new scramble for Africa’s critical minerals
I’ve had the same thought looping in my head all week: Africa is sitting on a gold mine.
 • The Debrief Network and Zakiyya Hatia
Learning to Sew at an Innovative Skills Centre in Johannesburg
I went to Newtown thinking I was signing up for a simple sewing lesson.
 • The Debrief Network and Monique Lewis
Limpopo community question if mosque attack was a hate crime
The fasting month of Ramadaan is a time of prayer and reflection, but for the small Muslim community in Tzaneen, Limpopo, the first fast ended with an…
 • The Debrief Network and Hasina Gori
The business of luxury convenience stores: Why your local garage now sells Wagyu
Anathi Ndevu
 • The Debrief Network
Iftar tribe’s fighting Ramadaan loneliness
As millions of Muslims across the world begin fasting for Ramadaan, the loneliness epidemic quietly creeps in for some.
 • The Debrief Network and Hasina Gori
Figure skating for SA. A day on the ice with Dudu
Most people think figure skating is something you start as a child.
 • The Debrief Network and Monique Lewis
The next Elon Musk from Soweto
We saw Koketso Manziwa going viral on social media for his hustle, so we invited him to Debrief Labs to see what was driving it.
 • The Debrief Network and Monique Lewis
We will fix Zoo Lake ourselves’- Residents spend R6m
On a Thursday morning, we visited Zoo Lake and watched a group of residents work together, planting flowers and clearing litter along the lake’s…
 • The Debrief Network
The business of fixing Joburg
Helen Zille gives us a ride to work in Joburg and tells us what it will take to fix this city
 • The Debrief Network
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