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Burnham faces deadline on by-election decision
The Greater Manchester mayor has until Saturday afternoon to decide if he wants to stand in the Gordon and Denton seat.
SATURDAY, 24 JANUARY 2026, 13:24

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The Greater Manchester mayor has until Saturday afternoon to decide if he wants to stand in the Gordon and Denton seat.

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Cape Town’s luxury property market saw a shift in 2025, with rising prices, increased sales above R50 million, and a growing preference for discreet off-market transactions now defining buyer behaviour as demand outpaces supply.

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In a blistering attack on the current leadership of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, expelled founder Jabulani Khumalo has accused former President Jacob Zuma of “hijacking” the organisation to fund his private lifestyle.

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The town’s mayor says the resort took a “battering” overnight with the historic pier damaged.

South Africa
Lesego Sefatsa was among the 14 learners who died in Monday’s tragic scholar transport crash.

South Africa
The department says the action was based on an incorrect account statement.

South Africa
ALS paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson says police are investigating both crashes.

South Africa
The two were among the 14 who died in the scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark on Monday.

World
Police say they are not expecting to find any more survivors from the landslide, with six people still unaccounted for.

World
Rescue teams are searching the West Java village for 83 people who are still unaccounted for.

World
Scott Bessent’s comments come amid a war of words between Ottawa and Washington.

World
Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.

Africa
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

Africa
The authorities tried to stop their export arguing they were part of the country’s heritage.

Africa
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.

Africa
The announcement that the Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted every four years from 2028 sparked division, but what will it mean for the game on the continent?

Business
Capitec’s former CEO Gerrie Fourie is the highest-paid banking CEO in South Africa, followed by the CEO of Standard Bank, and then Investec.
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Business
South Africa’s property market is expected to see massive change this year – with expectations of a better economic performance.

Business
Since launching, the scheme in Eynsham has supported 240 families in Oxfordshire.

Politics
O’Sullivan says he left SA on pre-planned international business trips until the end of February.

Politics
The Lekgotla is expected to be a crucial one ahead of this year’s local government elections.

Politics
EFF leader Julius Malema’s firearm case adjourned to April 15 for closing arguments.

Politics
Barbara Creecy announced that her department would amend the National Road Traffic Act.

Sport
Tottenham defender Ben Davies has undergone a second operation on a broken ankle and is a doubt for the World Cup should Wales qualify.

Sport
The Scottish Premiership match between Dundee United and St Mirren and the League 1 fixture between Montrose and Peterhead are postponed because of waterlogged pitches.

Sport
Wales captain Dewi Lake says Ospreys will “keep fighting” after a distressing week and the region’s long-term future in question.

Sport
San Francisco 49ers legendary quarterback John Brodie has died at the age of 90.
Education
[Namibian] The Walvis Bay Primary School has defended its claim that 64% of its workforce are persons with disabilities.
Education
[Namibian] The children are back at school, and between stationery shopping and replacing school shoes they somehow outgrew over the holidays, most of us are checking our bank balances with one eye closed, fully aware that payday is still a long way off.
Education
[The Point] Le Jumbo, a mentorship programme designed to arm youth with the requisite skills and knowledge before they start seeking for formal jobs at institutions, recently graduated over 175 mentees from its mentorship program cohort 0.4.
Education
The University of Colorado, Boulder, denied liability in the civil rights lawsuit, which the couple filed after a comment about a dish that one of them was heating in an office microwave.

Lifestyle
The days are numbered for City Varsity and Damelin colleges after the Department of Education issues notice to cancel their registration …

Lifestyle
Springbok WAGS, Siya Kolisi’s sister and more took to Instagram to celebrate Rachel Kolisi on her 36th birthday. Take a look…

Lifestyle
Rachel Kolisi, estranged wife of Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, is set to release her memoir ‘Falling Forward’ this March.

Lifestyle
British pop star Dua Lipa has spent a week enjoying the beauty of Cape Town. Take a look inside her travel diary…

Entertainment
As the first year of the Presidential Johannesburg Working Group’s work draws near, Ramaphosa told ANC NEC members that the city is still failing.

Entertainment
While some online celebrated and applauded the show of support, others said it was ‘rowdy’ and ‘disrespectful’ to fellow passengers.

Entertainment
The oil is widely used as coolants in electric transformers and capacitors, hydraulic systems, and other industrial applications.

Entertainment
The 22-year-old driver of the transport was caught on camera overtaking several cars before colliding head-on with the truck on Monday morning.

Science/Tech
The Department of Home Affairs has emphasised that online bookings for appointments at its branches are free.

Science/Tech
Plus: Asus exits the smartphone market, and Sony partners with TCL on TVs.

Science/Tech
It’s LVMH Watch Week, so here’s WIRED’s pick of the timepieces that made their debut—plus one notable gatecrasher.
Science/Tech
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.

Motoring
Most South Africans cannot afford a new car, opting to shop in the used market instead.

Motoring
A new special-edition Mercedes-Benz CLA will soon grace South Africa’s roads.

Motoring
Ensuring your cargo or payload is secured is not only good practice, it is the law.

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Health
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Health
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Health
Tessa Marshall has shared the experience to highlight issues such as women’s rights and sex education.
Health
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.