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News24 | Iran and proxies ‘probably pose a persistent threat’ to US for killing of Khamenei
Iran and its proxies could target the US with attacks in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by Israeli and US strikes, according to a US intelligence assessment reviewed by Reuters.
News24 | Thabo Bester loses second urgent application for prison transfer
Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has failed at his second attempt to be transferred from the maximum-security eBongweni Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal to a prison in Pretoria.
News24 | No MyCiTi card? No problem: Bank card payments should be coming from July
The City of Cape Town intends to pilot bank card payments on MyCiTi buses from July, opening up the service to anyone with a bank card in their wallet or a digital wallet card on their phone.

Minister Ramokgopa calls on capital to reassess perceived African risks
African consumers, assets show reliability but are undervalued due to perceived instability, says electricity and energy minister.
News24 | How Dubai’s safe-haven status is being put to the test
For decades, Dubai’s sales pitch featured gleaming skylines, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and something far more intangible: the unspoken promise that whatever was happening elsewhere in the Middle East, this city was different.

Bafta host Alan Cumming apologises after ‘trauma-triggering’ show
A Tourette’s campaigner involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.
STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND: Nine dead in Joburg building collapse as City says construction was illegal
Rescue teams retrieved the last body from the building collapse in Ormonde, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning.

SARS is coming after wealthy taxpayers who want to leave South Africa
SARS is closing a loophole that prevents wealthy taxpayers who are ceasing their South African tax residency from reducing their overall tax liability.
US orders some diplomatic staff to leave Middle East as Iran conflict escalates
The U.S. on Tuesday ordered non-emergency government personnel and their family members to leave the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan and closed several diplomatic missions across the region as tensions with Iran escalated.

Mosikili says she was ‘confused and surprised’ by task team disbanding
Deputy national commissioner for policing Lt Gen Tebello Mosikili expressed confusion and surprise upon receiving an email disbanding the political killings task team (PKTT), questioning its authenticity due to its unexpected tone.
IAEA confirms entrances to Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant were bombed
Entrances to Iran’s underground and previously bombed uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz have been struck as part of the U.S.-Israeli military attacks on the country, the U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday.
Key Gaza crossing will be reopened, says World Food Programme
A key aid crossing that had been momentarily closed into Gaza will reopen imminently, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Tuesday.
How Dubai’s safe-haven status is being put to the test
For decades, Dubai’s sales pitch featured gleaming skylines, tax-free salaries, ease of doing business and something far more intangible: the unspoken promise that whatever was happening elsewhere in the Middle East, this city was different. The conflicts that destabilised the region would somehow stop at Dubai’s borders.

Right to roam restriction approved for first Scottish Center Parcs
Restrictions at the site of its first Scottish holiday village will come into force in April.

WATCH LIVE | Thabo Bester challenges prison transfer
Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester is in the Pretoria high court to challenge his prison transfer from the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria to the eBongweni Super Maximum prison in KwaZulu-Natal
THE READINESS REPORT: Watch – Is the Iran conflict slipping beyond control?
As tensions sharpen between Iran, Israel and the United States, Redi Tlhabi and veteran journalist Phillip van Niekerk unpack the strikes, the denials and the shifting nuclear narrative. From the collapse of the Obama-era deal dismantled by Donald Trump to the long-running warnings of Benjamin Netanyahu, they examine how we arrived at this moment and whether bombing a nation can ever be sold as...

Haaland? Kane? R9? Picking the best centre-forwards this century
Who are the best centre-forwards of the 21st Century? We’ve had a go at trying to whittle down a pretty formidable list.

Harry Styles concert to be streamed on Netflix
The former One Direction star will sing hits from his fourth solo album live in Manchester.

Owners did not submit plans for collapsed Ormonde building, says mayor Morero
The municipality is still tracing owners of the building that left eight dead

WATCH | Owners did not submit plans for collapsed Ormonde building, says mayor Morero
The municipality is still tracing owners of the building that left eight dead