WEDNESDAY, 02 APRIL 2025, 06:11
Top Stories
Rob Walter’s numbers as the Proteas white-ball didn’t just split opinions, but neatly divided his work as a proper tournament specialist who didn’t do well in bilateral series.
Top Stories
SA Tourism’s latest campaign, launched during mounting diplomatic headwinds, redefines South Africa’s global image by showcasing its culture, food, and landscapes through the fresh eyes of childlike wonder.
Top Stories
South African exporters are bracing for US President Donald Trump’s plans on reciprocal tariff plans due later today, on what Trump has called “Liberation Day”.
Top Stories
A delivery driver lost his life in a horror crash believed to have been caused by a massive pothole in Johannesburg this week, once again shining a light on the parlous state of the city’s roads.
South Africa
Bergview College has filed an urgent application in the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda to prevent provincial education MEC Fundile Gade from deregistering the school over allegations of a 7-year-old pupil’s rape.
South Africa
Residents and civil society organisations on Tuesday handed over a memorandum to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education demanding that police arrest those responsible for the alleged rape of a 7-year-old pupil in the Eastern Cape last year.
South Africa
Macpherson was speaking on the sidelines of the Inaugural Public Works Infrastructure Summit.
South Africa
Of the 11 accused, eight are SASSA employees and they face over 1 000 counts including fraud.
World
In President Donald Trump’s telling, tariffs are the political equivalent of duct tape: you can use them to fix anything. For example, they’re a negotiating tool — he used the threat of tariffs to pressure Canada and Mexico to implement border policies he liked. He also sees tariffs as a revenue source that might help offset his proposed $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and as a shield to protect...
World
The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tensions is a power struggle between the country’s president and vice president.
World
Sales of electric vehicles worldwide have been growing and the largest manufacturer of EVs is China’s BYD. Their global revenue was over $100 billion in 2024, beating Tesla. To keep up that growth and to try to stave off the pain of U.S. tariffs, BYD is expanding in emerging markets. One of the markets where their cars are selling big is Brazil, where BYD is investing nearly a billion dollars...
World
US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday asked federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who allegedly gunned down an American health care CEO in a brazen attack.
Africa
In the city of Dutse, thousands filled the streets to celebrate a centuries-old festival.
Africa
A total of 95 people are charged with promoting “public violence” and for “breaches of peace”.
Africa
Hakainde Hichilema says some are dozing off because of “indulgence” and a lack of self-control.
Africa
Her family had not seen her for six months before she was found with a man claiming to be her husband.
Business
Conservative US cable TV channel Newsmax started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
Business
Business
Business
Politics
The ANC says it will not back down on transformation.
Politics
Trump has framed April 2nd, as Liberation Day – arguing that tariffs protect U.S industries.
Politics
The committee report will be tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Politics
The ANC has so far rejected conditions on which the DA would agree to support Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase for the coming fiscal year
Sport
Thanks to the embarrassing nature of their defeat to a third string Leinster side, the Sharks have carried the can for an ineptitude that has actually enveloped all the SA franchises this season.
Sport
Kaizer Chiefs head coach Nasreddine Nabi says he knows where the problem is and urges supporters to be patient.
Sport
There is a “high degree of uncertainty” over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during the Covid pandemic will be repaid, says an influential group of MPs.
Sport
Arsenal’s Raheem Sterling and England and Chelsea’s Lauren James are named on a five-player list recognising the most influential black people in British football.
Education
Legal action claims policy breaches rights of children with SEN whose requirements cannot be met by UK state schools
Adding VAT to private school fees discriminates against children with conditions such as autism whose needs cannot be adequately met by UK state schools, the high court has been told.
The legal action against Labour’s policy is being taken by parents claiming that VAT on school...
Education
Civil rights advocates say Canary Mission is doxxing critics of Israel and providing a possible road map for immigration agents as they sweep up students in a campus crackdown.
Education
The Trump administration has sought to punish universities financially, saying they have not done enough to combat antisemitism or comply with other administration priorities.
Education
[Daily Trust] As Nigeria faces pressing economic and environmental challenges, the education sector must explore innovative solutions to reduce costs, improve learning outcomes, and embrace sustainability. One effective yet underutilized approach is the adoption of digital note-taking in classrooms — a move that could transform school operations, reduce expenses, and foster a greener environment.
Lifestyle
An April Fool? ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula celebrated his 54th birthday with a bash alongside his comrades…
Lifestyle
Jojo Robinson is celebrating a milestone—10 years of marriage! To mark the occasion, she shared rare throwback photos from her wedding.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Social media analyst Phil Mphela demands R65 000 For his gig with Mr South Africa & Mr Universe South Africa.
Entertainment
Entertainment
‘The Death Watcher’, is the sixth in the Detective Robert Hunter series, and it’s as good, if not better, than its predecessors.
Entertainment
Nadia is living her best life in Nigeria.
Entertainment
Science/Tech
Samsung has done it again with its latest flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes an op-ed from Ars Technica’s Scharon Harding: TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you. But what happens when divisive, potentially offensive messaging infiltrates that escape? Even with streaming...
Science/Tech
With the signing of HB25-1040 on Monday, Colorado now defines nuclear as a “clean energy resource” since it doesn’t release large amounts of climate-warming emissions. “The category was previously reserved for renewables like wind, solar and geothermal, which don’t carry the radioactive stigma that’s hobbled fission power plants following disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima,” notes Colorado...
Science/Tech
They are expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss a potential sale of the app, which faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.
Motoring
Third increase of 2025 in as many months saw the local automotive industry teetering on the fringes of 50 000 unit sales.
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Motorists will get much-needed relief at the petrol pumps this week.
Health
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.
Health
Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician’s confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.
Health
A Macclesfield woman fears she will have to leave Australia due to her medical condition.
Health
The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.
Nature
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has gazetted a decision that would allow the state to procure 1 164km of transmission infrastructure to be developed by the private sector.
Nature
Greenhouse gas emissions in France dropped by 1.8% in 2024, a monitoring group working for the government said, but pointed out that was less than for the previous year.
Nature
A severe storm that flooded northern Johannesburg on Wednesday was caused by a “highly unstable” atmosphere and excessive lightning, says a meteorologist.
Nature
A delay in setting new emission reduction targets has raised concerns that the EU has put its ambitious climate agenda on the back burner, bowing to political headwinds.