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WEEKLY WRAP | Top 10 most read stories — Sources: EWN

From the Eyewitness News desk, here is your Friday wrap of the week

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Aggregated from the leading newsrooms of the country. Every story links to its original source.

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Corporal Jackie: The Baboon Who Went to War How a chacma baboon from a Pretoria farm became one of the most unlikely soldiers of the First World War NEWS DESK - 5.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

SA's Failed Foreign Policy and the Increased Risks it Poses Jaco Kleynhans writes on South Africa's muddled foreign policy JACO KLEYNHANS - 5.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

South African Man Arrested as Suspected Drug Mule at OR Tambo Airport STAFF WRITER - 4.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

We Ran the Farm Murder Numbers Using The Police's Own Data REINE OPPERMAN - 4.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

What to Do With 100 Hung Councils THE EDITORIAL BOARD - 4.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

Could Motsepe Restore South Africa's Confidence in the GNU? POLITICS DESK - 4.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

Crime Reporting Rates Fall as Trust in the Police is Lost STAFF WRITER - 4.9.2026

The Common Sense · 23 min

The ANC and Big Business Brought This On Themselves For years, the ANC and big business ignored moderate proposals to reform South Africa and must now contend with the hardliners produced by that failure.

The Common Sense · 23 min