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BBC to make shows for YouTube in new landmark deal
The new shows will appear on YouTube first, before later landing on the BBC’s iPlayer and Sounds platforms.
News24 | Prime rate should be scrapped, says Kganyago
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said he favours ending the use of prime, the main reference rate commercial banks use to price trillions of rand of loans to clients.
December CPI edges up, but 2025 achieves lowest average since 2004
Stats SA announced on Wednesday that CPI increased in December compared with November, but that that pegs the average annual inflation for 2025 at 3.2%, the lowest since 2004.
GROUNDUP: More than 600 people left homeless after fire tears through Masiphumelele
Living Hope organisation calls for donations of essential items to help victims, many of whom were left homeless and without basic necessities.
Which countries are set to win extra Champions League places?
BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything explains which countries are on course to win extra qualification spots for the 2026-27 Champions League campaign.
Taxpayers score a legal win against SARS
Recent Tax Court rulings have upheld taxpayers’ rights by rejecting SARS’s attempts to increase disputed assessments after prescription.
ANC promises not to interfere in damning report against corruption-accused municipal CFO
The ANC in the North West has warned errant councillors as Matlosana council weighs the fate of corruption-accused CFO Mercy Phetla.
Japan restarts world’s largest nuclear plant
Japan restars a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.
ODDS OVERCOME: Sithengile Senior Secondary’s matric triumph is a lesson in conquering learning challenges
Sithengile Senior Secondary School in Claremont, KwaZulu-Natal, achieved an impressive 96.8% pass rate, a significant improvement from 90.6% in 2024 despite socioeconomic challenges.
Addington Primary enrollment dispute sparks community outrage
Emotions ran high on Wednesday morning outside Durban’s Addington Primary in KwaZulu-Natal when parents demanding their children be accepted at the school exchanged heated words with department of education officials.
UNDERAGE DRINKING: Hitting the bottle — alcohol is destroying the future of SA’s young people
We cannot claim to be building a sustainable future while allowing our young people’s potential to be drowned in easy alcohol access.
The secret group exposing bogus veterans like the fake admiral
How a secretive group of ex-services personnel investigate military imposters.
Japan court sentences ex-PM Abe’s assassin to life in prison
A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in an incident that stunned the nation three and a half years ago.
Former South Korean PM Han jailed for 23 years in martial law case
A South Korean court jailed former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo for 23 years on Wednesday, on charges that included insurrection relating to ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in December 2024.
Hungary’s Orban throws restaurants $304 mln lifeline ahead of election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government announced on Wednesday a 100 billion forint ($304.42 million) package to shore up the restaurant industry as the veteran leader faces an uphill battle to revive the economy ahead of an April election.
Farage inadvertently breached MPs’ rules, says watchdog
The parliamentary commissioner for standards said Farage had apologised after missing the deadline for registering interests.