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WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

Today at 10:29 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The five men accused of killing soccer star Senzo Meyiwa are back in the dock at the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.

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READER LETTER | Gauteng in financial crises

Today at 10:26 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Premier Panyaza Lesufi and his executive are aware of the situation but have turned a blind eye instead of putting proper plans in place to deal with the issues.

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Mandelson documents reveal Westminster tensions over US post

Today at 10:16 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Britain’s government released reams of documents on Monday relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, offering a glimpse into the often acerbic world of Westminster and his messy clearance for the job.

South Africa

Deputy President to engage business leaders on HIV and TB funding

Today at 10:33 AM, via SAnews

Deputy President to engage business leaders on HIV and TB funding

Deputy President Paul Mashatile will meet private sector leaders in Johannesburg on Thursday as government seeks to strengthen partnerships aimed at addressing funding challenges in South Africa’s response to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

The Deputy President, who chairs the South...

South Africa

Home Affairs launches campaign to resolve blocked ID numbers

Today at 10:15 AM, via SAnews

Home Affairs launches campaign to resolve blocked ID numbers

Individuals whose identity documents (IDs) were blocked prior to November 2022, have until 10 July 2026 to submit representations to unblocking their documents, the Department of Home Affairs said.in a statement on Monday, the department said it was launching a nationwide campaign to assist individuals whose IDs were...

South Africa

Eskom complies with SCA ruling

Today at 10:13 AM, via SAnews

Eskom complies with SCA ruling

Eskom has complied with a recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgement to disclose certain contracts to AfriForum in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).

In a statement on Monday, the power utility said it has fulfilled the SCA’s 23 March 2026 court order, upholding the earlier High Court judgment, to supply Afriforum with...

Africa

The schoolgirl who became world champion at 14

Yesterday at 14:03 PM, via BBC News

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Business

Another country issues a warning about South Africa

Today at 10:30 AM, via BusinessTech

An prominent African country has warned its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to South Africa just a week apart from a seperate warning issued by the United States.

Sport

Gilmour admits mental struggle as he misses World Cup

Today at 10:54 AM, via BBC News

Billy Gilmour admits “it’s been a tough one to get my head around” after the Napoli midfielder was forced to drop out of Scotland’s World Cup squad through injury.

Education

Angola: Malanje University Campus Will Host 10,000 Students

Today at 10:20 AM, via AllAfrica

[ANGOP] Malanje — The province of Malanje will benefit, in the next 18 months, from a new campus of the Queen Njinga a Mbande University (URNM), with the capacity to receive 10,000 students, distributed across six organic units.

Education

Shrinking graduate premium sours views on value of a university education, UK poll shows

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Worries over AI and loan debt mean 34% of people think degrees are usually not worth the time and money

There was a time when going to university seemed a no-brainer. Better qualifications opened doors to better jobs with greater earning potential.

But with the graduate premium shrinking, mounting anger about spiralling student debt and growing fears about AI eating into the graduate jobs...

Lifestyle

Gayton McKenzie: Why Liam Jacobs left the PA

Today at 10:20 AM, via The South African

PA leader Gayton McKenzie has revealed why Liam Jacobs returned to the DA, warning him not to start a ‘war’ with his political party…

Science/Tech

Musket balls and a burnt hull: evidence of real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas

Today at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: First shipwrecks found in Nassau harbour on New Providence, once the hideout of Blackbeard and Calico Jack

The first shipwrecks linked to the real pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas have been discovered by an international team co-directed by a British marine archaeologist.

Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham were among pirates who, between the 1690s and 1720s, turned Nassau on...

Health

‘I’ve requested a full hysterectomy’

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via BBC News

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.