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2025 was the third-warmest year on record
2025 was the third-warmest year on record, continuing a multi-decade trend of rising temperatures driven by human activity.
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2025 was the third-warmest year on record, continuing a multi-decade trend of rising temperatures driven by human activity.

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Naledi-Ya-Meso secondary school in Limpopo experienced a complete failure rate in its 2025 matric class due to a combination of factors, including poor management, lack of parental involvement, ill-discipline, and the belief in witchcraft.

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The Ekurhuleni municipality has backtracked on a landmark expropriation-without-compensation case where it wanted to take a property without paying for it.

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The High Court has sent a warning to homeowners and estates that courts will not enforce repealed planning schemes or outdated rules.

South Africa
Heavy rains started last week and caused severe floods in Limpopo and Mpumalanga killing 31 people
South Africa
Reforms bear fruit as World Bank projects SA economic growth
A new World Bank report projecting economic growth for South Africa over the next two years is an indication that government’s reform agenda is bearing fruit.
This after the international development organisation reported that South Africa’s economy is expected to grow by some 1.4% in 2026 – increasing to 1.7% in...

South Africa
The nurse says she reached the woman when the water started to subside.

South Africa
Over 40% of the 14-thousand deaths on South Africa’s roads annually, are linked to alcohol

World
Heavy rain did not dampen a man’s spirits as he decided to take a dive into a flooded Sydney golf course.

World
“I love the love in Africa. The energy here is crazy,” he says on his maiden tour of the continent.

World
Twenty-two years before the Swiss ski resort fire, Gina escaped a near-identical disaster. Would you know what to do if it happened to you?

World
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, said U.S. Central Command.

Africa
Yoweri Museveni has won a record seventh term in elections after promising that the fledgling oil sector will boost the economy.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni wins a seventh term, as his main rival Bobi Wine decries “fake results”.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

Africa
Abubakar Abdullahi sheltered 262 people after they came under attack from Fulani herders in 2018.

Business
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to roll out major changes for South Africa’s largest diesel users.

Business
An 84-year-old Blackpool pensioner says she found herself in fuel poverty when her husband died.

Business
A lifeline for some of South Africa’s most important employers is in the pipeline, as the government steps in to help critical smelters that are buckling under current electricity prices.

Business
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that South Africa’s fiscal vulnerability is self-inflicted, rooted in years of weak growth and policy failure.

Politics
Mbalula says ANC’s January 8th Statement focused on addressing problems of failing municipalities.

Politics
He was speaking at the Veterans’ inaugural conference in Bloemfontein.

Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Dialogue must be inclusive

Politics
PAC threatens to pull out of the GNU and in all its working arrangements with the ANC in Gauteng.

Sport
Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel urges Scottish football to “not just think about how it was in the past”, after being “a bit surprised” by the reaction to him joining interim manager Peter Leven in the dugout.

Sport
Forward Sadio Mane looks to help inspire Senegal to glory against host nation Morocco after the 33-year-old said this will be his “last Afcon final”.

Sport
The Africa Cup of Nations reaches its climax on Sunday with a final showdown between the continent’s two leading footballing powerhouses.

Sport
Richards Bay FC striker Gabadinho Mhango has praised Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou, revealing what stood out during their time together at Marumo Gallants.
Education
The United States is broken, but not in every way.
Education
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.
Education
Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.
Education
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.

Lifestyle
COSATU has voiced strong support for Transport Minister Barbara Creecy’s call to amend legislation governing drunken driving.

Lifestyle
There is ‘no immediate concern’ and no need for water restrictions in Cape Town this summer, confirms city official …

Lifestyle
The mother of Reeva Steenkamp – who was murdered by Oscar Pistorius – has shown positive progress after a devastating diagnosis last year.

Lifestyle
The son of the late Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen is turning heads due to his likeness of his rugby hero father…

Entertainment
“We dreamt of being here and now we have done it,” Regragui told reporters.

Entertainment
The Durban side are fourth in the standings but they need other results to go their way over the next couple of days.

Entertainment
It is quite impossible to live without credit in today’s expensive world, but you should make smarter choices when opting for credit, an expert says.

Entertainment
The Sharks finished the pool stage in fifth position with two wins and two defeats. They drop into the Challenge Cup round of 16, to be played in April.

Science/Tech
Durban-based solar panel firm ArtSolar has scored an early win in its case against the South African government over alleged non-compliance with local procurement requirements in private power projects.

Science/Tech
Price predictions in crypto often sound exciting, but most fail because they rely on noise instead of fundamentals. Tokens spike on hype and fade when attention moves on. Real growth comes from something slower but stronger: usage. Projects that become part of everyday financial behavior are the ones that survive cycles and compound value over […]

Science/Tech
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude
Dark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains.
But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time, in observations that could help reveal another side to these elusive – and...
Science/Tech
=[“More than half of all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now defunct,” reports CoinDesk, citing a new analysis by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko. And most of those failures occurred in 2025:The study looked at token listings on GeckoTerminal between mid-2021 and the end of 2025. Of the nearly 20.2 million tokens that entered the market during that period, 53.2% are no longer...

Motoring
The recently concluded festive season was South Africa’s least deadly in years.

Motoring
A Chinese vacuum cleaner company unveiled its very own supercar at CES 2026.

Motoring
With back-to-school in full swing, parents have been told to ensure safe commutes.

Motoring
Chery is gearing up to launch a new car brand in South Africa.
Health
Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.
Health
The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

Health
Complex podcast host and chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson joins What’s Up Docs? to talk about how we think about willpower.
Health
Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.