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‘My dad was killed by a drug-driver. Now I want tougher laws’
Bereaved families demand roadside licence bans after drug driving deaths surge 70% in a decade.
FRIDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2025, 03:47

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Bereaved families demand roadside licence bans after drug driving deaths surge 70% in a decade.

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With “sharp rises” in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too – as retail workers in the area dubbed England’s shoplifting capital have seen

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UK researchers will get a chance to develop applications for the tech giant’s quantum processor.

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King Charles has recorded a message about his experience of cancer for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.

South Africa
The department has since suspended two of its employees suspected of leaking the papers.

South Africa
Shebe Maburna is facing several counts of attempted murder.

South Africa
Bapong community members in the North West province say they are living in fear.

South Africa
Fire-fighting teams in the Cape Winelands District will continue to monitor the area.

World
In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.

World
Young people tell the BBC that military-style schools deceive and abuse students they claim to help.

World
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest apes, has alarmed conservationists.

World
The junta has been demolishing buildings in KK Park, one of the largest and most notorious scam compounds.

Africa
Adonay Berhane, Wongelawit Gebre Endrias and four others are accused by police of undermining public morality.

Africa
The landmark $2.5bn Kenya-US deal has been stopped until the court hears the case over data privacy.

Africa
Ghana says its citizens were subjected to “humiliating treatment” in Israel, which has not commented.

Africa
The coup was thwarted after Nigeria sent warplanes to dislodge the mutineers from the offices of state TV.

Business
It comes after intense scrutiny of the Office for Budget Responsibility in the run-up to the Budget.

Business
Just a handful of companies can make cadmium zinc telluride, a material with powerful properties.

Business
More than half of South Africans want a key policy aimed at addressing racial inequality scrapped and hiring and promotions to be merit-based, according to the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

Business
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt has warned that South Africa has unsustainable debt and deficits, which will become taxes that future generations will have to pay.

Politics
Ramaphosa was speaking to over 1 600 delegates at the close of the ANC’s four-day NGC.

Politics
The SACP confirmed that it will contest next year’s elections independently from the ANC.

Politics
The ANC’s NGC which has taken place over the last four days has come to a close.

Politics
Pressed on where her political loyalties lie ahead of the elections, Ramathuba was circumspect.

Sport
Wilfried Nancy has become the first Celtic manager to lose his first two games sparking concerns amid the club’s supporters.

Sport
New Ballymena United manager Oran Kearney says he wants to see his side make gradual progression and senses “a big opportunity” as he prepares to take charge of the Sky Blues for the first time against Portadown on Saturday.

Sport
Igor Jesus took just 82 seconds to end Nottingham Forest’s 30-year wait for an away win in Europe – and celebrated in increasingly familiar style.

Sport
Bayern Munich plan to hold talks with Marc Guehi about a potential move, Tottenham will try to sell Yves Bissouma in January, Aston Villa looking to send Harvey Elliot back to Liverpool, plus more.
Education
[InfoWire] Writing academic assignments at university can be stressful, especially if it is your first time preparing a full research paper. Many African students face real barriers: limited access to digital libraries, tight deadlines, balancing school with work, and adapting to strict academic standards. Yet with the right approach, anyone can learn how to write a research paper that is...
Education
[InfoWire] Africa’s higher-education sector keeps growing, and many universities in Africa now appear in global rankings every year. Students seeking the best universities in Africa today can choose from long-established institutions and new schools expanding fast across science, technology, business, and the arts. The continent’s top institutions attract learners from Africa and abroad because...

Education
The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.

Education
Bridget Phillipson says £3bn scheme focussed on local state schools will ‘transform lives’, after rise in parent appeals
The government is to invest £3bn in creating bespoke places within local state schools for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), a crucial part of its efforts to grapple with England’s rising numbers of children facing social and mental health...

Lifestyle
Siya Kolisi’s ex, Rachel Kolisi wept with sorrow in an Instagram post, while his rumoured girlfriend, Rachel John cried tears of joy…

Lifestyle
Anele Mdoda seems to be confirming that she is officially married to her prince charming, Bonelela ‘Buzza’ James, referring to him as her husband.

Lifestyle
What happened? Siya Kolisi has unfollowed his ex Rachel’s siblings, including her sister-in-law, retired Olympic swimmer, Tatjana Smith.

Lifestyle
Marlon Wayans is not backing down to 50 Cent as the online beef between the two heats up.

Entertainment
Simelane is currently facing an application to have him removed from the roll of legal practitioners.

Entertainment
A total of R550 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 11 December 2025.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Thursday, 11 December 2025, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
This dish brings together juicy mango, creamy avocado, crunchy macadamias, and peppery greens for a fresh, tropical twist.
Science/Tech
joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: More than 10,000 Docker Hub container images expose data that should be protected, including live credentials to production systems, CI/CD databases, or LLM model keys. After scanning container images uploaded to Docker Hub in November, security researchers at threat intelligence company Flare found that 10,456 of them exposed one or more keys....

Science/Tech
Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust
Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and changing DNA in a wild mammal species.
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Science/Tech
The order creates an Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws, and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation.
Science/Tech
Broadcom has quietly pulled VMware vSphere Foundation from parts of EMEA, pushing smaller customers toward far more expensive bundles and prompting some to consider jumping to Hyper-V or Nutanix. The Register reports: VVF is a bundle that offers compute, storage, and networking virtualization, and a platform to run containers. It’s most useful in hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid clouds,...

Motoring
This is how much you can expect to spend on petrol and toll fees when driving from Joburg to Cape Town this holiday season.
Motoring

Motoring
With the festive season finally upon us once again, here are a few tips which may help if you are unfortunately involved in a car accident.

Motoring
South Africa’s largest public sector trade union has voiced its support for a plan to replace the country’s physical driver’s licences with a new digital system.

Health
Iron deficiency is a relatively common problem, especially in women. Here’s how to spot the symptons.
Health
The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent in children under 4, and by 56 percent in children 5 to 17.

Health
The TEWV announcement comes after calls from families of three patients who died by suicide.

Health
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces ‘worst-case scenario’.