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India’s quick-commerce boom means groceries in minutes – but it can be dangerous for riders.

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The three million new documents include hundreds of mentions of Trump emails between Epstein and a person called “The Duke”

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World number one Luke Littler comes through a “tough” night to win his first-round game after opponent Mike de Decker misses a match dart.

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The exchange emerges in the latest, wider batch of documents released by US justice officials.

South Africa
Knysna Municipality has significantly intensified its water security interventions.

South Africa
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says, the woman’s remarks were unfair and discriminatory.
South Africa
The NPA has been criticised for the lack of convictions in State Capture and high-profile cases
South Africa
Sixteen-year-old Sagwadi Baloyi-Mathye will be buried at Olifantshoek village outside Giyani.

World
Opinion is divided over whether Warsh will align with the US president’s views over how the Federal Reserve should be run.

World
Tehran has said it will never negotiate on its missile and defence systems, but that it is open to talks.

World
Borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed since October, disrupting trade around the region. It’s part of a broader dispute over how to handle increasingly active militant groups.

World
Trump was not the only factor behind the agreements, but his shaking up of the global order is worrying friends and foes and driving them closer.

Africa
The president’s son, notorious for explosive remarks on X, has ambitions to succeed his father.

Africa
Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Africa
Ariel Siedman has been given 72 hours to leave South Africa, the foreign affairs ministry says.

Africa
The multiparty system had been “promoting division among citizens”, the country’s interior minister said.

Business
The furry dolls have a signature spiky-toothed grin and became a viral purchase last summer.

Business
Two schools in Cape Town have partnered with Woolworths Foods at its tuckshops, operated only by Woolworths staff.

Business
South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business
The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Politics
EMCA says SAPS and alleged ANC representatives unlawfully entered Lulu White’s house.

Politics
The EFF has called for Senona’s immediate removal from office, his arrest and investigation.

Politics
This inquest is part of a drive to revisit apartheid-era deaths in the search for justice.

Politics
The final report will be made public and is expected to contain elements from the interim report.

Sport
World number one Judd Trump will take on Ali Carter in the semi-finals of the German Masters after the world number one beat Xiao Guodong in a match which featured four centuries.

Sport
Derek Chisora’s fight with former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is confirmed for the O2 Arena in London on 4 April.

Sport
England’s Lottie Woad hits a three-under-par 69 on day two of the Tournament of Champions to share the lead with three-time major winner Lydia Ko.

Sport
Curtis Jones is attracting interest from Serie A side Inter Milan, while Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli could be on their way to La Liga. However, Joshua Zirkzee looks like he may now stay in the Premier League, plus more.
Education
The school’s principal said he brought two children to federal custody at the request of their mother, who was detained. Last week, another student, Liam Conejo Ramos, was picked up by immigration agents.
Education
It is rare for schools to work in concert with immigration officials, and it remains unclear if the partnerships have led to deportations.
Education
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.
Education
Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.

Lifestyle
Ster-Kinekor has broken its silence on a last-minute decision to drop the screening of documentary, ‘Melania’ …

Lifestyle
Thabo Bester will now call SA’s toughest prison – eBongweni Super Max- home. Here are some of his strict living conditions…

Lifestyle
Newly discovered dinosaur tracks suggest that the animals survived far longer in Southern Africa than previously thought.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Goals from Mohamed Abdelrahman and Jean Claude Girumugisha proved decisive for the Sudanese giants.

Entertainment
No flights had been delayed and operations are continuing as normal.

Entertainment
R26 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results for 30 January 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Friday, 30 January 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.
Science/Tech
Apple posted its biggest quarter ever, with iPhone revenue hitting a record ~$85.3 billion and Services climbing 14% to ~$30 billion. Total revenue reached nearly $143.76 billion. “The demand for iPhone was simply staggering,” CEO Tim Cook said on a conference call discussing the results. “This is the strongest iPhone lineup we’ve ever had and by far the most popular.”
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Science/Tech
Belkin is shutting down cloud support for most Wemo smart home devices on January 31, leaving only Thread-based models and devices already set up in Apple HomeKit functional. Everything else will lose remote access, voice assistant integrations, and future app updates. The Verge reports: The shut down was first announced in July and impacts most Wemo devices, ranging from smart plugs to a...
Science/Tech
After more than 30 years of development, GNU gettext finally “crossed the symbolic ‘v1.0’ milestone,” according to Phoronix’s Michael Larabel. “GNU gettext 1.0 brings PO file handling improvements, a new ‘po-fetch’ program to fetch translated PO files from a translation project’s site on the Internet, new ‘msgpre’ and ‘spit’ pre-translation programs, and Ocaml and Rust programming language...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: The White House has announced that software security guidance issued during the Biden administration has been rescinded due to “unproven and burdensome” requirements that prioritized administrative compliance over meaningful security investments. The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued Memorandum M-26-05 (PDF), officially...
Motoring

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
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Motoring
The Honda Elevate is a compact SUV that offers incredible value, being priced from only R3,899 per month.
Health
Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

Health
Maternity services at Lancaster Royal Infirmary are rated “good”, but improvements must be made in A&E.

Health
Two Tractor Boys join a project that is tackling oral health and healthy diets among children.
Health
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.