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Perez says Cadillac would be disappointed to finish last in 2026
Formula One newcomers Cadillac may finish last this season, but Sergio Perez will be disappointed if they do
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Formula One newcomers Cadillac may finish last this season, but Sergio Perez will be disappointed if they do
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The visit is to show solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, after the shootings

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The 60th Super Bowl in America just delivered a historic victory for Seattle and a vibrant halftime show. Here is a look at the big event.

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Corruption-accused Matlosana CFO Mercy Phetla, recently dismissed then reinstated, had her foundation sponsor ANC’s 2026 January 8th golf day.

South Africa
Emergency services are encouraging motorists to use alternative routes.

South Africa
The Madlanga Commission will today continue hearing witness testimony.

South Africa
Niani residents demand action on cross-border crime, citing frequent thefts and impunity.

South Africa
The condition of the station poses a serious risk to community members, police officers and staff

World
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

World
Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results.

World
The pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Hong Kong High Court.
World
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Sydney ahead of a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, after a December shooting at a Hanukkah event that killed 15.

Africa
Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

Africa
Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Africa
Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Africa
Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.

Business
RMB Holdings is being sold, six years after the holding company unbundled its stake in FirstRand to focus on property.
Business
Business

Business
Business groups have written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to clear up confusion around Eskom’s monopoly before investors start fleeing.

Politics
Voters in Ward 13, Umzumbe, will elect a new councillor on Wednesday with the IFP, ANC, MK Party.

Politics
Commission has heard testimony from police officials implicated in corruption with criminal network.

Politics
The IFP and ANC has been co-governing Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, since 2021

Politics
ANC members have visited late Bishop John Bolana of the Bantu Church of Christ’s home.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs attacker Mduduzi Shabalala has only one cap for Bafana Bafana. Will he find form before the FIFA World Cup?

Sport
James Milner is poised to equal the record for most Premier League appearances.

Sport
Orlando Pirates could open up a six-point gap over Mamelodi Sundowns before the two teams clash at the FNB Stadium next weekend.

Sport
American Chris Gotterup mounts a late charge before beating Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in a play-off.
Education
Over 41 seasons as head coach, he won two national titles and sent more than 200 players to the major leagues, including Mike Mussina and Jack McDowell.

Education
By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all
The personal finance expert Martin Lewis upbraided the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for freezing the threshold at which millions of graduates repay their loans, saying that this was treating student debts like tax. He was right, and Ms Reeves’s...

Education
Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime
Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life
As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms, in conversation and in alarming...
Education
He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South Pole in 1912.

Lifestyle
An embattled ANC is losing support and is struggling to pay its staff. Now Julius Malema accuses it of ‘illegal activities’ back in 2024 …
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
There is a worldwide movement to take kids off social media, to protect them from harmful content on the internet.

Lifestyle
American singer Jacquees visited Umlazi, had a Durban-style mutton curry and bought ice cream from a cooler box on the beach! Take a look…
Entertainment

Entertainment
The top-order batter is still one of the best in the business and would boost the national women’s side.

Entertainment
Brand posted a 12.2% year-on-year sales increase last year, with Africa now being its second biggest market after Thailand.

Entertainment
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe recently said his department was not obliged to rehabilitate old and disused mines.

Science/Tech
Financial backing and not mine ownership, anchors Washington’s push into Africa’s critical minerals sector.

Science/Tech
First launched in 1998 as Vodaworld, Vodacom World is the largest shopping mall for mobile phones in South Africa.

Science/Tech
For agentic AI to deliver real value, enterprises need hybrid infrastructure balancing cloud with sovereignty.

Science/Tech
Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga will represent minister of higher education Buti Manamela at the university’s council.

Motoring
European carmakers are pulling the plug on electric-vehicle plans.
Motoring

Motoring
Car subscriptions have taken off in South Africa, leaving many wondering what it costs to rent long term.
Motoring

Health
The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.

Health
Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.
Health
State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.
Health
Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.