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Superb Selby in control of UK final against Trump
Mark Selby establishes a 6-2 lead over defending champion Judd Trump to take control of the UK Championship final in York.
SUNDAY, 07 DECEMBER 2025, 19:11

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Mark Selby establishes a 6-2 lead over defending champion Judd Trump to take control of the UK Championship final in York.

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The former Leeds Rhinos rugby star completes seven ultramarathons in seven days for MND charities.

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Unlucky Kaizer Chiefs capped off the year on a sour note, playing a dramatic goalless draw against TS Galaxy at Mbombela Stadium on Sunday, where they registered numerous shots at goal without converting any of them.

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Britain is bracing for a 30-hour snow spell starting 10 December, with Scotland and northern England set to be hit first before conditions push south.

South Africa
The App is also being used by emergency medical services to streamline rapid emergency response.

South Africa
The 5th of December marked the 12th anniversary of the passing of former President Nelson Mandela

South Africa
The BMA’s Commissioner, Dr Mike Masiapato, briefed the media in Pretoria.

South Africa
KZN police spokesperson Netshiunda says police officers found the woman with multiple stab wounds.

World
Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings.

World
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Jimmy Story, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, about the American military buildup in the region and pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

World
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher about his recent visit to Sudan.

World
From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren’t just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.

Africa
Find out who has been called up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Africa
J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere has photographed over 2000 uniqie Nigerian hairstyles.

Africa
Namibia has built up large stockpiles of rhino horn after pioneering the practice of cutting them off to deter poachers.

Africa
Ex-cyclist Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, who attended the 1980 Moscow Games, is among 13 released from a notorious jail.

Business
A lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid support schemes is expected to be highlighted in the report.
Business

Business
For decades, it stood as a testament to what’s possible in South Africa’s public health system and a symbol of medical ambition. Today, however, its condition tells a very different story.

Business
Renowned economist Roelof Botha says that the prime lending rate should be 1.25% lower than it currently is in South Africa.

Politics
Shivambu says the party will seek to win an outright majority in next year’s local gov elections

Politics
The 5th ANC NGC kicks-off on Monday at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni

Politics
ANC DP Paul Mashatile urged the public to stop mistaking the NGC for a leadership contest.

Politics
NATJOINTS and the Madlanga Commission agreed that security needs to be enhanced at hearings

Sport
National League side Boreham Wood reach the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in three years with a convincing 3-0 win over League Two side Newport County.

Sport
Tottenham say they are looking into allegations that midfielder Yves Bissouma was filmed inhaling nitrous oxide.

Sport
The Springbok Sevens successfully defended their HSBC SVNS Cape Town title in spectacular fashion, edging Argentina in a hard-fought final.

Sport
The Blitzboks overcame multiple injury setbacks before the final to beat Argentina 21-19 en route to successfully defend their Cape Town Sevens crown.

Education
About 350,000 new places to be offered to ‘neets’ with ‘sanctions’ levied for those who do not engage, says DWP
Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers.
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that...

Education
Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racist
Nigel Farage should offer an unreserved apology to people who allege he targeted them with racist or antisemitic behaviour while at school, the outgoing head of the government’s equalities watchdog has said.
Kishwer Falkner, a crossbench peer who has...

Education
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine learning, which has raised questions among computer scientists about the state of AI...

Education
Astrid Tuminez, Utah Valley University’s first female leader, had to pivot from personal tragedy to address ‘a wounding that happened to all of us’
Astrid Tuminez was on her way to Rome, the trip a kind of pilgrimage after months of grief. Her husband, Jeffrey Tolk, had died suddenly earlier in the year, and the loss had left her carrying a weight she couldn’t set down. “I felt darkness and...

Lifestyle
Former metro policeman Marius van der Merwe – who testified at the Madlanga Commission as ‘Witness D’ – claimed his death was imminent.

Lifestyle
Does she have your vote? Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille posted a video of her taking on Joburg traffic after a robot stopped working…

Lifestyle
Christmas celebrations are getting underway and nowhere does it sparkle quite like it does at Westminster Abbey.

Lifestyle
Aussie airline Qantas has just introduced its first direct service between Perth in Western Australia and Johannesburg.

Entertainment
The Proteas women will now target a T20I series sweep in Benoni on Wednesday, before turning their attention to the ODI series.

Entertainment
A truck was stopped by police officers and found with 12 water tanks that were stuffed with illicit cigarettes

Entertainment
Amakhosi head into the break in fourth in the table.

Entertainment
“I haven’t cried in awhile, I didn’t think I would cry but I did.”
Science/Tech
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE arrived this week, notes this report from The Register, which calls it the latest release “of the Unix world’s leading alternative to Linux.” As well as numerous bug fixes and upgrades to many of its components, the major changes in this version are reductions in the number of platforms the OS supports, and in how it’s built and how its component software is packaged....
Science/Tech
“Homebrew, the package manager for macOS and Linux, just got a handy new feature in the latest v5.0.4 update,” reports How-To Geek. Brewfile install scripts “are now more like a one-stop shop for installing software, as Flatpaks are now supported alongside Brew packages, Mac App Store Apps, and other packages.”For those times when you need to install many software packages at once, like when...

Science/Tech
South African traders use proprietary trading firms to access external trading capital, scale funded accounts up to $1M, and trade global markets without risking personal savings. Prop firms provide the funding, set transparent risk rules, and share profits with traders who demonstrate consistent discipline. South African traders increasingly choose international prop firms because these...

Science/Tech
Widely recognised as one of the best scrum halves to ever play rugby, Fourie du Preez joined private equity firm Fledge Capital full-time in 2016.

Motoring
While it recently celebrated its 1st birthday, Afrikaans e-hailing service Wanatu is being criticised for not fixing its buggy app and charging users exorbitant fees.

Motoring
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has issued a warning to the public over an increase in traffic fine scams targeting motorists.

Motoring
Toyota’s luxury sub-brand Lexus has unveiled a successor to the legendary LFA supercar, with a twist.
Motoring
Health
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
Health
Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.
Health
Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials.
Health
The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods.