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Five Lionesses nominated for Women’s Ballon d’Or
Five of England’s Euro 2025-winning squad are nominated for the Women’s Ballon d’Or, with boss Sarina Wiegman among the coaching nominees.
Why has the Bank of England cut interest rates?
Rates are now at their lowest since March 2023 even though inflation is well above target.
ISS TODAY OP-ED: Overfishing forces Zambia’s third Lake Tanganyika fishing ban
Once-abundant fish stocks must be replenished, but the ban alone won’t inspire more sustainable lake use by local communities.
Carlos Spencer tips Boks as clear favourites for Rugby Championship
The four southern hemisphere giants go into the championship with varied preparations after a series of incoming Tests
PODCAST | ‘All my office furniture was made by prisoners’: Groenewald pushes for hard labour, deportations
Correctional services minister Pieter Groenewald wants inmates to grow food, make clothing, bake bread and work in factories to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of rand and promote rehabilitation.
‘Palestinian Pele’ Suleiman al-Obeid killed while seeking aid in Gaza
Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and was one of its brightest stars.
Snake season is here: they have come out of hibernation and are hungry
The City of Ekurhuleni has issued a seasonal warning to residents as the region enters snake season, which runs from mid-August to May
OPINIONISTA: SA water sector reforms will boost drinking water and wastewater treatment systems
The reforms being implemented in the water services sector will all result in the creation of an enabling environment for the more widespread appointment of external Water Services Providers by Water Services Authorities.
Ozzy documentary shows ‘last chapter’ of his life
The one-hour film for BBC iPlayer and BBC One will air on Monday 18 August at 21:00 BST.
News24 | Trump demands new US census excluding undocumented immigrants
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favourable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
OPINIONISTA: Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: Comrades dip hands daily in the Dettol of plausible deniability
Let’s be honest, all politicians are double agents by design. They are not the Holy Trinity. They’re at best two-in-one shampoo: one part public servant, two parts private businessperson with a dodgy connection to the cartels.
Gauteng pulls security guards from high-risk schools
The Gauteng education department has withdrawn security guards from high-risk schools across the province with immediate effect.
Judgment permitting filming police in public key to accountability: legal expert
The recent court judgment which stated filming police in a public place is not a crime, underlines the role of the public in holding police accountable.
OPINIONISTA: Pieter-Louis Myburgh’s exposé of (yet another case of) corruption deserves a monument
So flagrant were the bribe-givers that their grotesquery ought to be enshrined in a statue and given a place of prominence in Pretoria to remind future generations of the weaker moments of our young democracy.
DRC cobalt export ban may see much of Glencore’s output unsold by end of year
Glencore said on Wednesday a significant portion of its cobalt production is likely to remain unsold by the end of 2025 due to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s suspension of cobalt exports.