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Grey is winning winter again and New Balance knows it
As Johannesburg settles into winter, New Balance’s Grey Days campaign taps into the season’s biggest mood: comfort, layering and effortlessly cool grey sneakers

News24 | SA proposes new credits to kickstart EV battery industry
South Africa plans to change its auto-industry incentive programme to channel more support to electric-vehicle battery manufacturers, boosting the nation’s prospects of becoming a manufacturing hub for the fast-growing technology.

News24 | Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse, including rape
Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers said on Friday, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.

Ex-Sundowns midfielder obtains FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine
Former Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Sibusiso Kumalo is still involved in football, and he has now obtained a unique FIFA qualification.

News24 | US pauses weapons sales to Taiwan to save munitions for Iran war, says Navy secretary
A top United States military official has said Washington is pausing a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan to conserve munitions for its war on Iran.
News24 | Pep Guardiola to step down after glittering decade at Man City
Pep Guardiola announced on Friday that he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season after a trophy-laden decade that transformed English football.

News24 | Gauteng depts delayed Charlotte Maxeke hospital repairs after 2021 fire – Public Protector
The Public Protector has found that the Gauteng Infrastructure Development and Health departments “unduly delayed” repairing damage at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital after a fire in April 2021.

News24 | Murder rate in SA dropped by 9.5%, says police minister
Between 1 January and 31 March this year, South Africa recorded 5 181 murders, representing an average of 58 murders a day – a decrease of almost 10% compared to the same period last year.
News24 | Carrick given permanent deal as Man United manager
Manchester United on Friday rewarded Michael Carrick with a permanent deal as head coach for guiding the club to a third-placed finish in the Premier League.

Sundowns could win ZERO, ONE or TWO trophies this weekend
Sundowns have a chance to win two trophies this weekend but they may end up with none or at least one at the end of it all.
News24 | Ramaphosa told Parliament he was going to court, but asked for nothing else – Didiza
President Cyril Ramaphosa has merely informed Parliament of his intention to approach the courts and has not requested anything further, National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has said.

FIFA World Cup: Notable absentees in Bafana Bafana prelim squad
Bafana Bafana will go to the FIFA World Cup without some of the players who were instrumental during the qualifiers.

South African film sold in Cannes
In the midst of Cannes, MAD Solutions has acquired all Middle East and North African (MENA) rights to the South African film Laundry (Uhlanjululo), written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi. Set in 1968 Johannesburg, Laundry stars Ntobeko Sishi as teenager Khuthala, who is reluctant to inherit his father’s laundry business. As Apartheid restrictions intensify and Black-owned […]

News24 | How the US bullied Lesotho into a secretive new deal
Lesotho offers a rare window into how the Trump administration is leveraging foreign aid to advance its geopolitical agenda, and how smaller countries are responding.

News24 | Cape Town won’t appeal tariff ruling, opens public comment on budget changes
The City of Cape Town will not seek leave to appeal the recent Western Cape High Court ruling on its fixed tariff structures and will instead open a supplementary public participation process on amendments to its proposed 2026/27 budget.

News24 | NPA ‘concerned’ over magistrate’s handling of Joe ‘Ferrari’ extortion case
The National Prosecuting Authority on Friday said it was concerned about how the chief magistrate handled the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case after it was struck from the roll this week.