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Basic food prices in South Africa increased by 75% in seven years
The PMBEJD’s latest Household Affordability Index shows that the cost of a basic nutritional food basket in December 2025 was R5,333.45, a 66% increase from December 2019.
Rethabile’s four pillars of matric success
Despite challenges, Rethabile Mahlabe was able to achieve four distinctions through determination, hard work and encouragement from his support network.
Death, destruction stun Ramaphosa in Limpopo
“This is a real catastrophe.” This is how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the devastating floods in Limpopo which have so far taken nine lives since the heavy rains began.
China revs up fiscal support to boost births
HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) – China’s population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on January 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop.
Radio Free Asia to resume Korean broadcasts to reach North
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Radio Free Asia, a US state-funded outlet that largely ceased operations last year amid a Trump administration cost-cutting drive, plans to revive its Korean content as a way to reach reclusive North Korea, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
Trump threatens to use military over Minnesota anti-ICE protests
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, as she tries to gain some influence over how the president shapes the South American country’s political future.
Cuba counts cost of alliance after 32 troops killed in Venezuela
The recent events in Venezuela have exposed the strategic risks of Cuba’s foreign entanglements.
AMABHUNGANE OP-ED: JSE gets a whipping at the Information Regulator
Disclosure is the legal default under the Promotion of Access to Information Act. The JSE is a public body for the purposes of its market regulation and monitoring functions. Trading records are held by the JSE in the exercise of a public function.
News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | ANC at 114: Renewal or retreat?
This week’s Friday Briefing explores the Moureleng moment as the surest sign of the ANC’s decline and irrelevance.
Chris Mason: Is Farage’s Reform really Conservatives 2.0?
Reform UK is showing ‘momentum and magnetism’, but faces a familiar critique of being dubbed the Conservatives 2.0, the BBC’s political editor writes.
The Papers: ‘Sacked Jenrick defects’ and ‘Traitories’
Former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick joining Reform UK hours after he was sacked by Kemi Badenoch, is the main focus of Friday’s papers.
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota
The rarely used law allows the president to use active-duty military personnel for law enforcement.
I didn’t give up, I let go. How I came to terms with not having children
After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future.
Actor Timothy Busfield charged with sexually abusing boys on set of TV series
The actor starred in the West Wing TV series and is also known for the baseball film Field of Dreams.
Hospitals with unsafe concrete expected to miss rebuild deadline
Seven hospitals with Raac that were prioritised last year are not expected to be completed on time – some not until 2032/33.
Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.
The landscape beneath Antarctica’s icy surface revealed in unprecedented detail
Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica’s vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.
‘We’d been on high alert’ – How Jenrick’s dramatic defection unfolded
The secret discussions, bombshell leak and sacking which led to Robert Jenrick defecting to the Reform party.
Chinese woman’s plea for help killing pigs draws thousands to her village
The woman appealed for help after realising her father could not slaughter the pigs for a village feast alone.