News24 | Pentagon mum on sudden departure of US Navy Secretary John Phelan, amid leadership purge
US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan will leave office “immediately”, the Pentagon announced, without providing an explanation for the sudden exit.
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Sundowns drop points, but is the PSL title over?
Did Mamelodi Sundowns just hand Orlando Pirates the PSL title on a silver platter? Stellies stole three points under their nose in Tshwane.
Biltong vs jerky: one is tastier and now also big business
One is a four-hundred-year-old masterpiece of air, salt and coriander. The other tastes like sadness. This is not even a contest.
South Africans Abroad: Lyle Foster’s Burnley relegated from EPL
Lyle Foster and his Burnley teammates have been relegated from the Premier League following the team’s 1-0 defeat to table-toppers Man City.
News24 | Breakthrough HIV jab arrives in 6 weeks, but cuts cripple rollout capacity
A new report warns that SA’s rollout of the six-monthly HIV-prevention jab, lenacapavir, could falter after US funding cuts gutted outreach networks. Findings draw on interviews with healthcare workers and high-risk groups in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
News24 | Eastern Cape cop shot dead, another critically injured in ambush
A police officer was killed, while another was injured, after they were ambushed while returning home from duty in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon.
News24 | Chelsea sack manager Rosenior after dismal run
Liam Rosenior has been sacked as Chelsea manager following a run of five successive Premier League defeats
News24 | Chinese car scandal: Parties call on Ramaphosa to fire Tolashe as charges pile up
On Thursday, additional charges will be laid against Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe in connection with the escalating scandal over two cars donated to the African National Congress Women’s League, which ended up in her family’s possession, with one later sold. Tolashe is the ANCWL president. The DA is bringing the charges about two weeks after ActionSA did the same.
Earth Day: Confessions of a shopping bag and plastic bottle
For Earth Day, a different take on eco-friendly habits through the eyes of a reusable shopping bag and a plastic bottle.
Teotihuacán shooting: Mexico’s World Cup open-gate problem
A gunman killed a Canadian tourist and wounded thirteen others at Mexico’s ancient pyramids on Columbine’s anniversary, carrying an AI-edited photo of himself with the killers. The World Cup begins in seven weeks. There were no metal detectors.