MONDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2025, 21:00
Top Stories
Obesity is a big driver of healthcare spending in South Africa, yet most medical schemes still limit cover for effective treatments. The gap between the scale of the problem and the funding response is widening, with long-term consequences for patients, insurers and the public purse.
Top Stories
The minister of communications’ move to bypass BEE rules for Starlink sparks controversy, challenging South Africa’s equity policies amid misleading data and potential threats to digital sovereignty.
Top Stories
Vincent Magwenya also suggests local ownership law could be amended to accommodate would-be foreign ICT investors like Starlink.
Top Stories
Narges Mohammadi told her family in a phone call that she was beaten on the head and neck by plainclothes agents in Mashhad last week.
South Africa
Action SA have filed criminal charges against the City of Cape Town
South Africa
The principal was shot and killed at his home after unknown men broke in using an axe
South Africa
SANTACO set to target taxi ranks and routes to ensure taxi drivers have the necessary documentation
South Africa
The main aim of the Commission on Khoisan Matters is to gather information.
World
Two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in the attack, according to the US Central Command.
World
Chile has become the latest country in the region to elect a right-wing president.
World
UK pop star Cliff Richard revealed Monday that he has been treated for prostate cancer over the past year, but said the disease has been successfully treated.
World
The discussions are centred around the peace plan presented by Kyiv to the US last week.
Africa
At least 13 people are missing after armed men stormed a church, an official tells the BBC.
Africa
Benin arrive at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco looking to turn 2026 World Cup qualification heartbreak into a memorable continental campaign.
Africa
At least 70 homes have been inundated in Safi’s old city centre, officials say.
Africa
The armed forces accused Father Deusdedit Ssekabira of involvement in “violent subversive activities”.
Business
Cape Town has plans to build a R180 million security wall along the road that has become notorious for violent attacks on motorists.
Business
Business
Lutfiyyah Ahmed unpacks what organisational resilience means today, and how it differs from traditional risk management.
Business
Politics
ANCYL Secretary General Mntuwoxolo Ngudle has confirmed the registration of conference delegates.
Politics
Presidency says that South Africa will not ask G20 member countries to boycott the next meeting.
Politics
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has survived a motion of no confidence brought by the MKP
Politics
The interim report of the Madlanga Commission, established to probe explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, won’t be publicly available.
Sport
From crowd violence on day one to meeting cricket royalty and kickabouts with kids – what happened on Lionel Messi’s GOAT Tour of India.
Sport
Mbekezeli Mbokazi played his last match for Orlando Pirates earlier this month and will join Chicago Fire after AFCON.
Sport
At least one million tickets for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles will be priced at $28 (£20.94).
Sport
American pop superstar Mariah Carey will perform at the opening ceremony of next year’s Winter Olympics, organisers announce.
Education
Ofqual issues fines over English proficiency test which some candidates sat at home, A-level Chinese and GCSE English
One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students.
Pearson, a FTSE 100 listed company, was hit by financial penalties...
Education
A gunman who killed two students at Brown University is still at large. There were no specific threats against other schools, but many are taking precautions.
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has cautioned schools against what it termed “misleading the public with fake and inaccurate” analyses of the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results, following the release of the first-ever outcomes under the new Competency-Based Education (CBE) system.
Education
[Vanguard] . Lauds GUU over academic strides
Lifestyle
The widow of Marius van der Merwe – or ‘Witness D’ at the Madlanga Commission – has shared a heartbreaking post ahead of his funeral.
Lifestyle
Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Rob Reiner, has been arrested after the director and his wife Michele were found dead on Sunday.
Lifestyle
After the death of respected director, Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, many tributes have populated social media and traditional media pages alike. But a bizarre ‘tribute’ from US president, Donald Trump, is making headlines.
Lifestyle
Rachel Kolisi, estranged wife of Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, expressed grattitude over the support she receieved for her upcoming doccie.
Entertainment
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Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Tuesday, 15 December 2025, in our simple daily news update.
Entertainment
The Lions now need to beat French sides Lyon and Perpignan in January to make the playoffs.
Entertainment
The ANC has resolved that they should ‘renew or perish’ following their National General Councill last week.
Science/Tech
Rarely are deals better than what you see on Black Friday, but Cozy Earth’s upping the ante for this pajama sale.
Science/Tech
SAN FRANCISCO – December 15, 2025 (PinionNewswire) — Gen Z thrives on sharing holiday deals, gifts, and moments online. But this year, many are finding it harder to manage money across traditional and digital worlds amid rising costs and life transitions. Bluwhale, the AI-powered financial platform, delivers a solution embraced by Gen Z in particular: […]
Science/Tech
Google has decided to retire its free dark web monitoring tool, saying it wasn’t as helpful as the company hoped. From a report: In a support page, Google announced the discontinuation of the “dark web report” tool, two years after offering it as a free perk to Gmail users before expanding it more broadly. The feature worked by scanning for your email addresses to determine whether they had...
Science/Tech
The Trump administration announced Monday the United States Tech Force, a new program to recruit around 1,000 technologists for two-year government stints starting as soon as March — less than a year after dismantling several federal technology teams and driving thousands of tech workers out of their jobs. The program will primarily recruit early-career software engineers and data scientists,...
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
These estates and people carriers are a great alternative to SUVs in South Africa.
Motoring
Health
How to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look after yourself.
Health
Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative mixed into fentanyl, has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.
Health
Probe into historical abuse at former units in Sussex could lead to more alleged victims coming forward.
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.