News24 | Government to pay back at least R1.7m to company running ‘Thabo Bester prison’

The Minister and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services have been ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that runs the private, maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre, from which rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022, GroundUp reports. Source

News24 | Eight killed in crash between minibus taxi and truck in Mpumalanga

Eight people were killed and several were injured when a minibus taxi and an articulated truck collided on the N4 toll road in Mpumalanga on Tuesday morning. Source

News24 | News24 leads online news trust in SA for eighth consecutive year

For the eighth year in a row, News24 has been named the most trusted online news brand in the country, according to the Reuters Institute. Source

News24 | Sorted! News24 readers help grape-selling teen double his savings for matric ball

Donations as small as a pensioner’s R70 and as generous as R5 000 have helped turn a Wellington teenager’s matric ball dream into reality, after News24 readers almost doubled the money he had earned by selling grapes and fruit. Source

News24 | Youth Day weather: Cold, cool and isolated showers for most of SA, fog in parts

South Africans can expect cold to cool conditions across most of the country, with morning fog patches in several provinces and isolated showers in some areas, according to the South African Weather Service. Source

News24 | Peace deal in the Middle East; ANC ousts Morero as municipal convenor: Today’s top 7 stories

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature. Source

Adobe, IBM team up on marketing software for banking industry

Adobe and IBM said they are teaming up to make marketing software easier to use for banks that face controls on how customer data must be handled. Source

Major Pierneef Landscape heads Strauss & Co July flagship auction

The cover lot of Strauss & Co’s winter Live Virtual auction, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July, is a monumental bushveld scene by JH Pierneef. Source

SA stocks set to snap back from 2020 losses

South Africa’s benchmark equities index is set to erase its 2020 drop, staging a spectacular snap-back. Source

Tanzania: The Time Is Right For a Stronger U.S.-Tanzania Partnership

[allAfrica] As both Tanzania and the United States, under the leadership of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and President Donald J. Trump respectively, place greater emphasis on economic diplomacy, and as each country has significant commercial value to offer the other, the time is now to further strengthen bilateral ties that has endured for more than six decades. Indeed, the foundations of this relationship run even deeper as the United States established one of its earliest consulates on the African continent in Source

Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and OviBees Ventures Partner to Bring Corridor Intelligence to Africa's Decision-Makers

[allAfrica] The RootsToFoods Capital Series -- mapping the corridors between Africa and global capital -- will now reach policymakers, institutional investors, Family offices, and philanthropic leaders across the continent through AllAfrica's platform, social channels, and wholesale distribution pipeline including Bloomberg, Dow Jones/Factiva, Moody's NewsEdge, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis and more. Source

Sudan: Both Warring Sides in Sudan Singled out in UN Report, With Drones an Increasing Worry

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Sudan's warring parties are increasingly using arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance to control the country's embattled population, the UN said on Monday, and the increased use of drones is a growing concern. Source

Eddie Jones remains respectful of depleted France

England coach Eddie Jones is braced for a gruelling encounter when his side go in search of Autumn Nations Cup glory at Twickenham even though they will arguably be up against something less than a France 2nd XV. Source

New Zealand win toss and bowl in 3rd West Indies T20

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl as they chase a series clean-sweep against the West Indies in the third Twenty20 international at Mount Maunganui on Monday. Source

Bulls' 14-man triumph: Jake White draws comparisons to Crusaders upset in 2014

Bulls mentor Jake White has compared their win over WP to when he coached the Sharks to an upset win over the Crusaders in 2014. Source

News24 Business | Facing a broken economy, Ghana's tech-savvy teens turn to fraud

In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana's capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit internet cafe. Source

News24 Business | Meta threatens to cut off Facebook, Instagram in Nigeria

Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations as the US tech giant reportedly threatened to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country. Source

News24 Business | EU slaps big fines on Apple and Meta, risking Trump fury

The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump. Source

German broadcaster removes TV intro after Elon Musk takes legal action

ZDF TV responded to a "cease and desist" letter after the tech trillionaire condemned the broadcaster's "outrageous lies". Source

Hundreds of cats stolen for food in Vietnam rescued by police, welfare group says

Police have arrested nine people and rescued more than 400 cats destined for slaughter, with more than 40 reunited with their owners. Source

UK investigating reports Russian warship fired warning shots near yacht in English Channel

BBC News understands the yacht had drifted towards the Admiral Grigorovich, a Russian frigate which has been operating in the Channel. Source

WATCH | How the Kia Seltos managed to cover more than 1100km on a single tank of diesel

Tumelo Maketekete drove the Kia Seltos from Gauteng to the Western Cape. Here's what went into that epic drive. Source

WATCH | How the Kia Seltos managed to cover more than 1100km on a single tank of diesel

Tumelo Maketekete drove the Kia Seltos from Gauteng to the Western Cape. Here's what went into that epic drive. Source

Ferrari's 488 GT Modificata is a track day weapon

Ferrari will sell a handful of customers what is essentially a GT3 car. It's powered by a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and Ferrari claims it has 1000kg of downforce at 230km/h. Source

How an ovary syndrome led to Bake Off star's fame

Now a successful TV presenter, Briony May Williams said she started stress-baking when she became ill. Source

Witnessing joy amid the death: BBC travels to epicentre of Ebola outbreak

There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo's fight against the virus that has killed more than 170. Source

Why is it so hard to show yourself compassion?

Kimberley Wilson discusses compassion on Complex. Source