Adiel Ismail

Deputy Editor at @SpotlightNSP | Former: @News24 Prime News Editor, @News24_Business, @Health24com, @OpenSociety Investigative Journalism WITS @Journ_SA Fellow

[Wandile Sihlobo @WandileSihlobo]

SOUTH AFRICA IS NOW THE WORLD’S LEADING CITRUS EXPORTER.

South Africa has overtaken Spain and is now the world's leading exporter by volume.

Citrus is the leading agricultural export product, accounting for 17% of South Africa’s agricultural exports of US$15.1 billion in 2025.

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

TRIBUTE | On Monday we got the news that journalist Ufrieda Ho had passed away from cancer earlier that morning. As this collection of tributes from friends and colleagues will attest, she was an extraordinary person and journalist who will be deeply missed.
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[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

A growing number of South Africans are returning from abroad. Government data shows thousands of people are reclaiming their citizenship status, with around 12 000 checks recorded on an online portal launched in November last year. DNA Employer of Record CEO Anton van Heerden explains.

Watch: https://t.co/peUVXAW1S3

#Newzroom405

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

Shanthie Naidoo (born 1935) is a South African anti-apartheid activist and victim of severe state persecution. Banned in 1963 and 1968, she spent 371 days in prison, most of it under solitary confinement (1969–1970) for refusing to testify against Winnie Mandela and other activists. She later went into exile in London and Tanzania. Source: SAHO/Anti-Apartheid Legacy. Photo Credit: Arena Holdings

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia’s Muna island https://t.co/x208ScHzLs

[Max Kozlov @maxdkozlov]

"This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board." —@_david_ho_

https://t.co/YVuyoyunwQ

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50 million partnership to help several African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems and mitigate the impact of international aid cuts, Bill Gates said on Wednesday. https://t.co/9XZxEkCIcX

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Psychiatry has long struggled to find objective ways to diagnose mental illness. That’s changing, thanks to AI.

What do you think about using AI in mental health care?
https://t.co/Rn1Px8gUbj

[nature @Nature]

Researchers have engineered magnetically controlled fluorescent proteins that can be remotely dimmed and brightened in cells and living animals

https://t.co/EqLjqCiRw0

[TIME @TIME]

Both U.S. allies and adversaries condemned the Trump Administration's military intervention in Venezuela at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting. https://t.co/Wj5npNE6gm

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Sydney Opera House illuminated with Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life.

[United Nations @UN]

For 80 years, the UN has been a beacon of hope in times of turmoil.

As global conflicts, crises & challenges put millions at risk, the UN will continue its vital work in the year ahead assisting vulnerable people and delivering for those most in need.

https://t.co/pZVGSTztXb

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

Losing Ritshidze or even a dramatically scaled-down version is a troubling prospect for a country that runs the world’s largest HIV treatment programme. | @Adiel_Ismail @SpotlightNSP

https://t.co/XpwIdYo4rH

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Mean temperatures this year approached 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, making it the second hottest year after 2024 https://t.co/EMzxymiIBQ

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

“Despite what the ‘kids-these-days’ brigade might tell you, my demographic is not only interested in minute-long TikTok videos.”

https://t.co/eWQDEX6MpK

[Inter Press Service @ipsnews]

Leaders of the world’s three biggest polluters (the US, China & India) are not attending #COP30. But the COP30 leadership seems determined to push forward with the Rapid Operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss & Damage, among its key outcomes https://t.co/y8YHYyrdy7

[Business Day @BDliveSA]

DOUGLAS MASON: Life in Ukraine’s most dangerous city https://t.co/gZVzyjvFUI

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

Sweeping US aid cuts rippling across global health programmes is forcing a glowing South African initiative on its knees. | @Adiel_Ismail @SpotlightNSP

https://t.co/wEW8JoIYGP

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Displacement.

Lack of water, shelter and bathrooms.

Overcrowding.

Children share the catastrophic impact of the military offensive in Gaza City on their lives.

Watch and share to join us in calling for peace for children in Gaza NOW.

[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

[WATCH] "The SIU has traced about 41 suppliers linked to the Maumela syndicate. Three of the companies are linked to Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala." #SIU Head Andy Mothibi names Hangwani Maumela, a relative of President Cyril Ramaphosa who is linked to corruption at the Tembisa Hospital. #Newzroom405