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Culinarian shares her secret to the perfect chocolate cake
THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026, 01:06

Culinarian shares her secret to the perfect chocolate cake

Social media lies highlights youth unemployment crisis.

In the rural community of Ncutshane in uPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal, Lungile Precious Simelane has dedicated her life to creating a safe and nurturing space for young children.

Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Teboho Mokoena has urged his teammates to match Sekhukhune United’s hunger to win when the two teams meet in a Betway Premiership match at Peter Mokaba Stadium tonight (7.30pm).

Chris Hattingh, DA spokesperson on Defence, has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to take decisive action linked to the flawed ‘Will for Peace’ process.
The get-in price for Super Bowl LX continued to escalate in the opening 24 hours since the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots was finalised.
Jan 26 (Reuters) – Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the “commander at large” for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic reported on Monday, citing a Homeland Security official and two people with knowledge of the change.
January’s reading list moves between reflection and escape, pairing books that sharpen focus and rethink our relationship with money with fiction that unsettles, absorbs and lingers. Together, they offer a considered way back into attention, feeling and pleasure at the start of the year.
In this richly researched biography, published by Maverick 451, Tim Cohen, one of South Africa’s most respected financial journalists and former Business Maverick editor, explores the life and ideas of Leon Louw, the firebrand libertarian who championed freedom and enterprise during South Africa’s transition to democracy.
LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent.
MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Huge demand to see K-pop boy band BTS, among the world’s most popular artists, has led Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to formally request of her counterpart, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, that he help arrange more concerts in Mexico.
A ‘bumper harvest’ is predicted for South Africa in 2026. The rains across our country have been uneven (too little in some parts, harsh floods in others). But overall La Niña has blessed large parts of our agricultural land, enhancing the ability of commercial farmers to produce food. Sadly, that good crops won’t reduce widespread hunger is evidence of how out of joint time is in our...
The struggle for land in South Africa touches food security, identify and economic equality. For the Land and Accountability Research Centre (Larc), this reality is the driving force behind its work, including the uMhlaba Talks podcast.
This is part 1 of a three-part series that traces the origins of the Anthropocene – the current geological epoch that speaks bluntly to humanity’s impact on the environment – and the unfolding ‘Sixth Extinction’, adding to the wave of global megafaunal extinctions that began in what is popularly known as the ‘Ice Age’.
A close look at what tail docking actually involves, why it persisted long after its rationale collapsed and how a recent conviction brings South African law back into focus.
The Lehohla Ledger’s Red-Zone Thermal Map replaces abstract planning with spatial truth, overlaying hotspot analysis and mortality autocorrelation to reveal where survival is breaking down. It shows a republic split between resilient ‘health foundries’, fragile buffer zones, and 74 frozen Red-Zone municipalities where infrastructure friction, poverty, and nutrition have collapsed outcomes...
Witness E testifies at the Madlanga Commission, implicating Crime Intelligence members in the murder of ANC politician Sindiso Magaqa and exposing potential political corruption.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mimmy Gondwe is appealing to parents not to fall for bogus colleges that prey on desperate students seeking tertiary education after failing to find a space at public institutions of higher learning.