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Retired cop relives patrolling on bicycles, without fear of being attacked
Mokgwabone advises serving officers to work hard to restore community trust
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Mokgwabone advises serving officers to work hard to restore community trust

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Seattle Seahawks’ defensive coordinator Aden Durde says “there’s no better feeling” as his side beat the New England Patriots 29-13 to win Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

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The five men accused of killing soccer star Senzo Meyiwa are back in the Pretoria high court on Monday

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The Springboks are ready to defend their title. Check out the match dates and opponents for South Africa at the rugby world cup in Australia.
South Africa
The ongoing scholar transport operators strike has resulted in thousands of learners missing school

South Africa
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

South Africa
The bail application of Armindo Pacula for killing of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.
South Africa
Presidential Climate Commission Deputy Chair announced
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Senior Advisor at the Presidential Climate Commission, Dipak Patel, as Deputy Chairperson of the Commission.
Patel previously served as the Senior Advisor for Climate Finance and Innovation at the commission and his new tenure will begin this year and end in 2030.
“Mr Patel’s...

World
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

World
Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results.

World
The pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Hong Kong High Court.
World
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Sydney ahead of a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, after a December shooting at a Hanukkah event that killed 15.

Africa
Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

Africa
Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Africa
Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Africa
Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.

Business
RMB Holdings is being sold, six years after the holding company unbundled its stake in FirstRand to focus on property.
Business
Business

Business
Business groups have written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to clear up confusion around Eskom’s monopoly before investors start fleeing.

Politics
The Enquiry investigates Adv. Andrew Chauke’s fitness to lead South Gauteng’s prosecution services.

Politics
Voters in Ward 13, Umzumbe, will elect a new councillor on Wednesday with the IFP, ANC, MK Party.

Politics
Commission has heard testimony from police officials implicated in corruption with criminal network.

Politics
The IFP and ANC has been co-governing Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, since 2021

Sport
Rugby Special’s Ugo Monye, Chris Ashton and John Barclay praise France winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s ability to perform consistently for his age, and put his success down to the combination of his physical attributes and his “relentless” mentality.

Sport
Captain Wayne Madsen dislocates his left shoulder in the fourth over of Italy’s debut match at the T20 World Cup.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs attacker Mduduzi Shabalala has only one cap for Bafana Bafana. Will he find form before the FIFA World Cup?

Sport
James Milner is poised to equal the record for most Premier League appearances.
Education
Over 41 seasons as head coach, he won two national titles and sent more than 200 players to the major leagues, including Mike Mussina and Jack McDowell.

Education
By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all
The personal finance expert Martin Lewis upbraided the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for freezing the threshold at which millions of graduates repay their loans, saying that this was treating student debts like tax. He was right, and Ms Reeves’s...

Education
Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime
Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life
As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms, in conversation and in alarming...
Education
He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South Pole in 1912.

Lifestyle
An AI-generated video of Grammys host Trevor Noah refusing to apologise to rapper Nicki Minaj has gone viral on social media….

Lifestyle
An embattled ANC is losing support and is struggling to pay its staff. Now Julius Malema accuses it of ‘illegal activities’ back in 2024 …
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
There is a worldwide movement to take kids off social media, to protect them from harmful content on the internet.

Entertainment
Follows a redetermination of Eskom’s revenue to correct previous regulatory errors.
Entertainment

Entertainment
Ramaphosa says seven years since the Nugent Commission issued its recommendations, nearly all those recommendations have been implemented.
Entertainment

Science/Tech
Vuma, the Maziv-owned high-speed fibre-to-the-home operator, has officially surpassed the one million subscriber milestone—a number that reflects not just growth, but a profound shift in how South Africa connects. What started as a grassroots project in the streets of Parkhurst has surged into a nationwide digital revolution. Today, Vuma stands as a titan of transformation, […]
Science/Tech
“Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a ‘self-growing city’ on the moon,” reports Reuters, “which could be achieved in less than 10 years.”SpaceX still intends to start on Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X social media platform, “but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the...

Science/Tech
Financial backing and not mine ownership, anchors Washington’s push into Africa’s critical minerals sector.

Science/Tech
First launched in 1998 as Vodaworld, Vodacom World is the largest shopping mall for mobile phones in South Africa.
Motoring

Motoring
European carmakers are pulling the plug on electric-vehicle plans.
Motoring

Motoring
Car subscriptions have taken off in South Africa, leaving many wondering what it costs to rent long term.

Health
The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.

Health
Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.
Health
State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.
Health
Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.