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From failing matric twice to being a founder of a youth driven multiservice offering company.
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From failing matric twice to being a founder of a youth driven multiservice offering company.

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Nine people died in accidents in Mpumalanga within 24 hours after a crash on the N12 and another on the N4 road.
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The Shaftesbury Theatre is to be renamed to honour Dame Judi’s contribution to the performing arts.
South Africa
SA increases pledge in response to Ebola outbreak
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will increase its financial contribution to the Ebola response effort to US$13.5 million, reaffirming the country’s commitment to supporting African nations affected by the outbreak.
President Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Champion for Pandemic Preparedness,...

South Africa
This follows a nine- day search for his body in the river.
South Africa
NYDA shifts focus from grants to broader youth development agenda
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Executive Chairperson, Dr Sunshine Myende, says the agency has repositioned itself from being primarily a grant-making institution to becoming a leading force for youth development across South Africa.
Since taking office on 1 August 2025, the NYDA Board has focused on...

South Africa
Moov Africa Malitel has launched two major innovations aimed at enhancing digital services and connectivity for customers in Mali — introducing an AI-powered virtual assistant and doubling the speed of its fibre-optic internet at no extra cost. The operator officially unveiled the new offerings during a ceremony on June 12, marking another step in its […]

World
A dismembered body found in a chain-bound trunk in the Seine in 1995 was only recently connected to the defendant by DNA evidence.

World
The move comes six months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway East African state.

World
US media say the plan would have involved a drone attack. The FBI boss says multiple suspects are in custody.

World
The vote fulfils a promise by new PM Péter Magyar to stop his predecessor from becoming prime minister again.

Africa
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar and his wife Amina were abducted in north-west Nigeria at the end of last month.

Africa
Survivors are bringing hope to health workers struggling to control the outbreak.

Africa
The streets of the capital, Praia, shook with wild celebrations as the small island nation held Spain to a shock 0-0 draw.

Africa
Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

Business
Elon Musk’s rocket company has agreed to buy Cursor, which uses AI to automate the process of writing code.

Business
Applications open for funding to help families with the cost of school essentials.

Business
Thames Water’s lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?

Business
Do online saving methods really work?

Politics
President filed an urgent application in court to interdict Parliament’s impeachment committee.

Politics
This is according to DA’s Geordin Hill-Lewis who was speaking at Youth Day rally in Durban.

Politics
Malatji says they have called on President Ramaphosa to declare unemployment a national disaster

Politics
The DA says Bruce Nimmerhoudt serves as Member of the Mayoral Committee in both municipalities

Sport
England coach Brian McDermott picks 10 uncapped players in an expanded 38-man squad before this year’s World Cup – and recalls Man of Steel Jake Connor.

Sport
Vincent Tan converts £42m of Cardiff City’s debt to him into equity, nearly halving the amount the club owes to its majority shareholder.

Sport
Six-time major champion Rory McIlroy will get his latest quest to win a second US Open title under way at 12:52 BST on Thursday.

Sport
As Inter Milan step up their interest in Curtis Jones, a look at the decision facing Liverpool and Jones, whose contract expires next summer

Education
They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness
Story and photographs by Rachel Bujalski
Everyone knows the feeling of leaving something unfinished.
A half-written novel. A business idea scribbled into a notebook. A hobby abandoned after the excitement fades. In my own life as a...
Education
[Daily Maverick] Singing struggle songs and carrying placards demanding education for their children, more than 200 parents, learners and community activists marched from the Western Cape Provincial Legislature to the Western Cape Department of Education’s offices on 15 June, calling for urgent intervention as dozens of children have still not been placed in school, more than five months into...
Education
[Vanguard] Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has emerged overall winner of the 2026 University Duel Competition in STEM.
Education
[Leadership] Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, has dismissed five staff members, including two professors, two senior lecturers, and one principal assistant registrar for gross misconduct.

Lifestyle
Disability grant recipients across South Africa will receive their payments on this date – find out what you need to know before payment day.

Lifestyle
Millions of SASSA beneficiaries could find themselves without grant money on their payment dates if they ignore this urgent warning.

Lifestyle
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a 43-year-old artist whose portrait of Michelle and Barack Obama was received well by the couple.

Lifestyle
Tsietsi Mashinini has been credited as the mastermind of the student protests in Soweto in 1976.

Entertainment
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Dr Ryno Naidoo, said the incident had left him both shocked and saddened.

Entertainment
Ramaphosa said some individuals were deliberately using the immigration debate to create disorder.

Entertainment
Talent alone can open doors, but it won’t keep them open forever without discipline.

Entertainment
Malema says the EFF regalia is more dignified than that of the ANC.

Science/Tech
Verizon introduced a new plan that costs $45 per month, revamped rewards programs, and more today.

Science/Tech
Tech has been encroaching on the family domicile for years—but actor, writer, and satirist Jill Kargman is all-in on analog.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Linuxiac: Mozilla has released Firefox 152, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, with updated settings, improved media controls, experimental JPEG XL support, and various platform-specific fixes for desktop and Android. A key update is the redesigned Firefox Settings page, which now features clearer groupings, improved navigation,...

Science/Tech
From friend compounds and meditation spaces to shaded outdoor areas and rooms just to make coffee, homes are getting even more multipurpose.
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Health
Now a successful TV presenter, Briony May Williams said she started stress-baking when she became ill.

Health
There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s fight against the virus that has killed more than 170.
Health
Others who were in the facility have been allowed to return to their homes in recent weeks for monitoring by local health officials.
Health
With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.