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Watch The Full Gambling Tax Breakdown: truthreport.co.za/truth/willโ€ฆ Treasury is banking on R10bn a year from a new 20% tax on online gambling. Gambling lawyer Garron Whitesman tells Dawie Roodt why that money may never arrive, and who ends up paying instead. #GamblingTax
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Watch the full interview:ย truthreport.co.za/truth/the-โ€ฆ FF Plusโ€™s Grant Marais on Cape independence. If a referendum were held tomorrow, which way would the party lean? #CapeIndependence
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Watch the full conversation: truthreport.co.za/truth/moelโ€ฆ What would happen if Moeletsi Mbeki had absolute power to reform South Africa for 100 days? His answer challenges the ANCโ€™s economic policies, public spending, and approach to state-owned enterprises.
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Watch Dawie's full budget review: truthreport.co.za/truth/the-โ€ฆ More tax collected. At what cost? Is a bigger tax haul good news for South Africa? Economist Dawie Roodt questions what stronger tax collections mean for South Africa's economy. #TaxRevenue
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Watch Gareth's full breakdown: truthreport.co.za/truth/afteโ€ฆ Gareth Cliff says no party is fighting for the people who pay the bills. About R5,400 a month to the city. Two water cuts in a week. Days without power. So what should ratepayers vote on? #LGE2026
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Watch Dawie's full budget review: truthreport.co.za/truth/the-โ€ฆ Can the growth forecast be trusted? Is South Africa budgeting on growth it won't get? Economist Dawie Roodt challenges the growth forecast behind the budget. #EconomicGrowth
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Watch the full conversation: truthreport.co.za/truth/the-โ€ฆ From living in a shack and working in factories to becoming a respected political analyst and successful businessman, Prince Mashele's journey challenges everything you think you know about success.
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Watch the full interview: truthreport.co.za/truth/das-โ€ฆ Haniff Hoosen says Durban will wake up to a DA or MK mayor by 5 November, and the ANC is finished. So why does the DAโ€™s candidate think handing MK the cityโ€™s R75bn budget is a risk? #LGE2026
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Watch Dawie's Full Video: truthreport.co.za/truth/the-โ€ฆ Europe's spending model: who keeps paying? What should South Africa learn from Europe's spending squeeze? Economist Dawie Roodt questions the sustainability of Europe's state spending. His full budget review goes further. #FiscalPolicy
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Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=YCGCthWsโ€ฆ What would Moeletsi Mbeki do as South Africaโ€™s benevolent dictator for 100 days? Scrap BEE, cut the Presidentโ€™s salary, and replace RDP houses with high-rises. #SouthAfrica
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Watch the full video: truthreport.co.za/truth/storโ€ฆ What does a 49โ€“12 win tell us about the Stormers? Ryan Grant looks beyond the score against Bristol. #Stormers
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Watch the full video: truthreport.co.za/truth/storโ€ฆ The pressure was already building South Africa went into the Australia series under pressure. Ryan Grant looks at the moments that shaped the response. #Proteas
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Watch the full video: truthreport.co.za/truth/storโ€ฆ Can one tough night change the Lionsโ€™ campaign? Ryan Grant examines the 31โ€“14 loss to La Rochelle and what it could mean. #LionsRugby
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Durban is burning over immigration. Paris is burning over immigration. One country has locals rioting against immigrants and the other has immigrants rioting against the state. Are these two crises connected?
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South African rugby is making serious noise in Europe, and the Proteas are putting Australia under enormous pressure. Is this the start of something special?
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Watch the full conversation: truthreport.co.za/truth/uctsโ€ฆ When academics lose faith in campus life What does a university lose when its academics give up? Mark Oppenheimer describes academics who feel vilified and an academic who eventually left. #HigherEducation
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Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_V8ELiswโ€ฆ After matric, Prince Mashele built his own corrugated iron shack and spent two years doing factory work. Then his family decided they could afford to educate one son. They chose him. He tells Rob Hersov the whole story. #PrinceMashele
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