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ALL AT SEA: Ramaphosa should fire Motshekga and all of SANDF top brass for Iran fiasco, say experts
Military experts urge President Ramaphosa to dismiss Defence Minister Motshekga and SANDF leaders for failing to enforce his order to withdraw Iranian warships during joint exercises.
TRC ROULETTE : Judge Sisi Khampepe being illegally monitored by Jacob Zuma, inquiry hears
From possessing ‘secret’ emails allegedly sent from the private address of retired judge Sisi Khampepe, to hush-hush talks with apartheid-era generals, Jacob Zuma’s shadow looms large over the Khampepe Inquiry.

More than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s
The MPs says the UK “risks being left behind” if it does not adopt a ban similar to one in Australia.
BIG TURN-OFF: Joburg residents in the dark as streetlight repair time skyrockets
If you think Johannesburg’s streets are looking a lot darker these days, your instincts are correct. A Daily Maverick community investigation has uncovered that the repair time for streetlights has doubled in the space of a year. Widespread crime, vandalism, and underspending are leaving frustrated residents in the dark for weeks, and in some cases, years.

Senegal walk off pitch in Afcon final over controversial penalty
Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw ecourages his team off the pitch after hosts Morocco are awarded a controversial stoppage-time penalty in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

EU weighs response to Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland
Europe is split between hitting back at Trump’s tariff threat or holding fire to avoid a damaging trade war.
DIGITAL DANGER OP-ED: Grok’s undress feature violates South Africans’ rights, and must be stopped now
Moxii Africa (formerly Media Monitoring Africa) has issued letters of demand to the South African government and to X Corp to ensure Grok AI acts immediately to disable the ‘undressing’ feature of Grok, and any other feature that allows users to create and share non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.

Andrew Rosindell quits Tories and defects to Reform UK
His defection comes days after former shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick joined Reform.
ANALYSIS: National Health Insurance — reports of a potential truce are greatly exaggerated
Amid ongoing legal battles over the National Health Insurance, hopes for a truce dwindle as political motives complicate negotiations on universal healthcare.

‘Arsenal will never forgive themselves if they don’t win title now’
This is Mikel Arteta and Arsenal’s “now or never” moment as Premier League title rivals stumble badly, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
Big Stink: Cable theft leaves Nelson Mandela Bay awash in raw sewage
Cable theft and vandalism have left Gqeberha’s wastewater system in crisis, sending raw sewage into streets and homes — affecting both more affluent suburbs and under-resourced communities.
ANYONE ANSWERING?: City Power backtracks on banning reporting faults through councillors, but only temporarily
Johannesburg residents often complain that City call centres are not effective. So when City Power told residents they had to communicate with the utility directly, not through councillors, there was outrage.

2021 riots in South Africa were a test to see if the state could be paralysed – Thabo Mbeki
Former President Thabo Mbeki dismissed the idea that the July 2021 riots were a spontaneous defence of Jacob Zuma. Instead, he said it was a test.
News24 | Here are the Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus numbers
Here are the Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus numbers.

Barry secures deserved win for Everton against Villa
Everton’s Thierno Barry capitalises on a mistake by Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez for a 1-0 win to The Toffees, which stops Villa going second in the Premier League.
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED: From Minnesota to the Red Sea — how Somalis became the front line of global politics
The people Trump treats as expendable – the refugees, the ones he tells to go back – do not exist on the margins of history. They are the connective tissue of global politics, the ones who absorb the blows first – until the rest of the world finally realises it is standing in the blast radius too.
JOURNEYS OF MISERY: Broken promises, shattered hopes — the plight of African climate migrants seeking work in ‘wealthier’ SA
Climate refugees who abandon drying agricultural lands in frontier countries and head to South Africa to seek new livelihoods are encountering crushing hardship in this country.
Major EU states condemn Trump tariff threats, consider retaliation
BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Major European Union states including Germany and France decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland as blackmail on Sunday, as France proposed responding with a range of untested economic countermeasures.
DESERT DREAM: Nasser Al-Attiyah targets Stéphane Peterhansel’s Dakar Rally record after sixth overall victory
Known as the Prince of the Dunes, Nasser Al-Attiyah wants to graduate to King by passing Stéphane Peterhansel’s record of eight victories in the car category. The Qatari clinched his sixth overall win at the 2026 Dakar Rally.

‘Abandoned’ or ‘business’ – was Glasner right to ‘attack’ Palace owners?
Oliver Glasner’s outburst after Crystal Palace were beaten at Sunderland has led to increased speculation over his future at the club but will he be sacked?