Top Stories
- News24.com | Sisulu goes again: Says Constitution 'isn't Holy Scripture', calls Lamola response 'unheard of'The public spat between Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu following the latter's attack on the judiciary and Constitution appears to have no end in sight.
- Businessinsider.co.za | SA is going a through a commuter rail revolution. We spoke to Gibela CEO Hector Danisa about it.Under Hector Danisa, the Gibela rail consortium is not only constructing new modern trains but also rebuilding a rail industry that last built a train 40 years ago.
- Businessinsider.co.za | Booze bans shut down SA’s first black woman brewer. Now her beer is being made in Europe.Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela's beer, Tolokazi, will potentially reach 100,000 people in the UK
- News24.com | Issue of matric results not being published heads to courtThe Department of Basic Education will not oppose an urgent court application challenging its decision to stop the practice of publishing matric results on media platforms.
- Businessinsider.co.za | Pet ownership in SA rose during the pandemic, and it’s fuelling the R7.1 billion pet goods sectorAs people return to the office, demand for calming and anxiety-related products is growing, more so in the dog category.
Entertainment
- News24.com | Prince Harry seeks right to pay for UK police protectionPrince Harry is challenging a government decision that he should not receive police protection when on British soil even if he covers the cost himself.
- News24.com | Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will retain royal titleSarah has continued to use the title despite her 1996 divorce from Andrew.
- News24.com | Kanye West shares his feeling on Pete Davidson in new song EazySeems Kanye West is not so happy with Kim Kardashian's new man.
- News24.com | Priyanka Chopra addresses Nick Jonas split rumoursDon't get it twisted, Nick and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are still very much in love.
- News24.com | Conrad Koch brings his 'most local-is-lekker' show to Joburg and Cape Town this FebruaryOf course, his comedic sidekick Chester Missing will be along for the ride, but Conrad is bringing a few other friends too.
Sport
- News24.com | Afcon holders Algeria stunned by Equatorial GuineaReigning champions Algeria are in danger of an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after a shock defeat at the hands of outsiders Equatorial Guinea in Douala.
- News24.com | Montpellier make unwanted French rugby history in Leinster thrashingMontpellier crashed to the worst defeat ever suffered by a French side in European Champions Cup history when they were thrashed 89-7 by Irish province Leinster.
- News24.com | Grinding Bulls will become more ambitious in Currie Cup, warns Gert SmalThe Blue Bulls might've resorted to their traditional strengths in a distinctly damp 33-19 Currie Cup win over the Pumas, but their mentor has assured all it won't be a common sight.
- News24.com | Improved Proteas fall short against Australia in Netball Quad SeriesThe Proteas were beaten 60-40 by the Australian Diamonds in their second Netball Quad Series clash in London.
- News24.com | Djokovic bid for tennis history over for now - and perhaps foreverNovak Djokovic has never hidden his craving to be remembered as the greatest men's tennis player of all time, but his chance to make Grand Slam history is over for now -- and perhaps indefinitely.
Sci-Tech News
- News24.com | Tencent buys stake in UK bankTencent, the Chinese tech giant, took a stake in Monzo Bank as part of a funding round that values the UK fintech at more than R72 billion.
- News24.com | Americans invested a record R80bn in African tech start-ups in 2021Nearly two-thirds of the top 20 largest disclosed deals involved investors from the US Companies including Endeavor Catalyst and Ribbit Capital that took part in at least three deals each.
- News24.com | New Year’s Eve is happening in the Metaverse this yearCryptocurrency giant Digital Currency Group and real estate firm Jamestown -- owner of One Times Square in Manhattan -- are recreating the iconic site of the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Decentraland, a blockchain-based virtual world.
- News24.com | North West switches to digital TV signal as March deadline loomsSouth Africa's long-delayed migration from analogue TV signal to digital has been hit by several setbacks and the country has set itself a March 2022 deadline to complete the process.
- News24.com | Inside South African virology labs: hunting for the next variantThe discovery of the omicron Covid-19 variant by South African and Botswanan scientists last month has lent urgency to efforts to isolate the virus and test its ability to evade vaccines the world is pinning its hopes on to end a two-year pandemic.
