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Why do Londoners drop their pants on the tube every January?

Tuesday at 12:32 PM, via SA People

Around 100 people stripped down to their underwear on the London Underground this past weekend for the annual No Trousers on Tube Ride. Because nothing says British eccentricity like pretending you’ve forgotten your pants on public transport.

WHAT’S COOKING: Salad Days: A different way with coleslaw

Tuesday at 12:20 PM, via Daily Maverick

Toasted cumin and fennel seeds flavour this coleslaw, which as well as the required cabbage and carrots also has red and yellow bell peppers, spring onions, toasted seeds and a sprinkling of toasted peanuts.

The DA mum on ‘real matric pass rate’ calculations

Tuesday at 12:00 PM, via Newsday

Opposition parties have cried foul since Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Siviwe Gwarube became Basic Education Minister, accusing the party of dropping its publication of South Africa’s “real pass rate”.

Trump’s surprising gift to South Africa

Tuesday at 11:16 AM, via Daily Investor

The United States’ aggressive trade policies in 2025 proved to be an unexpected boon for South Africa and global trade patterns.

French farmers stage new Paris protest in bid to halt Mercosur deal

Tuesday at 11:04 AM, via Daily Maverick

French farmers drove tractors into Paris on Tuesday for the second time in a week to protest against an EU-Mercosur trade deal they say threatens local agriculture by creating unfair competition with cheaper South American imports.

Top Australian writers’ festival cancelled after Palestinian author barred

Tuesday at 10:59 AM, via Daily Maverick

One of Australia’s top writers’ festivals was cancelled on Tuesday, after 180 authors boycotted the event and its director resigned saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and warned moves to ban protests and slogans after the Bondi Beach mass shooting threatened free speech.

BBC seeks to have Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit dismissed

Tuesday at 10:51 AM, via Daily Maverick

The BBC will file a motion to dismiss US President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.

Uganda orders two rights groups to halt work days before election

Tuesday at 10:50 AM, via Daily Maverick

Uganda’s government has ordered two local rights groups to halt their work days before Thursday’s election, which the United Nations Human Rights Office says is taking place in an atmosphere of repression and intimidation.

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