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  • Newspaper headlines from around the world – Friday, 10 January 2025

    Here are the stories that made headlines on the front pages of newspapers around the world on Friday, 10 January 2025. The Wall Street Journal front page reported that raging fires in Los Angeles caused widespread destruction. The Jerusalem Post‘s front page reported that the Israeli government presented a judicial reform compromise regarding appointing High…

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  • Orlando Pirates will sacrifice two senior stars to get their man

    Orlando Pirates want to strengthen a relative area of weakness and that could be bad news for two established stars. Pirates serious about signing Basadien According to Soccer Laduma, the Sea Robbers are willing to offer Innocent Maela or Paseka Mako plus cash to sign Stellies’ in-demand left-back Fawaaz Basadien. The 27-year-old has been a mainstay…

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  • Stilfontein residents threaten to protest over standoff between police & illegal miners

    Stilfontein residents threaten to protest over standoff between police & illegal miners! Residents of Stilfontein, North West, are growing increasingly frustrated over the prolonged standoff between police and illegal miners, known as zama zamas, occupying a shaft at the defunct Buffelsfontein gold mine. Tensions in the community have escalated, with local leaders warning that protests…

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  • Orlando Pirates to welcome Khanyiso Mayo & co.

    It’s Orlando Pirates’ penultimate CAF Champions League group game this weekend. CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: ORLANDO PIRATES VS CR BELOUIZDAD The Sea Robbers might secure a dream place in the CAFCL quarterfinals this weekend, but Khanyisa Mayo‘s CRB will fight a Do or Die battle. With eight points at the top of the table, a win…

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  • Nedbank Cup: Kaizer Chiefs’ last shot at glory, will Nabi deliver in May?

    Kaizer Chiefs have not tasted silverware in 10 years but the Nedbank Cup gives them a chance to change all of that. The Glamour Boys were drawn to face Gauteng ABC Motsepe League side, Free Agents FC when the fixtures for the last 32 of the 2025 Nedbank Cup were announced on Thursday evening. On…

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  • 3 people arrested in connection with suspected human trafficking of 26 men

    3 people arrested in connection with suspected human trafficking of 26 men! The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, commonly known as the Hawks, has made a significant breakthrough in their fight against human trafficking. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a suspected trafficking ring following the dramatic rescue of 26 men from a…

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  • Community Engagement and Advocacy Internship at MSF

    Community Engagement and Advocacy Internship at MSF Deadline: 13 January 2025 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Community Engagement and Advocacy Internship Doctors without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa is accepting applications for Community Engagement and Advocacy Internship programme. Requirements: Commitment to MSF’s core principles. Minimum university graduate or postgraduate student, ideally in Social Sciences, Public Health, Politics,…

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  • Cape Town mayor mourns five-year-old caught in gang crossfire

    Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has commended the police for swiftly arresting three suspects who allegedly shot and killed five-year-old Ameer Abrahams in Manenberg. The five-year-old boy was caught in an alleged gang crossfire while on his way to a local tuckshop with his father. Two men were also injured during the incident. FIVE-YEAR-OLD SHOT…

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  • Kaizer Chiefs set to pull the plug on R6m new signing already?

    Kaizer Chiefs are believed to be ready to offload one the seven new signings brought into the club this season.  This could also see Chiefs go back to sign a player that they reportedly rejected during the previous window.  Chiefs signed seven players During that previous window, Chiefs signed seven players in the hope of…

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  • Kaizer Chiefs transfers: Ramiro Vaca, Zitha Kwinika, Wandile Duba

    Kaizer Chiefs are getting busy as the January transfer market takes centre stage in South African football in 2025. Saviour against Stellies gets a new deal According to Soccer Laduma, Chiefs have huge faith in Wandile Duba and are willing to tie the young attacker down to a new three-year deal. Born in June 2004, Duba…

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