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Mabasa does old team Bucs a favour earning point for Stellies as Sundowns stay second
Draw at Loftus keeps Orlando Pirates top of the Betway Premiership in thrilling race, for now

News24 | Breakthrough HIV jab arrives in 6 weeks, but cuts cripple rollout capacity
A new report warns that SA’s rollout of the six-monthly HIV-prevention jab, lenacapavir, could falter after US funding cuts gutted outreach networks. Findings draw on interviews with healthcare workers and high-risk groups in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
From Gaza to Venice — Gabrielle Goliath’s feminist breath transcends national censorship
Despite state censorship over its Palestinian and anti-colonial themes, Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy persists as a vital act of feminist breathing, a collective exhale that transforms shared grief into a powerful, transborder community of care.

Hapless Chelsea owners have built a monument to chaos and decline
Chelsea owners BlueCo have built a monument to chaos and decline at Stamford Bridge, says BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty.

One-off gene therapy gives girl, 6, her sight back
Saffie’s mum says Luxturna therapy at Great Ormond Street has been like “someone waved a magic wand”.
Ethical failure often begins quietly inside everyday human resource decisions and practices
Ethical failure in South Africa’s organisations often begins not in boardrooms, but in everyday human resource practices that quietly erode trust and accountability. Fixing governance requires rebuilding ethical people management systems that shape culture long before misconduct surfaces.

News24 | Eastern Cape cop shot dead, another critically injured in ambush
A police officer was killed, while another was injured, after they were ambushed while returning home from duty in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon.

Keir Starmer v The Civil Service
What effect has the Mandelson saga had on the PM’s relationship with the civil service?
FINANCE WELLNESS COACH: Paying off credit card debt with a bond only works with discipline
It can be a good strategy to refinance your high-interest debt, but there are behavioural risks involved.

Unhappy Labour MPs aren’t ready to oust Starmer yet
Labour MPs say that while the prime minister is unpopular, a contest is unlikely as there isn’t a candidate ready to replace him.

Serial thief who stole Kristi Noem’s handbag sentenced to three years in prison
The former US Secretary of Homeland Security had her handbag – with $3,000 (£2,260) in cash inside – stolen at a restaurant last year.
MONEY HABITS: Why earning more is not enough to fix South Africans’ financial stress
South Africans are under financial pressure, but many are responding with a new kind of discipline: cutting extras, paying down debt, boosting emergency savings and trying to take more control of their money.

WATCH | Parents shut down school over ‘hazardous’ conditions
Roofs and ceilings collapsing, floors falling apart, doors and windows broken
BANK ON IT: Why Capitec’s latest results signal a much bigger threat to SA’s banks
Capitec’s strong annual results show a bank still growing fast, but the deeper story is how it is building a broader ecosystem across payments, insurance, mobile and business banking to stay sticky as economic pressure mounts.

O’Sullivan’s ‘rolling the dice’ cue gamble pays off
For some snooker players, changing their cue would be a traumatic experience – not for Ronnie O’Sulivan, who cruised into the last 16 at the Crucible.

Nkhwashu co-ordinated Tau arrest and ‘did not agree’ to Molefe’s request
Sedibeng suspended commissioner said he visited the White House, a meeting place for high-ranking police officers, on multiple occasions but said no criminal discussions were held there.

Your pint could come with a surprising health benefit
Beer provides “substantial levels” of vitamin B6 into your diet, according to new research.