Over 38 000 women and girls were killed in the Gaza war by the end of 2025, the UN estimated on Friday, amounting to over half of the 71 000 deaths recorded by the territory’s health ministry.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned on Friday that allowing “setbacks” to democracy would bring authoritarian regimes like Hitler’s, ahead of a gathering of world left-wing leaders in Spain.

A threat actor named Rootboy did not need to be asked if he could get the stolen data up on the dark web after Standard Bank wouldn’t pay the 1BTC fee. He just did it, in an ongoing sequence of planned and disclosed dates and times. Daily. Since 14 April.

Testifying at the Madlanga Commission, suspended City of Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi was adamant that his personal friendship with Sergeant Fannie Nkosi never crossed professional lines.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following the agreement of a ceasefire in Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump said he believed a deal to end the Iran war ​would come “soon”, although the timing remains unclear.

Cold, wet and windy conditions are forecast for most parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape, while the South African Weather Service has issued a storm surge warning for the Eastern Cape.

Bellarmine Mugabe and his cousin, Tobias Matonhodze, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a February incident in which an employee was shot at Mugabe’s home in Johannesburg. Their legal team has requested no jail time and voluntary self-deportation, citing ‘far more serious’ cases that didn’t result in imprisonment, like that against rugby player Jacobus Stephanus “Bees” Roux.

The Weekend Wrap covers the DA’s internal evolution under Geordin Hill-Lewis, the legal reckoning for Julius Malema and a landmark poaching conviction in the Kruger, while exploring the Chinese SUV scandal, Artemis II’s historic return and the psychological shifts required to master mindful eating.