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Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, officials say
The troops are an option should Donald Trump decide to use them to quell anti-ICE protests in the city, an official tells CBS News.
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The troops are an option should Donald Trump decide to use them to quell anti-ICE protests in the city, an official tells CBS News.
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It is one of the most important ministerial portfolios and no individual has come away from it covered in glory. However, in many respects, the minister seems to be getting several things right.

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The US escalated its criticism of South Africa after naval exercises this week involving China and some of the BRICS member nations.

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South Africa’s mining output has stagnated since the MPRDA was implemented, which created policy uncertainty, deterred investment and exploration, and kick-started the decline of the country’s most important industry.

South Africa
The nurse says she reached the woman when the water started to subside.

South Africa
Over 40% of the 14-thousand deaths on South Africa’s roads annually, are linked to alcohol

South Africa
The department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says it is not only grades 1 and 8 in the queues

South Africa
Some have lost all their belongings after their houses were flooded following heavy rains.

World
Heavy rain did not dampen a man’s spirits as he decided to take a dive into a flooded Sydney golf course.

World
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, said U.S. Central Command.

World
The key question now is whether the Saudi-UAE rift settles back into business as usual or accelerates into a wider realignment, says Marc Lynch, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.

World
The US president says several European allies opposed to his plans to buy Greenland will face 10% tariffs from February.

Africa
Yoweri Museveni has won a record seventh term in elections after promising that the fledgling oil sector will boost the economy.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni wins a seventh term, as his main rival Bobi Wine decries “fake results”.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

Africa
Abubakar Abdullahi sheltered 262 people after they came under attack from Fulani herders in 2018.

Business
An 84-year-old Blackpool pensioner says she found herself in fuel poverty when her husband died.

Business
A lifeline for some of South Africa’s most important employers is in the pipeline, as the government steps in to help critical smelters that are buckling under current electricity prices.

Business
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that South Africa’s fiscal vulnerability is self-inflicted, rooted in years of weak growth and policy failure.

Business
Hoer Meisieskool Bloemhof has been crowned the top Afrikaans school in South Africa with 3.62 distinctions per candidate in the 2025 matric exams.

Politics
Mbalula says ANC’s January 8th Statement focused on addressing problems of failing municipalities.

Politics
He was speaking at the Veterans’ inaugural conference in Bloemfontein.

Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Dialogue must be inclusive

Politics
PAC threatens to pull out of the GNU and in all its working arrangements with the ANC in Gauteng.

Sport
Forward Sadio Mane looks to help inspire Senegal to glory against host nation Morocco after the 33-year-old said this will be his “last Afcon final”.

Sport
The Africa Cup of Nations reaches its climax on Sunday with a final showdown between the continent’s two leading footballing powerhouses.

Sport
Richards Bay FC striker Gabadinho Mhango has praised Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou, revealing what stood out during their time together at Marumo Gallants.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs could sign Relebohile Mofokeng from rivals Orlando Pirates. Here are three reasons why, even though unlikely …
Education
The United States is broken, but not in every way.
Education
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.
Education
Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.
Education
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.

Lifestyle
There is ‘no immediate concern’ and no need for water restrictions in Cape Town this summer, confirms city official …

Lifestyle
The mother of Reeva Steenkamp – who was murdered by Oscar Pistorius – has shown positive progress after a devastating diagnosis last year.

Lifestyle
The son of the late Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen is turning heads due to his likeness of his rugby hero father…

Lifestyle
The former US first lady turns 62 years old today.

Entertainment
The Sharks finished the pool stage in fifth position with two wins and two defeats. They drop into the Challenge Cup round of 16, to be played in April.

Entertainment
I’m just not convinced that building up the narrative that the best thing one can do after school is going to university is a good one for the country.

Entertainment
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula instructed the Gauteng Provincial Task Team to hand over materials and data related to the December vote.

Entertainment
Schools were closed from Wednesday amid bad weather and flooding in the province.

Science/Tech
Price predictions in crypto often sound exciting, but most fail because they rely on noise instead of fundamentals. Tokens spike on hype and fade when attention moves on. Real growth comes from something slower but stronger: usage. Projects that become part of everyday financial behavior are the ones that survive cycles and compound value over […]

Science/Tech
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude
Dark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains.
But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time, in observations that could help reveal another side to these elusive – and...
Science/Tech
=[“More than half of all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now defunct,” reports CoinDesk, citing a new analysis by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko. And most of those failures occurred in 2025:The study looked at token listings on GeckoTerminal between mid-2021 and the end of 2025. Of the nearly 20.2 million tokens that entered the market during that period, 53.2% are no longer...

Science/Tech
Hongkong (PinionNewswire) — AKEDO today announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its AI-native Content Creation Engine and Launchpad, designed to dramatically improve game and content development efficiency through coordinated AI agents. The seed round was led by Karatage, with participation from leading investors across gaming, AI, and crypto, […]

Motoring
The recently concluded festive season was South Africa’s least deadly in years.

Motoring
A Chinese vacuum cleaner company unveiled its very own supercar at CES 2026.

Motoring
With back-to-school in full swing, parents have been told to ensure safe commutes.

Motoring
Chery is gearing up to launch a new car brand in South Africa.
Health
Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.
Health
The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

Health
Complex podcast host and chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson joins What’s Up Docs? to talk about how we think about willpower.
Health
Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.