WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2026, 21:25
Top Stories
After three years, the NPA resumes prosecution against Nokwazi Ngonyama for allegedly beating her domestic worker in the official South African residence in Tokyo.
Top Stories
What began as a foggy morning that almost ruined a boat tour turned into a stunning day on the water. That day led to the sighting that moved guests to tears.
Top Stories
The Western Cape High Court heard that granting the President an urgent interdict to halt impeachment proceedings against him would encroach on Parliament’s domain.
Top Stories
South Africa says the two countries are spreading fake news about xenophobia to create an impression that the country is now a pariah state and that international courts need to intervene.
South Africa
Police say immigration enforcement operations form part of efforts to enforce immigration laws.
South Africa
The outage has affected residential areas, businesses and key facilities.
South Africa
Lawyer Hope Maimela says water cuts in court amounts to a miscarriage of justice.
South Africa
City of Johannesburg officials embarked on a raid to demolish structures at Marble Towers.
World
There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, the US think tank’s survey indicates.
World
Officials say they are suspected of selling “seditious” books which incited “hatred” against authorities.
World
The opposition says the aim of the talks is to strengthen the democratic institutions and the electoral system.
World
The defeat triggered opposition calls for Meloni to resign ahead of next year’s general election.
Africa
The March and March provincial leader died of his injuries in hospital several days after being shot.
Africa
Ernest Bai Koroma was arrested in 2023 after gunmen broke into an armoury and some jails, freeing inmates.
Africa
The case has gripped Nigeria since President Bola Tinubu ordered a corruption investigation last week.
Africa
The court acknowledged the need for a broader national debate on cannabis policy in Kenya.
Business
The government argues the move would help jobseekers and could reduce pay discrimination claims.
Business
Business
Share trading in Elon Musk’s rocket company has been volatile since it went public a month ago.
Business
The new legislation would see Scunthorpe-based British Steel brought into public ownership.
Politics
Advocate Mpofu argued that the Constitutional Court ruled that the report must be implemented.
Politics
The arrest was made by the Gauteng Political Killings Task Team.
Politics
Ramaphosa wants the Parliamentary process suspended pending the review of the Section 89 report.
Politics
Alleged hitmen Khayelihle Shabalala and Deon Mathonsi admitted to killing Ndlovu.
Sport
Orlando Pirates’ striker Boitumelo Radiopane came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw against Spanish side Córdoba CF.
Sport
West Ham winger Crysencio Summerville is a target for Manchester United, Arsenal are preparing an offer for Norway winger Antonio Nusa, Everton consider moving for Manchester City’s Rico Lewis, plus more.
Sport
West Indies beat Ireland by 64 runs to complete a comfortable 3-0 one-day international series win in Bready.
Sport
One of the world’s leading female referees, Aimee Barrett-Theron, has stood down from officiating after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Education
Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts education
One of Britain’s leading university vice-chancellors has described sweeping cuts to arts and humanities across the sector as “absolutely tragic”, citing her famous daughter as an example of the value of a creative arts education.
Prof Evelyn Welch, the...
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has attributed persistent delays in capitation and government funding to schools, TVET institutions and universities to inadequate budget allocations and delayed Exchequer releases by the National Treasury, dismissing claims that the Ministry of Education is withholding funds.
Education
We would like to hear about the highs and lows of university clubs and societies
As a new academic year approaches, we would like to hear from students and recent graduates (five years ago or less) about their experiences of university clubs and societies that freshers might find instructive.
What was your best experience of a university club or society? And what was your worst?
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Education
[Scrolla] Unisa student Luyanda Dlamini spent R150 on data to write an assignment after losing her monthly data allowance from the university. More than 93,000 Unisa students also missed their July Personal Care Allowance on time due to a payment system delay.
Lifestyle
Fans reacted to Minnie Dlamini’s adorable childhood photo, where she reflected on her mother’s influence and her love for storytelling.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
An Old Boys committee has called on Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town to remove its Pride flag display, calling for a ‘neutral’ stance…
Lifestyle
Readers responding to a SASSA grant article have raised concerns over the personal scrutiny beneficiaries face just to qualify for support.
Entertainment
A R450 000 jackpot is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto results for 15 July 2026.
Entertainment
A total of R22 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 15 July 2026.
Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Wednesday, 15 July 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.
Entertainment
Ernie Els was the last major winner from this country, all the way back in 2012.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they’re not the changes Google wanted. The settlement between Google and Epic that aimed to put to rest the companies’ long-running antitrust battle is being withdrawn, and that means third-party app stores are coming to the Play Store. Google has confirmed that it will begin distributing rival...
Science/Tech
Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.
Science/Tech
Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
Science/Tech
FreeBSD 16 has removed the last GPL-licensed code from its base system, retiring the old GNU ‘dialog’ implementation after the installer moved to ‘bsddialog’ and the final dependency was disabled. Phoronix reports: This ticket to retire dialog was opened back in February while is now merged to the FreeBSD source tree for what will become FreeBSD 16.0. With dialog removed, the latest FreeBSD...
Motoring
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Health
Calum was poisoned by methanol and has since joined a campaign to raise awareness of the risks
Health
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
Health
Captain Sullenberger, who is known as Sully, said that the disease was in its early stages, and that he was “in the beginning of this long journey.”
Health
Executives unhappy with the agency donated and lobbied President Trump directly. Major companies have already begun to prepare and ship new products.