
Lupita Nyong’o rejects criticism of Helen of Troy role
Critics including Elon Musk have claimed it’s wrong to cast a black actress as the ancient Greek figure.
FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026, 21:16

Critics including Elon Musk have claimed it’s wrong to cast a black actress as the ancient Greek figure.
Music institution Bassline, which began as a venue 32 years ago, is now a roving concert company about to put on its annual festival.

They are charged with 40 offences as part of an investigation into group-based child exploitation.

Mlandeli Tengimfene helped Siyakholwa Kuse overcome addiction and become a WBC champion

Reform UK says Farage will appeal the County Court judgment because he had not been aware of the claim.
A man arrested for shouting “I will kill you Jews”, who then threatened to blow up Jewish schools an hour after being released from custody, was jailed in a London court on Friday after admitting to antisemitic hate crimes.

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.
In their pursuit of a second Champions League title, Mamelodi Sundowns will have to down Morocco’s AS FAR in Rabat. It won’t be a welcoming environment for the Brazilians, who head into the second-leg encounter with a slender 1-0 lead.
‘The bee kingdom is led by women, we can’t keep assuming men lead it,’ says Lulu Letlape, founder of Bongi Bees. She is one of a new generation of women entrepreneurs quietly reshaping one of South Africa’s most overlooked agricultural sectors.
Following a series of articles by Maverick Citizen, the SIU has finalised a R25-million asset recovery from a network of contractors linked to the Gauteng Department of Education’s irregular R431-million Covid-19 sanitisation contracts.

Rico Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth had been on trial at Leeds Crown Court accused of his murder.

Public protector Kholeka Gcaleka is on Friday releasing a report on an investigation into allegations of undue delay by the Gauteng government to repair the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, which was damaged by fire in 2021.
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.
Springbok and Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye has started an 18-month ban for a doping violation that says more about the system than it does about any perceived cheating on his part.

Police retrieved the bodies of the two men from a tank on a farm in Humansdorp
China on Friday launched a crackdown on cross-border activities that illegally channel domestic money into overseas securities, futures and fund products.

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.
Samsung Electronics’ 005930.KS workers in South Korea on Friday began voting on a pay deal that ensures huge bonuses for its memory chip workers, but other employees who didn’t fare as well said they plan to oppose it.

Councillor Jake Austin will represent the Lib Dems in the Makerfield by-election on 18 June.