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Increased law enforcement and driver education crucial to reducing deaths
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Joe Latakgomo, founding editor of Sowetan and a respected journalist, is remembered by his peers as a ‘gentleman par excellence’ after his death at Kalafong Hospital

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The party’s new home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be a “burning” priority for a Reform UK government.

South Africa
General Shadrack Sibiya is testifying before Madlanga Commission.
South Africa
Institutions warned against misusing internationalisation to evade immigration law
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has warned universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges against using internationalisation as a reason to ignore South Africa’s immigration and labour laws.
The warning follows a recent joint meeting with the...

South Africa
Five suspects have been killed during a shootout with the police’s Technical Response Team

South Africa
Two additional charges have been added to Bellarmine Mugabe and his co-accused Tobias Matonhodze.

World
As Italy cracks down on migration, Milan takes a different path — offering shelter and integration to asylum seekers even as the central government tightens borders and funds deterrence abroad.

World
Duterte is accused of crimes against humanity during a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.

World
The 38-year-old is sworn in as premier after clinching a narrow victory in October’s election.

World
President Trump says he is raising global tariffs to 15%. And ahead of the president’s address tomorrow, most Americans say the state of the union is not strong, according to an NPR poll.

Africa
A Chadian government spokesperson says the decision is aimed at protecting citizens.

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe and one other man have not commented on the charges after a 23-year-old was shot.

Africa
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Africa
A court upholds a challenge about the lawfulness of the orders to remove four men who travelled to the territory.

Business
The rand is “treading water” around R16 to the dollar at the moment, as global uncertainty has markets in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode, and tensions in the Middle East push traders into gold.
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Business
US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, on Monday presented his credentials to South Africa’s government.

Business
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give an update on her plans for the UK economy when she gives a statement alongside an economic forecast on 3 March.

Politics
Some Johannesburg residents are hoping to hear how Lesufi intends to deal with unemployment, water

Politics
Mogotsi had initially preferred to appear virtually, citing safety concerns.

Politics
Ad Hoc Committee draws up 122 questions for President Cyril Ramaphosa

Politics
Evidence before the commission shows that Sibiya sent images of distressed impalas to Senthumule.

Sport
Curacao will have a new head coach in charge for their World Cup warm-up friendly against Scotland on 30 May after Dick Advocaat stood down for personal reasons.

Sport
England and South Africa postpone a T20 international series against each other which was originally planned for next winter.

Sport
Police confirm they are investigating after four Premier League players were targeted by online racial abuse at the weekend.

Sport
England will take to the skies for their summer fixtures against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina, posing difficult decisions for the team.

Education
The government has set out broad changes it will make to the SEND system in England in the coming years.

Education
Ties to the disgraced financier run deep through the academic world, documents released by the DoJ show
Major institutions of higher education in the US are reckoning with the latest release of the Epstein files after discovering the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with board members, professors and administrators on campuses across the country.
In some cases, professors...

Education
New special educational needs regime to result in far fewer children being given education, health and care plans
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Hundreds of thousands fewer children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) will be given education, health and care plans (EHCPs) as a result of long-awaited changes announced by the education secretary on Monday.
Bridget Phillipson...

Education
Finance campaigner marches on to set and tells Tory leader her policy to cut interest rates will only help top earners
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Kemi Badenoch has faced what could be described as the stuff of nightmares for a UK politician being interviewed about a personal finance policy: being ambushed and contradicted live on air by Martin Lewis.
As the Conservative leader was being...
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Thoblie MaKhumalo’s fans speculated whether the man in her new gallery wall includes her father or husband, Musa Mseleku.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
An exceptionally small Cape Town apartment has gone viral on social media. Take a look inside – and why locals are irate over it…

Entertainment
Syndicates run by foreign nationals and Department of Home Affairs officials profited almost R200 million through fraudulent visas and permits.
Entertainment

Entertainment
Intelligence sources claim millions were secretly flown to a Boko Haram stronghold.

Entertainment
The commission played an audio recording of Matlala telling police officers that he bought about 20 impalas for Sibiya.
Science/Tech
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
Science/Tech
The narrative that AI spending has been singlehandedly propping up the U.S. economy — a claim that captivated Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington over the past year — is facing serious pushback from economists [non-paywalled source] at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, all of whom now calculate that the AI buildup’s direct contribution to growth was dramatically...

Science/Tech
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has received a long-term foreign-currency issuer rating upgrade from Moody’s to Ba2 from Ba3. The Bank’s standalone assessment has also been upgraded to ba3 from b1, and the long-term national scale issuer rating to Aa2.za from Aa3.za. The upgrade reflects the DBSA’s improved funding and liquidity profile, sustainably strong […]

Science/Tech
Our favorite down puffer jackets will keep you warm in the backcountry and around town.
Motoring
Motoring

Motoring
South Africa’s largest retail motor industry trade union has criticized PG Glass and Glassfit following allegations that both companies engaged in price fixing for over two decades.
Motoring

Health
Josephina Finch says the surgery left her with a “gaping wound”.

Health
The medicines regulator is suggesting the minimum age limit for trial should be raised to 14.

Health
The company behind the test said there were positive signs that some of the most aggressive cancers could be prevented.
Health
The next moon mission, carrying four astronauts, could launch as soon as early March.