Israeli forces have wounded several Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, firing on civilians and launching air and artillery attacks in the latest near-daily violations of the ceasefire in place since October, as its war on the besieged enclave continues unabated.

A controversial final between Morocco and Senegal on Sunday, 18 January 20206, brought down the curtain on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The decider in Rabat will be remembered for the various disputes that took place, as opposed to the action on the field.

The SAPS faces 48,569 civil claims for unlawful arrest and wrongful detention, potentially costing up to R56.7bn. Behind these figures lies a toxic mix of poor training, weak supervision and entrenched impunity that steadily hollows out public trust in law enforcement.

The Nelson Mandela Bay council will soon consider a motion to suspend more than 10 officials involved in streetlight contract fraud, following Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s revelations of the content of a preliminary Special Investigations Unit report showing serious misconduct.

Instead of reflecting economic confidence, the surge in gambling appears to be happening alongside growing hardship, debt and uncertainty for millions of South Africans.

There is growing tension between the country’s liberation-era foreign policy identity and its deep economic integration into Western-led global systems. In the context of recent developments such as South Africa’s stance on Israel, Venezuela, and its broader Global South alignments, strategic ambiguity is becoming harder to sustain.

This movie about trans identity could not have been made in any previous era, and though the Golden Globes snubbed it, it’s simply fantastic.

Rosaline van As, better known as Tannie Poppie, the much-loved face behind traditional Karoo rooster brood on the N1 in Laingsburg, is back again, beating the odds and warming hearts once more.