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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: Nuclear fears stoked as US-Israel attack on Iran threatens to ignite regional instability
Amid calls for the Trump administration to reveal its game plan for Iran, and doubts about the justification for the attack, experts describe this as a ‘highly dangerous moment’, sounding warnings that the war could go nuclear.
Volvo rolls out major over-the-air software update to 2.5-million cars
Reduces number of steps required to access features such as navigation, media and phone
Advocate accuses Paul O’Sullivan of Ipid infiltration
Michael Mashuga says he has evidence showing interference by O’Sullivan in a 2017 case
REVIEW | The Mazda CX-60 diesel is an overlooked six-cylinder star
Why Mazda’s 3.3l CX-60 is an overlooked gem.
South Africans Abroad: Benni McCarthy talks Kaizer Chiefs
Kaizer Chiefs know where to find Benni McCarthy if they need his services but for now, the Kenya national team coach feels they are ‘happy’.
Goodbye Gauteng – the Western Cape’s semigration boom continues
Despite rising affordability pressures and talk of “reverse semigration”, the Western Cape is expected to remain South Africa’s top-performing residential property market in 2026.
News24 | African supply chains under strain from Middle East conflict, Ramaphosa says
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the escalating conflict in the Middle East was already putting strain on the African continent’s supply chains and causing higher energy prices.
Soboois-Hadebe fight highlights refereeing and judging errors
Whenever I argue for strict neutrality in boxing officiating, someone inevitably plays devil’s advocate: What’s the big deal about neutral officials?
SANDF DEPLOYMENT: SAPS failure to fight crime is shameful, say MPs as army deployment nears
Parliament has heard that the SANDF deployment to fight gangsterism and illegal mining will last one year, but MPs lamented that the police had failed so badly that the army needed to be called in to fight crime.
Goodbye gatekeepers: Capitec is redrawing South Africa’s homeownership map
Home means something deeply personal to every South African: dignity, safety and legacy. But for many, owning one has felt out of reach.
Submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka leaves at least 101 people missing, sources say
A submarine attack on an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka has left at least 101 people missing, one dead and 78 injured, sources in Sri Lanka’s navy and defence ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.
Discounts cut into Woolies’ profit
Retailer says promotional activity squeezed margins even as sales increased
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Spain’s Sanchez doubles down on stance against US-Israeli attack on Iran despite Trump’s threats
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday doubled down on his opposition to the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel, warning that the conflict risked triggering a major global disaster.
Russia says US attacked Iran on false pretext, condemns call for Iranians to seize power
Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of using an imaginary threat from Iran as a pretext to overthrow its constitutional order, and said Washington’s calls for Iranians to seize power from their leaders were cynical and inhumane.
Mojtaba Khamenei, seen as possible next Supreme Leader, has survived attacks on Iran, sources say
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader, has survived the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran in which his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, two Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday.