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Equality boss expects people to ‘follow the rules’ over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said “things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights”.
SATURDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2025, 22:59

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Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said “things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights”.

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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says the past 48 hours are “the worst” since joining the club last summer.
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Two American troops and an interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.
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London’s Met Police said on Saturday it had decided not to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles III, asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.

South Africa
The NPA is wants to reinstate the R24.9m Gupta- linked Nulane fraud and money laundering case

South Africa
Australia is the first country to ban social media use by children under the age of 16.

South Africa
Authorities continue to encourage road safety amid festive season accidents

South Africa
Community members have called on men to protect women and children amid arson victim burial

World
Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken.

World
Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.

World
The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

World
The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to promote screening, which increases the likelihood of successful treatment.

Africa
Nigeria’s biggest city is known for its vibrant arts scene, nightlife and creativity, but street art is relatively unknown.

Africa
BBC Sport Africa picks out six players to keep an eye on at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Africa
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the profits flaunted on Instagram.

Africa
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

Business
Stats SA’s latest quarterly employment survey shows that the average monthly salary in South Africa increased to R29,490 in the third quarter of the year.
Business

Business
The Department of Transport and other stakeholders have issued a serious warning about South Africa’s most dangerous routes as millions prepare to take to the roads for the festive season.

Business
More than 100 volunteers gathered to wrap thousands of presents for children across the capital.

Politics
Khusela Diko says Solly Malatsi did not follow proper procedure amid policy directives

Politics
The directive permits companies such as Starlink to bypass the local ownership requirements

Politics
The party believes the Gazette introduces policy directions that exceed the minister’s authority

Politics
South Africa will not boycott the summit if it’s excluded from participating.

Sport
SAFA has responded to controversial comments made by Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos this week,

Sport
Josh Sargent is a target for West Ham, Manchester City are prepared to sell a trio to boost their January spending, Ibrahima Konate is attracting interest from Europe, plus more.

Sport
Ireland’s Aoife Wafer makes her debut for Harlequins in their PWR win against Sale, while Saracens beat Exeter to go top of the table.

Sport
Abdeslam Ouaddou won his third trophy as Orlando Pirates head coach but the Moroccan is already eyeing next fixtures.
Education
The claims last year by a conservative publication against Darryll J. Pines prompted a yearlong investigation and an extensive review of his published works.
Education
Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.
Education
South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a resignation. Could you answer some of the questions correctly?
Education
The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year.

Lifestyle
A Woolworths customer made a creepy discovery in her pre-packed salad – a dead frog! Take a look at the trending video…
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
The average rent per province across South Africa varies greatly and shows some remarkable disparities. Here’s why …

Lifestyle
A California nurse, who was just about to remove an ovarian cyst that had grown to almost 10kg, got the shock of her life when a routine pregnancy test came back positive.

Entertainment
“We said many times with Cole (Palmer) we are a better team,” Maresca told the BBC.

Entertainment
Salah came off the substitutes’ bench to huge cheers in the 26th minute.

Entertainment
A beautifully balanced cocktail where fresh cherries, gin, and honey sparkle in perfect harmony.

Entertainment
A total of R500 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 13 December 2025.
Science/Tech
Electrek reports:EV and battery supply chain research specialists Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that 2.0 million electric vehicles were sold globally in November 2025, bringing global EV sales to 18.5 million units year-to-date. That’s a 21% increase compared to the same period in 2024.Europe was the clear growth leader in November, while North America continued to lag following the...
Science/Tech
In 1975, 23-year-old electrical engineer Steve Sasson joined Kodak. And in a new interview with the BBC, he remembers that he’d found the whole photographic process “really annoying…. I wanted to build a camera with no moving parts. Now that was just to annoy the mechanical engineers…””You take your picture, you have to wait a long time, you have to fiddle with these chemicals. Well, you know,...
Science/Tech
New England’s last coal-fired power plant “has ceased operations three years ahead of its planned retirement date,” reports the New Hampshire Bulletin. “The closure of the New Hampshire facility paves the way for its owner to press ahead with an initiative to transform the site into a clean energy complex including solar panels and battery storage systems.””The end of coal is real, and it is...

Science/Tech
Psychiatry professor theorizes that the difference is related to how the substances interact with areas of the brain
A recent review of alternative treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates that psychedelic treatments show promise for the disorder while cannabis does not.
Dr Michael Van Ameringen, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and lead...

Motoring
December’s petrol price hike means you’ll need to budget a fair amount to travel to the Kruger Park this holiday.

Motoring
The worst countries to drive in for 2025 have been revealed, and South Africa is only ranked fourth.

Motoring
The Department of Transport is ramping up its efforts to curb road fatalities this holiday season.

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Health
A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.
Health
A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.
Health
The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics.
Health
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.