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Only one Premier League game to be played on Boxing Day
The “expansion of European club competitions” has led to there being just one top-flight game on 26 December, says the Premier League.
FRIDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2025, 19:05

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The “expansion of European club competitions” has led to there being just one top-flight game on 26 December, says the Premier League.

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Aryna Sabalenka is the latest star to ramp up pressure on the Grand Slams over increased prize money and greater player welfare.

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says ready to negotiate despite Israeli refusal, as new strikes kill one in the south.
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Wet conditions are forecast across the country, with severe thunderstorms, hail, and damaging winds in parts of the North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

South Africa
The suspect appeared before the Johannesburg Magistrates Court.

South Africa
People are calling on the South African and Mozambican governments to tackle attacks on locals

South Africa
The traders say they are finding it hard to make out a living.

South Africa
SAWS has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms across the country including Gauteng.
World
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States has announced that it disrupted an alleged “terrorist attack” in the northern state of Michigan.

World
Black and Caribbean cosplayers are redefining what community looks like at New York Comic Con.

World
Five people sustained minor injuries but nobody was seriously hurt in the incident in Meteren.

World
Volker Türk said the strikes were “unacceptable” and urged Washington to halt them immediately.

Africa
Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump’s plans racist.

Africa
Some deaths have been reported though accurate figures are hard to obtain due to the internet shutdown.

Africa
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.

Africa
Tensions remain with protests expected to continue, after demonstrations were reported in some towns overnight.

Business
ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels will not be available to YouTube TV subscribers.

Business
The government is facing questions over whether One Login can be trusted to keep people’s personal data secure.

Business
South Africa’s motor manufacturers failed to reach a wage agreement with the industry’s labour union, the Nation Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, it said in a statement late on Thursday.

Business
Restorative justice scheme for subpostmasters will offer face-to-face meetings with Fujitsu and Post Office executives.

Politics
Operations have resumed at the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mahikeng in the N West.

Politics
Ramaphosa slammed for celebration of SA’s removal from Financial Action Task Force greylist.
Politics
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has scotched the Umngeni-Uthukela Water board’s decision to suspend its chief governance and compliance officer, Sibusiso Madonsela, ordering that he be reinstated immediately.

Politics
Adams spoke with SABC News outside the Cape Town Central Police Station.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Ben Khalil Youssef have made one change for the clash against Durban City in the Betway Premiership.

Sport
Britain’s Chantelle Cameron vacates her WBC light-welterweight world title in protest at not being able to compete under the same rules as male fighters.

Sport
Japan could repeat their Brighton upset over the Springboks according to coach Eddie Jones.

Sport
Departed manager Brendan Rodgers “changed the landscape massively” at Celtic, while John Kennedy leaves “a big hole”, says captain Callum McGregor.
Education
New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy.
Education
[New Republic] Tubman University has once again positioned itself as a hub for youth empowerment and leadership with the hosting of the Tubman University Youth Summit-an inspiring event that brings together young people from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and develop solutions for Liberia’s future.
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Pottermore Publishing and Worldreader’s BookSmart platform have partnered to promote literacy in Kenya through a nationwide digital reading initiative targeting families and children.
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has revealed that lawyers and accountants lead in student loan defaults, even as the agency pushes for new legal powers to freeze bank accounts of beneficiaries who have refused to repay their loans.
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Switzerland voluntarily returned three sacred South African artefacts to the Nkuna royal family, a significant act of cultural restitution.
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Science/Tech
Online harassers are generating images and sounds that simulate their victims in violent situations.
Science/Tech
Google Maps is testing a power saving mode in its latest Android beta release that strips the navigation interface to its bare essentials. The feature transforms the screen into a monochrome display and removes nearly all UI elements during navigation, according to AndroidAuthority. Users discovered code strings in version 25.44.03.824313610 indicating the mode activates through the phone’s...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shares a report: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not let people decline to be scanned by its new facial recognition app, which the agency uses to verify a person’s identity and their immigration status, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document also says any face photos taken by the app, called...

Science/Tech
The financial landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift. After an extended period of strength, gold is experiencing a sharp sell-off, triggering a massive, anticipated rotation of capital into digital assets. While industry giants like Ethereum (ETH) are positioned for solid, perhaps 3x growth, smart money is now hunting for asymmetrical returns in the next wave […]

Motoring
‘Loot in the Boot’ will see one entrant walk way with R1-million.

Motoring
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, or better known simply as G-Wagen or G-Wagon, has been in production since 1979 and, in that…
Motoring

Motoring
Twin of the Peugeot Landtrek slots in below the range-extending Hunter REEV.

Health
Cambridge University Hospitals says it “should not have happened” and changes are being made.
Health
She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the cause of that genetic condition.
Health
A large-scale randomized trial of texting therapy concluded that its outcomes were as good as video sessions in treating depression.

Health
UK Health Security Agency urges people to get vaccinated with cases on the rise.
Nature
Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.
Nature
A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.
Nature
The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.
Nature
Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.