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THE INTERVIEW: Nomvula Mokonyane champions women’s leadership in ANC ahead of presidential race
Nomvula Mokonyane champions women’s leadership in ANC ahead of presidential race
TUESDAY, 09 DECEMBER 2025, 22:46
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Nomvula Mokonyane champions women’s leadership in ANC ahead of presidential race
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Kingmakers, knives and numbers: The vote that could hand KZN to Zuma’s MK party
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Joburg’s brief glow during the G20 is fading fast. Can a daily call to Mayor Dada Morero revive the city or will the ANC’s struggles and dysfunction continue to haunt Johannesburg?
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Funeral policy fraudster jailed, setting Murder for Money investigations precedent

South Africa
Babita Deokaran was assassinated outside her Johannesburg home four years ago.

South Africa
Construction started in 2023 but the project was marred by labour disputes

South Africa
Blaauw found guilty of murdering Dion Rudy and leaving his body in a field near Petrusville

South Africa
Arrests occurred between1-7 of this month, during its intensified festive season safety operation.

World
Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado is in hiding, and her current whereabouts are still unknown.

World
The BBC took to the streets of Sydney to find out what young people aged between 18 and 20 think of Australia’s under-16s social media ban.
World
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported.

World
There has been pushback to the term used by France’s first lady to describe activists who interrupted comedian Ary Abittan’s show.

Africa
Plotters misjudged the national mood and Benin’s neighbours learnt from past errors, says analyst Paul Melly.

Africa
Nigeria denies the violation saying the aircraft made an emergency landing due to a technical issue.

Africa
There is a large police presence in major cities and the authorities have encouraged people to stay home.

Africa
Drone attacks on a kindergarten and hospital killed 114 people, the World Health Organization says.

Business
Bank of England deputy governor Clare Lombardelli said inflation would be brought down by measures cutting energy prices and freezing rail fares.
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Politics
The party is hosting its 5th National General Council (NGC) in Boksburg.

Politics
Nomvula Mokonyane declined to comment on the ongoing proceedings at the commissions of inquiry.

Politics
Vote on KZN Premier Thami Ntuli’s no-confidence motion set for Monday in Pietermaritzburg.

Politics
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa marks 70-years of the Freedom Charter.

Sport
The Egyptian Football Association says it has sent a formal letter to Fifa requesting that LGBTQ+ “Pride Match” celebrations in Seattle at one of their 2026 World Cup matches against Iran are cancelled.

Sport
From release by Leicester City to the Scottish Premiership’s top scorer, BBC Scotland charts the rise of Motherwell’s Afcon-bound striker, Tawanda Maswanhise.

Sport
BBC Sport sits down with new Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris.

Sport
Tottenham’s LGBTQI+ supporters group criticises Champions League opponents Slavia Prague after the Czech club requests the relocation of a flag.
Education
The philanthropist known for giving to historically Black colleges and nonprofits working on climate change offered the news by updating an October blog post.
Education
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H1-B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.

Education
Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’
Staff at a London academy instilled a “climate of fear” among pupils, with a drive for academic success likely to have harmed vulnerable children including those with special needs, according to a damning independent investigation.
The report by Sir Alan Wood, one of the country’s...
Education
[Ghanaian Times] Across Ghana’s education sector, a troubling contradiction has persisted for decades: policies are crafted with ambitious visions, yet the daily realities in schools often fail to reflect these intentions. Governments introduce new curricula, unveil bold reform packages, and announce investment plans–but in many basic and senior high schools, the physical and instructional...

Lifestyle
Crowds have flocked to Durban beaches after Mayor Cyril Xaba claimed that all 23 bathing beached are open and safe to swim in…

Lifestyle
South Africa has unexpectedly pulled a proposal that was set to tighten international trade rules for its abalone.

Lifestyle
Oscar-winner Judi Dench has said sight loss due to macular degeneration means she can no longer see faces clearly, calling the condition a “crusher” as she marked her 91st birthday on Tuesday. The veteran star of stage and screen, whose role as “M” in eight James Bond films shot her to global fame, has suffered […]
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Entertainment
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Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Tuesday, 9 December 2025, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
The PIF source said the Gulf monarchy wanted to sign the Egyptian winger in January.
Science/Tech
Microsoft has announced that it will raise prices on its Microsoft 365 productivity suites for businesses and government clients starting in July 2026, marking the first commercial price increase since 2022. Small business and frontline worker plans face the steepest hikes: Business Basic jumps 16.7% to $7 per user per month, while frontline worker subscriptions surge up to 33%. Enterprise...
Science/Tech
The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot.
Science/Tech
Pinduoduo in China, Shopee in Southeast Asia, and Meesho in India operate in markets that could hardly be more different — an upper-middle-income industrial state, a stitched-together archipelago of under-banked economies, and a country where three-quarters of retail is unorganized and e-commerce penetration sits at about 7% — yet all three have landed on the same business model. These...

Science/Tech
To Cook a Bear, The Manipulated, and Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

Motoring
At least 16 cars have been discontinued in South Africa this year.
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Motoring
Many South African Uber drivers cannot afford to buy their own vehicles.
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Health
GP Dr Oscar Duke explains the different symptoms you might experience.
Health
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is embroiled in a class action lawsuit after over 1300 women in the US suffered brain tumours believed to have been cause by Depo-Provera.

Health
Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating.

Health
Frimley Health NHS Trust is the latest to reintroduce masks as UK hospitals come under strain.