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Russell accuses Ferrari of selfishness over rules
Mercedes driver George Russell accuses Ferrari of being “selfish” for blocking a change to the rules to improve safety at race starts.

South Africa’s missing R4 trillion
South Africa faces a huge infrastructure funding gap after decades of underinvestment, making greater private-sector involvement essential to finance upgrades and supporting long-term economic growth.
News24 | Friday’s weather: Flooding in Mpumalanga, Limpopo as extreme heat grips 3 provinces
The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain that could cause localised flooding across the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, while extreme heatwave conditions threaten the Western Cape, Northern Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape.
GROUNDUP: This may be as good as a Master’s Office gets in South Africa
Sources close to the Bloemfontein Master’s Office rate it higher than Master’s Offices in other major centres GroundUp has investigated.

Woman who kept vulnerable victim as slave sentenced to 13 years
Mandy Wixon, 56, forced the victim to clean her squalid home and subjected her to a miserable life.

South Africa is back on track
South Africa’s push to revive key drivers of its economy, such as power availability and logistics, has created a tailwind for the largest unit of the continent’s biggest lender by assets.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads Bafta Games Awards nominations
The French-made role-playing game picks up 12 nominations at the ceremony celebrating video games.
News24 | Ex-Steinhof exec pleads guilty; Shibiri ‘loan’ for alcohol, says Cat: Today’s top 7 stories
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Mothibi assures attention to Tembisa Hospital crime referrals
Protection of whistleblowers also high on agenda, NPA head tells media

Wilco Louw says no divided loyalties as Bulls host Stormers
Wilco Louw’s breakthrough came in 2014 when he signed his first professional rugby contract with the Stormers whom he’s rejoining in July.
News24 | WATCH | ActionSA seeks mandatory minimum sentences for corruption in ‘zero-tolerance’ bill
ActionSA announced its Zero-Tolerance Corruption Bill on Thursday, the second of its anti-corruption reform agenda, which the party says will “end the culture of consequence-free looting”.

SPOTLIGHT | Boxing legend, great elephant mystery and loads of local talent
Spotlight is our bite-size entertainment snapshot featuring new releases in South Africa, exclusive film trailers and more.

Kekana brushes off Bafana omission, focuses on cup quarterfinal
Sundowns defender overcomes injuries and slowly eyes a spot back with national squad

Ryan ruled out as Ireland make four changes
Ireland lock James Ryan is ruled out as head coach Andy Farrell makes four changes for Saturday’s Six Nations Triple Crown decider against Scotland in Dublin.

Israel pounds Beirut suburbs after Hezbollah launches rocket barrage
Some Israeli strikes also hit other parts of the Lebanese capital, with eight people reportedly killed along the seafront.
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