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No motive for revenge as Amakhosi face Stellies, says Kaze

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Gabriel says attacker’s experience will inspire Bay’s younger players

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Downs coach says they must respect minnows Gomora in tonight’s clash

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Celebrate unplanned magical moments with MSC Cruises’ Waves of Love promotion, designed to turn any special getaway into unforgettable memories at sea.

South Africa
Eleven people died when the Toyota Quantum taxi they were travelling in collided with a truck.
South Africa
Mining Indaba to strengthen collaboration between government, investors
Next week’s Mining Indaba Investment Forum will provide an opportunity for direct engagement between government and investors, with a strong emphasis on strengthening collaboration between the public and private sectors. This as the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), in partnership with...

South Africa
The Nkabinde Enquiry is probing South Gauteng DPP Adv Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.
South Africa
Police appeal for assitance in locating dangerous suspect
Police in Kopanong and Parkweg are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a suspect identified as 32-year-old Lloyd Mcdonald Siswe Jacobs, who is wanted for a number of serious offenses, including rape and conspiracy to commit murder.
On Sunday, 11 May 2025, at approximately 14:00, Kopanong police responded to a...

World
The UK leader’s comments came after Russia renewed its attacks on power plants and critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
World
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to immediately allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli authorities continue to block dozens of Palestinians from exiting the war-ravaged enclave to seek medical treatment.
World
The US military shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first reported by Reuters.

World
Official estimates suggest that around 55% of the town’s drinkable water is lost to leaking pipes.

Africa
The appointment of a dead opposition politician to a presidential panel caused embarrassment.

Africa
Abiy Ahmed admitted for the first time in parliament that Eritrean troops had killed people in Aksum.

Africa
Hodan Mohamud Diiriye faced a firing squad after being found guilty of beating Saabirin Saylaan to death.

Africa
The correspondence describes arrangements for a meal and there is no indication of wrongdoing by Zuma.
Business

Business
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has announced he will not contest the party’s next federal election, marking the end of his time as party leader.
Business

Business
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law extending a preferential trade program for Africa through 31 December 2026.

Politics
Pietermaritzburg High Court rules on Zuma, Thales leave to appeal matter.

Politics
The Madlanga Commission continues hearing evidence from Witness F.

Politics
DA leader John Steenhuisen holds a media briefing in Durban

Politics
John Steenhuisen is expected to announce his decision not to seek re-election at DA Federal Congress

Sport
General ticket sales opened this week following a pre-sale period for registered buyers, with demand strongest for the Cape Town Test.

Sport
The 25th Winter Olympics is taking place in Milan and Cortina in Italy – can you name the 16 sports involved?

Sport
TV personality Chris Hughes meets GB’s bobsleigh team, but will he go down the mountain against the 5G of force in a two man sled?

Sport
James Harden is set to join the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Los Angeles Clippers, with Darius Garland moving in the opposite direction.

Education
Formal approval given for new university group to operate from August, with both institutions keeping their names
The universities of Greenwich and Kent have confirmed they have been given formal approval to merge into the UK’s first “super-university”.
The merged entity will be the third-largest higher education institution in the UK, the universities said, and is consulting on being named the...
Education
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA — Liberia has released its first national scorecard measuring how well the country is delivering on promises made to educate and protect girls, offering a long-awaited snapshot of both progress achieved and challenges that persist.
Education
Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries about children’s rights.

Education
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees
The seaside city of Southend-on-Sea, on England’s east coast, looks grey on a winter afternoon in term-time. Its cobbled high street, bordering the university campus, is sparsely populated...
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Entertainment
Although Agoa passed another hurdle on its path to becoming law, not everybody believes that South Africa’s name will appear in the final version.

Entertainment
‘I think there, in position 10, there is freedom,’ he told SuperSport TV.

Entertainment
Zuma and Thales sought a permanent stay of prosecution, claiming that the prolonged delays had infringed their right to a fair trial.

Entertainment
The DA faced several crisis in recent months while Steenhuisen was at the helm.

Science/Tech
A genomic entrepreneur’s guide to the coming revolution in biology raises troubling questions about ethics and safety
The prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, “sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and four faces: that of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle. Similarly, a creature called Buraq, something between a mule and a...

Science/Tech
The three-year global partnership agreement will scale the use of AI across Prosus portfolio companies.

Science/Tech
South Africans are increasingly favouring digital wallets over physical bank cards.
Science/Tech
BrianFagioli writes: Google has quietly retired the ZetaSQL name and rebranded its open source SQL analysis and parsing project as GoogleSQL. This is not a technical change but a naming cleanup meant to align the open source code with the SQL dialect already used across Google products like BigQuery and Spanner. Internally, Google has long called the dialect GoogleSQL, even while the open...

Motoring
The National Consumer Commission has issued a recall for South Africa’s cheapest hatchback.

Motoring
Citroën has updated the affordable C3 crossover for South Africa.

Motoring
China has become the first country to ban a car feature that is facing global scrutiny, following several deadly accidents.

Motoring
South Africa’s average earners are spoilt for choice in the local car market.

Health
A leaked review uncovers “bullying and harassment” and “violent behaviour” at Wales’ largest hospital.

Health
Hospices caring for people at the end of their lives are at risk because funding is “unsustainable”.
Health
The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.
Health
In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.