
Top Stories
Antonelli beats Leclerc & Hamilton to Silverstone pole
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes pole position for the British Grand Prix, beating the Ferraris and team-mate George Russell.
SATURDAY, 04 JULY 2026, 18:48

Top Stories
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes pole position for the British Grand Prix, beating the Ferraris and team-mate George Russell.
Top Stories

Top Stories
Six-try Wales defeat Fiji 39-24 in the Nations Championship opener at the Cardiff City stadium.
Top Stories

South Africa
SA’s first-ever National Science Month launches at Vaal University of Technology

South Africa
The son of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Trevor, has passed away. He was 70 years old

South Africa
Doris Dhludhlu says the alleged kidnappers have contacted them using his phone.

South Africa
The R180-million contract includes specialised construction work needed to complete the centre.

World
The former Russian world chess champion had accused other players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky, of cheating.

World
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the target is key infrastructure “that generates revenue for Russia’s war”.

World
The couple tied the knot in New York on Friday, after months of speculation about when, where and how it would happen.

World
Ali Khamenei’s body will lie in state in Tehran’s Grand Mosalla until Monday, before travelling across Iran and Iraq.

Africa
Cape Verde fans said they were “proud” of their team despite a 3-2 defeat to Argentina that ended their World Cup hopes.

Africa
More than 2,000 primary schools are facing closure as enrolment numbers plummet.

Africa
Six fans of the Black Stars are living proof of how football can drive supporters to extreme lengths to follow their team.

Africa
Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter says he would have supported “proper immigration management and secured borders”.
Business
Business
Business

Business
Martin is revealing everything you need to know right now to cut the cost of getting away.

Politics
His death was confirmed a short while ago in a statement issued by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.

Politics
ActionSA President says his party wants to become the kingmaker in eThekwini Municipality after LGE

Politics
BOSA’s Roger Solomons says he wants opportunities to be experienced right across Cape Town

Politics
Mayor Mkhanyiseli Dudumayo says he’ll focus on growing the economy and basic service delivery.

Sport
Galway book a place in the All-Ireland hurling final for the first time since 2018 as they upset Cork with a 2-26 to 1-18 win at Croke Park on Saturday.

Sport
Jos Buttler runs out Axar Patel, after appearing to initially aim but miss the batter’s stumps, before the ball rolls through to hit at the non-striker’s end, as India fall to 165-6 in the second T20 against England at Old Trafford.

Sport
England and Australia will be allowed to warm up on the Lord’s outfield before Sunday’s T20 World Cup final, having initially being told they could not until after a performance by pop star Rita Ora.

Sport
England’s run chase gets off to a dreadful start, as they lose openers Phil Salt and Jos Buttler in the opening over from Arshdeep Singh, as England fall to 1-2, chasing 191 to win the second T20 international at Old Trafford.

Education
Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peers
A third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave their primary school unable to read well enough to access the secondary curriculum, leading to disengagement and school absence, according to new research.
The findings were published days after an independent inquiry into white...
Education
For all that’s good about our financial lives, there are distinctly American things that are decidedly suboptimal. Please, can the 1040 fit on a postcard?

Education
The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts
A leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after it was announced.
The scheme, Strengthening higher education for female empowerment (SHEFE),...

Education
Brexit means ‘home fee’ qualification ends in 2028, leaving those hoping to study in UK not now eligible for loans
British teenagers living in the EU could be priced out of UK universities in two years’ time as a Brexit rule change means they face the double whammy of paying costlier international fees, while losing access to student finance.
British passport holders living in the EU still...

Lifestyle
A study identifying the most liveable cities in Africa has been released, and five cities proudly represent South Africa. See which ones!
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Gayton McKenzie and Fikile Mbalula have responded to Bafana player Teboho Mokoena’s comments praising the EFF…
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Anlia Etzebeth’s unforgettable Durban July debut blended music, fashion and national pride beautifully together.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 5 July 2026.

Entertainment
“I thought our attack, our defense was pretty good, but it’s just that our discipline really hurt us there.”

Entertainment
Celebrities embraced bold Country Allure fashion with unforgettable style at Durban’s biggest race day.
Science/Tech
EchoStar’s satellite pay-TV unit Dish DBS has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports Reuters. The move also applies to its wireless subsidiaries, according to the article, and “facilitates the wind-down of Dish Wireless’s 5G network operations following an unexpected delay in a spectrum license sale to AT&T… under which EchoStar agreed to sell about 50 megahertz of its nationwide...
Science/Tech
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, attackers can hide malicious commands in repositories, README files, Makefiles, or other content...

Science/Tech
The Yahoo Boys author Carlos Barragán will join Kate Knibbs to answer your questions about Nigeria’s romance scammers.
Science/Tech
The Verge argues that researchers “have made genuine progress in quantum computing — it’s just been largely incremental and too esoteric to immediately capture the public’s imagination.” And there are predictions that quantum computers will finally do something useful as soon as 2028:The drama can overshadow the real progress in quantum computing…Researchers have improved the qubits...
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring

Health
What are heart palpitations and when should you be concerned?

Health
A doctors’ group says it “borders on madness” that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

Health
Kimberley asks her guest, chartered psychologist Dr Ellie Buckley, why we get sensory overload.

Health
The British Medical Association is in dispute with Manx Care over “pay erosion since 2008”.