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Transport dept aims to clear driving license backlog by December

Sadtu slams department for failure to implement recommendations in ghost workers’ report

LIVE | 2025 SA Women in Science Awards Media Breakfast

World

News24 | Russia demands eastern Donbas, Ukraine neutrality, and no NATO membership to end the war

WHO warns of risks of extreme heat in the workplace

Beijing opposes ‘bully’ US for 50% tariffs on India

Africa

The Harvard graduate hoping to ace the Rugby World Cup

Ghanaian music star Shatta Wale detained over Lamborghini purchase

Sudan’s army denies bombing convoy taking aid to famine-hit area

Business

Great news for petrol prices in South Africa

South African mining giant sees profits more than triple

SARB to shut down South African bank

Politics

DA demands probe into corruption allegations at Limpopo municipality

Ad Hoc committee probing Mkhwanazi allegations to discuss terms of reference

BOSA in talks with other parties on possible consolidation: Maimane

Sport

OPINION: Why Pirates and Sundowns players will continue to dominate Bafana

Orlando Pirates coach wants freedom for Mofokeng

Kaizer Chiefs’ inevitable collapse will be sweet and unsurprising

Education

South Africa: Cape Town Council Speaker Survives No-Confidence Vote – South African News Briefs – August 22, 2025

As Covid effect ebbs, GCSE results reveal broken legacy of Gove’s resit policy

The Guardian view on GCSE results: the Covid generation has surpassed expectations | Editorial

Lifestyle

Cape Town fashion label becomes first SA brand to collaborate with SHEIN

Lucky Star Pilchards under fire over shock ‘shrinkflation’

Gayton slams SAHRC stance, implies ‘Kill The Boer’ ruling was worse

Entertainment

Lil Nas X arrested after nearly naked nighttime stroll in LA

Sol Phenduka reveals court case with Minnie Dlamini behind his Kaya FM suspension

From Midrand to Soweto: Where to watch the Boks this weekend in Jozi

Science/Tech

A New Shopping Centre Opens In Cape Town’s Northern Suburbs

Musk tried to rope in Zuckerberg for $97-billion OpenAI bid

Regenesys Launches School Of Entrepreneurship In Sandton

Motoring

Moto3 star Ruché Moodley hopes to make up for lost time

Sport and Titanium X join the Ford Tourneo Custom van range

VIDEO: Chery Tiggo 9 enters Mzansi with spectacular crash test

Health

Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research

Sport Psychology Tips for Everyday Life

Nature

News24 Business | Joburg power cut threat: Eskom and City still talking, Ramokgopa pushes for payment plan

News24 Business | Nick Hedley | A new study links culprits to climate change costs: a reckoning for polluters?

News24 Business | International Partners Group | Backing SA’s green future with over R2bn for just transition projects