SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2025, 07:13
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This comes after the minister issued a directive that instructs Icasa to address what he describes as legal flaws in its existing equity ownership regulations for the ICT sector.
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Those in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Britain tell BBC News about their lives, after the Disney+ show was laced with scandal.
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Claims of Labour Mayor Andy Burnham’s “plot” to enter Commons and a spike of flu cases leads the Sunday papers.
Top Stories
From kitsch mirrors to neon pink walls, a pop of colour could brighten up your winter.
South Africa
The NPA is wants to reinstate the R24.9m Gupta- linked Nulane fraud and money laundering case
South Africa
Australia is the first country to ban social media use by children under the age of 16.
South Africa
Authorities continue to encourage road safety amid festive season accidents
South Africa
Community members have called on men to protect women and children amid arson victim burial
World
Step aboard the Samba Train, where music, history, and resistance roll together through the streets of Rio.
World
Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, reflects on her mother’s escape from Venezuela and the stakes for the future.
World
Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken.
World
Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.
Africa
Nigeria’s biggest city is known for its vibrant arts scene, nightlife and creativity, but street art is relatively unknown.
Africa
BBC Sport Africa picks out six players to keep an eye on at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.
Africa
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the profits flaunted on Instagram.
Africa
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
Business
South Africa’s beaches are expected to be packed this festive season, and security experts and rescue services are warning holidaymakers to be extra cautious.
Business
Stats SA’s latest quarterly employment survey shows that the average monthly salary in South Africa increased to R29,490 in the third quarter of the year.
Business
Business
The Department of Transport and other stakeholders have issued a serious warning about South Africa’s most dangerous routes as millions prepare to take to the roads for the festive season.
Politics
Khusela Diko says Solly Malatsi did not follow proper procedure amid policy directives
Politics
The directive permits companies such as Starlink to bypass the local ownership requirements
Politics
The party believes the Gazette introduces policy directions that exceed the minister’s authority
Politics
South Africa will not boycott the summit if it’s excluded from participating.
Sport
Enzo Maresca’s press conference raises questions over whether his comments are aimed at the Chelsea board.
Sport
Alfie Burden beats Stuart Bingham 63-8 to win the Snooker Shoot Out and claim his first ranking title in Blackpool.
Sport
Highlights from four Premier League matches, including Arsenal v Wolves.
Sport
Liverpool’s all-time leading goalscorer Ian Rush is recovering in hospital after spending two days in intensive care with flu.
Education
Here’s what to know about the Rhode Island university, where a shooting on Saturday killed two people and injured eight others.
Education
The claims last year by a conservative publication against Darryll J. Pines prompted a yearlong investigation and an extensive review of his published works.
Education
Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.
Education
South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a resignation. Could you answer some of the questions correctly?
Lifestyle
The EFF has condemned Minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to gazette a policy directive in favour of Elon Musk operating Starlink in SA…
Lifestyle
A Woolworths customer made a creepy discovery in her pre-packed salad – a dead frog! Take a look at the trending video…
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
The average rent per province across South Africa varies greatly and shows some remarkable disparities. Here’s why …
Entertainment
Elettrica Veloce shines among all the challenges of being brand’s first fully electric car.
Entertainment
“We don’t have any substitutes only impact players,” said Ouaddou.
Entertainment
“We said many times with Cole (Palmer) we are a better team,” Maresca told the BBC.
Entertainment
Salah came off the substitutes’ bench to huge cheers in the 26th minute.
Science/Tech
The R programming language “is sometimes frowned upon by ‘traditional’ software engineers,” says the CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe, “due to its unconventional syntax and limited scalability for large production systems.” But he says it “continues to thrive at universities and in research-driven industries, and “for domain experts, it remains a powerful and elegant tool.” Yet...
Science/Tech
This week System76 launched the first stable release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment, reports 9to5Linux. Announced in 2021, it’s designed for all GNU/Linux distributions — and it shipping with Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS (based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS):Previous Pop!_OS releases used a version of the COSMIC desktop that was based on the GNOME desktop environment. However, System76 wanted to...
Science/Tech
This week the Free Software Foundation honored Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, and Govdirectory with this year’s annual Free Software Awards (given to community members and groups making”significant” contributions to software freedom):Andy Wingo is one of the co-maintainers of GNU Guile,the official extension language of the GNU operating system and theScheme “backbone” of GNUGuix. Upon receiving the...
Science/Tech
“The entire java.applet package has been removed from JDK 26, which will release in March 2026,” notes Inside Java. But long-time Slashdot reader AirHog links to this blog post reminding us that”Applets Are Officially Gone, But Java In The Browser Is Better Than Ever.”This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern,...
Motoring
December’s petrol price hike means you’ll need to budget a fair amount to travel to the Kruger Park this holiday.
Motoring
The worst countries to drive in for 2025 have been revealed, and South Africa is only ranked fourth.
Motoring
The Department of Transport is ramping up its efforts to curb road fatalities this holiday season.
Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Health
A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.
Health
A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.
Health
The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics.
Health
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.