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Two Australian states offer free public transport as war pushes up fuel prices
Victoria and Tasmania incentivise commuters not to drive as the Iran war causes the price of petrol to shoot up.
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Victoria and Tasmania incentivise commuters not to drive as the Iran war causes the price of petrol to shoot up.
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While Parliament is only now fumbling for answers about the Competition Commission’s approval of the Vodacom/Maziv merger, a look at the financials reveals exactly why Remgro needed this deal to happen – and how brilliantly they structured the payout.
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In a scathing letter exposing what he says is the chronic dysfunction in Nelson Mandela Bay, Mayor Babalwa Lobishe’s chief of staff has accused her of lying to Parliament and shifting blame.

South Africa
The congregants started walking from the Company’s Gardens towards the church

South Africa
BBC CEO, Kganki Matabane has urged government to come up with measures to protect small businesses
South Africa
Progress made in tackling Free State challenges
Progress is being made to address service delivery challenges in the Free State, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said.“Now we are starting to see some progress in terms of implementation and development, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done,” she said on Friday.The Minister’s comments came...

South Africa
It says justice has never been fully served for the victims and their families.

World
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said it had immediately taken over the investigation.

World
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack in southern Lebanon.

World
Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.

World
The war in Iran is now in its second month. More U.S. troops are arriving in the region, even as President Trump says peace talks are ongoing.

Africa
Veron Mosengo-Omba, a controversial figure, leaves at a turbulent time for African football.

Africa
The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

Africa
A senior member of the Moroccan government says the country was “ready to host” the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations this month despite the decision to delay it until July.

Africa
Reports say the US pressured France to rescind Ramaphosa’s invitation after Trump threatened to boycott the summit.

Business
This is how much money taxpayers living in the best-run municipality in South Africa make.

Business
South Africa’s statistics agency, Stats SA, has confirmed that its systems have been breached by a ransomware attack, marking the second major government breach this month.

Business
The City of Cape Town has allocated R93 million to a “gas-to-power” plant at the Coastal Park Landfill near Muizenberg, which converts waste gas into electricity.
Business

Politics
LP ANC secretary, Reuben Madadzhe, says the congress has resolved to tackle water shortage

Politics
Some members took the party to court, accusing it of flawed processes before the conference.

Politics
President Ramaphosa delivers closing address at ANC Limpopo conference

Politics
Funeral service for UMkhonto weSizwe Party MP Nkosentsha Shezi.

Sport
Bafana Bafana boss Hugo Broos has called on Mamelodi Sundowns to give Themba Zwane more minutes as he works his way back to full fitness.

Sport
Highlights from the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague.

Sport
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has expressed satisfaction with his defensive pairing after the draw against Panama.

Sport
Junior Khanye has questioned some of the selection decisions following Bafana Bafana’s 1-1 draw with Panama.
Education
No more YouTube or video games on school laptops. Textbooks and pencils are back. Some seventh graders say they prefer learning offline.

Education
The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language
Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language.
“I...

Education
National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’
Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.
Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the...

Education
Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all
Reform UK’s “pro-family” policies are a sham and exclude non-traditional families, the government’s early years minister has said before the rollout of hundreds of new Sure Start-style family centres across England on Monday.
Olivia Bailey said she wanted the hubs to be...

Lifestyle
Outdoor activities for stress relief offer South Africans a simple, low-cost way to reduce anxiety, reset mentally and improve wellbeing.

Lifestyle
‘Big Brother Mzansi’ winner Liema Pantsi raked in the big bucks and has divulged how she plans on spending her millions.

Lifestyle
Thandeka Tshabalala claims ‘Big Brother Mzansi: Bazozwa’ was rigged, following Lieyma Pantsi’s win. Take a look…

Lifestyle
eSwatini’s incoming Queen, Nomcebo LaZuma, has a lethal face card that never declines, as she recently treated her fans with close-up shots.

Entertainment
She first did it in her T20 debut and now she’s done it on her ODI debut.

Entertainment
‘So the cynic would say that these investment conferences are nice for good vibes but if you really want to increase investment, start with some service delivery.’

Entertainment
“I know that the Sundowns players have an overloaded programme also the next few weeks but this is not my problem,” said Broos.

Entertainment
The department also linked gender-based violence (GBV) to economic exclusion, describing it as both a social and economic crisis.
Science/Tech
Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK on Wednesday. “After downloading a new update, users will now have to confirm that they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features,” reports Gizmodo. “Users will be able to confirm their age with a credit card or by scanning an ID.”For those underage or who have not confirmed their age, Apple will turn on Web Content Filter and...
Science/Tech
How powerful is Jupiter’s lightning? Thick clouds cover the view, notes Science magazine. But using an instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft (orbiting Jupiter for the past decade), researchers determined Jupiter’s lightning bolts are 100 to 10,000 times more energetic than earth’s:A single bolt of lightning on Earth releases about 1 billion joules of energy. That means the most extreme bolts of...
Science/Tech
Bell Labs “created many of the foundational innovations of the modern age,” writes Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation — from transistors and telecommunications satellites to Unix and the C programming language. But what was the secret to its success? he asks in a new article for the Wall Street Journal. Start with its lucky arrival in...

Science/Tech
Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgery
Almost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body – the clitoris.
As well as revealing the extent of the nerves that are crucial to orgasms, the work shows that...

Motoring
South Africans storing petrol and diesel at home need to do so safely and legally.
Motoring

Motoring
Roughly 50 hijackings take place in South Africa every day.

Motoring
Mitsubishi recently launched a new seven-seater SUV in South Africa.
Health
Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.
Health
Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Health
The Hospice in the Weald in Pembury runs the sessions for people with life-limiting conditions.
Health
Several states are considering bills that would expand access to unpasteurized milk. MAHA supporters say consumers should have the right to choose.