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Celebrity Race Across the World winners revealed
The four pairs of contestants had to make their way more than 3,500 miles through Central America.
THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2025, 23:41

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The four pairs of contestants had to make their way more than 3,500 miles through Central America.
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If anyone is capable of turning around the National Prosecuting Agency, it might just be advocate Hermione Cronje — which is why her appointment may be too much to hope for.
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Daily Maverick and SA Harvest have launched their third annual festive season campaign to combat hunger in the Eastern Cape. This year’s focus is on supporting three holiday programmes. These initiatives are crucial for keeping children safe and fed during the school break, especially since the regular school nutrition programme is suspended for the year.
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Advocate Xolisile Khanyile, advocate Hermione Cronje and advocate Menzi Simelane were in the hot seat on Thursday, vying for the post of National Director of Public Prosecutions. Here are the best and worst moments.

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
This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them.

World
An atmospheric river has caused torrential rain and flooding in parts of Canada and the United States.

World
Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two species working together.

World
The judge rules Abrego Garcia was “without lawful authority”, and will now at least temporarily be allowed to return to his Maryland home.

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
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.
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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
Olympic great Michael Johnson says he will “refuse to give up on the mission of Grand Slam Track” after the athletics competition he backed files for bankruptcy following months of financial difficulty.

Sport
Marcus Rashford says he finds nothing at Barcelona “a pressure” and is at the club to “enjoy myself” as he continues to thrive since his move from Manchester United.

Sport
Youth athletes from Russia and Belarus should be allowed to compete for their countries at international events again, says the International Olympic Committee.

Sport
Bafana fans have slammed SAFA for choosing Dobsonville Stadium and charging R70 for a match many feel is just a practice run.
Education
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.

Education
We’d like to hear from UK students who are – or are planning to – live at home while studying at university
We’d like to find out about students who are living at home while studying at university, rather than living in student accommodation or a flat share.
Why have you taken the decision to live at home? What are the positives and negatives? How has the cost of living affected your university...
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Parents and guardians across Kenya can now access the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results following their official release by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba.

Education
Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table
More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, according to the latest higher education league table.
The analysis found that eight more universities had signed up to end recruitment ties with...

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
Google’s Chrome team has built an experimental browser called Disco that takes a query or prompt, opens a cluster of related tabs, and then generates a custom application tailored to whatever task the user is trying to accomplish. The browser launched Thursday as an experiment in Google’s Search Labs. GenTabs, the core feature powering Disco, are information-rich pages created by Google’s...
Science/Tech
Cisco’s stock price touched $80.25 on Wednesday, finally eclipsing its dotcom-era peak of $80.06 set on March 27, 2000 — when the networking giant briefly surpassed Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. The journey back took 25 years, eight months and 13 days. The company’s fundamentals improved dramatically over that period, of course. Revenues have nearly quintupled since...
Science/Tech
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed two bills aimed at regulating the use of AI in entertainment, requiring disclosure when ads feature AI-generated performers and mandating consent from heirs before a deceased person’s likeness can be used commercially. Hochul described both measures as “first in the nation” policies during a signing ceremony at SAG-AFTRA’s New York City offices....

Science/Tech
Gremlins, Home Alone, and Sovereign are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

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.
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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
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’.

Health
NHS England says it’s facing a “worst-case scenario” after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.