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The Papers: ‘Future looking droughtful’ and ‘Dinghy flotilla’

He watched the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley aged 16 – no day since has matched it

How the UK’s extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con

South Africa

Body found in shallow grave in Hammarsdale, KZN

SAPS assures of full stock of rape kits

KZN disaster teams on high alert amid heavy rain alert

World

India’s CJP protests: Why tech alone won’t stop exam paper leaks

Planes dump water on French wildfires as temperatures rise

Trump’s new spy chief confirmed by US Senate

Africa

Ghana hit by nationwide blackout as power plants fail

Can lightning strike twice? Cape Verde set for Wafcon debut

‘Every country wants to beat Nigeria’ – Super Falcons hunt 11th Wafcon title

Business

Interest rates expected to be held again by Bank of England

The Chinese robot army transforming the UK’s retail industry

‘We are rescuing unpicked blackberries’

Politics

Judgment in DA, Tshwane court battle over CFO, City Manager reserved

Johnson admits to ‘deep, personal’ relationship with Khan

BBBEE report shows an improvement in transformation compliance

Education

Uganda: Four Teachers Arrested Over Drunkenness, Inflated Enrolment At Nabilatuk School

Record Numbers of Public Document Requests Are in Limbo or Unfulfilled

Ghana: Strictly Enforce Discipline in Schools – GES

Lifestyle

‘Every little bit helps’: Derick Hougaard shares GoFundMe

Chicken mushroom pie recipe that is easy enough for busy weeknights

NAD+ drips and peptides: Is biohacking the secret to anti-ageing or overhyped?

Entertainment

Coetzé shines again, Le Clos breaks medal record at Commonwealth Games

24 hours in pictures, 29 July 2026

Brad Binder set to ride for BMW in WorldSBK next year – reports

Science/Tech

Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver To Windows

Google Shuts Down Its Nobel-Prize Winning AlphaFold Project

Meta shares fall as frustration grows over AI spending plans

Motoring

As profits fall, Mercedes boss says Germany needs a ‘productivity offensive’

Strategic blunders at Hungary Grand Prix expose cracks in Ferrari’s treatment of Lewis Hamilton

BMW planning to cut 8,000 jobs by end of 2027, company source says

Health

‘It was heartbreaking to attend a fertility appointment in a maternity unit’

‘Every day I’m just winging it’: The families hoping for social care reform

Burnham doesn’t rule out tax rises to fix social care