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News24 | Angelina Jolie visits Egyptian side of Gaza’s Rafah crossing
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Friday visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza, where she spoke with members of the Red Crescent.
THE POLISH CHILDREN OF OUDTSHOORN: From Poland to Oudtshoorn and KZN: Peace and pierogi
This Christmas story dates back to World War 2. When the surviving Polish children of Oudtshoorn are gone, the memories, the monument, the history, heritage and culinary traditions will live on.
News24 | Inside Uganda’s video halls, ‘video jokers’ transform Hollywood blockbusters into local entertainment
If you walk into a video hall in Uganda your attention will probably go straight to a person sitting at the front of the audience. Speaking rapidly into a microphone, they comment loudly and continuously, often drowning out the sound of the film itself.
CRICKET: Proteas make tough selection calls for next month’s T20 World Cup
Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs miss out on selection while Jason Smith cracks the nod.
WORLD ANALYSIS: Reading the tea leaves for 2026 shows a world on the edge of disruption
We look forward to the year with hope and dread in equal measures. Hope because human inventiveness could bring exciting breakthroughs, and despair because, well, humans are involved.

The surprising municipality with South Africa’s cleanest beach
South Africa’s oldest, consistently Blue Flag-awarded beach is located in a small Eastern Cape Municipality that struggles with daily service delivery.
ANALYSIS: Novus rejects regulator’s Mustek deal price ratchet ruling
On the second day of 2026, Novus Holdings sent out a spicy notice of its intention to oppose the Takeover Regulator Panel’s Christmas Eve ruling to ratchet the Mustek price.
JSE, RAND 2025 : Rand, JSE and SA bonds made solid gains in 2025 in defiance of moribund economy
These rallies underscore the disconnect between financial markets and asset classes and the wider South African economy, which is growing at a snail’s pace and remains burdened with an unemployment rate of almost 32% and glaring disparities of income and wealth.
Bullring serves up first SA20 super over as JSK beat DSG in thriller
Joburg Super Kings go top of the table after three consecutive victories.
NDPP SELECTION: Legal fireworks ahead as old tensions resurface between lawyer Barnabas Xulu and Hermione Cronje
Impeached former Western Cape judge president John Hlophe’s longtime counsel, Barnabas Xulu, has started 2026 with a legal bang.

Search continues for people swept away by rip currents in KZN
The KwaZulu-Natal surf rescue team is searching for two missing 21-year-olds who were swept away by rip currents at Pennington Beach on New Year’s Day. One body was recovered, and two others were rescued unharmed.

Bulls go to North-South derby, weathering Stormers in a teacup
Build-up dominated by news the embattled Bulls will receive help from Bok assistant coaches.

South Africa’s most active parties in Parliament
While MPs have attended most of their scheduled meetings, many fail to use the available Parliamentary processes to hold ministers accountable.

Trump threatens Iran over protest deaths as unrest flares
US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.
News24 | Proteas make ‘big calls’, with big names missing, as T20 World Cup squad named
Massive decisions were made by selectors and coach Shukri Conrad as the Proteas named their 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup set in India and Sri Lanka.
SHARED VALUES: In a world losing its moral bearings let kindness be our answer to this moment
There is much in the world about which to feel despondent. My hope is that we let kindness and care for others be the things that define us in 2026. Enough lying, and cruelty and toxicity.