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The Star
Murder in the air and Christmas spirit at heart
AS THE festive season approaches, the anticipation for seasonal stories begins to mount.
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December 19, 2025
The Star
SA aim for series-levelling victory
THE Proteas will be looking to end off the India tour on a high with a victory during the fifth and final T20I match against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and level the series 2-2.
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December 19, 2025
The Star
Court dismisses nurse’s R1i0m claim after lengthy delay
WAITING eight years to institute legal proceedings against the Minister of Health came at a high price for a nurse who was assaulted when a patient died under his watch; his R10 million claim was turned down because it was filed too late.
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December 19, 2025
The Star
Thailand bombs Poipet amid escalating border conflict
PHNOM PENH
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December 19, 2025
The Star
Can Nicolas Jackson lead Senegal to glory?
SENEGAL, Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin and Botswana clash in a mix of giants and underdogs at AFCON 2025.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
SA's festive season sees over 1 400 drunk driving arrests since December 1
TRAFFIC authorities arrested 1 478 motorists for drunk driving in recent nationwide operations, as the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and AWARE.org launched a zero-tolerance campaign ahead of South Africa's busiest travel period.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Here's hoping for politicians with a sense of decorum
AT A TIME when New Year's resolutions are flying left, right and centre, what is the possibility that some of our politicians will do some introspection and commit to dignified, morally and ethically upstanding conduct in 2026 and beyond?
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Gauteng discontinues 64 unroadworthy minibuses
GAUTENG authorities have intensified their crackdown on unsafe public transport, discontinuing more than 60 unroadworthy minibuses during high-impact stop-and-search operations across key routes in the province.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Slain DJ had plans for Joburg
He hoped that the city would change for the betterment of its citizens and the nation
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December 18, 2025
The Star
IMF Board backs stronger, clearer fiscal policy advice after independent evaluation review
THE International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board has broadly endorsed recommendations to strengthen the clarity, consistency and analytical depth of the Fund’s fiscal policy advice, following an independent evaluation covering the tumultuous 2008-2023 period marked by the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Two found dead in suspected double suicide following Alberton apartment fire
NOTE FOUND
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December 18, 2025
The Star
How organised crime is expanding rapidly in Africa
ORGANISED crime continues to surge and deepen across the African continent while state resilience to these threats is weakening.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
MKP calls for investigation into Batohi's role in Ndlovu's death
THE Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has been asked by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) to probe the National Prosecuting Authority head Shamila Batohi' alleged role in the killing of then 16-year-old Kwazi Ndlovu during a police operation in KwaZulu-Natal in 2010.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Protests over bill that could slash former president's jail sentence
BRAZIL'S Senate was yesterday set to begin debating a bill passed by the lower house of Congress that could slash the jail term of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a move that sparked nationwide protests over the weekend.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
How Trump's tariffs pinched South African SMEs ahead of key US court ruling
ALTHOUGH all eyes are now on a ruling in which the US Supreme Court heard arguments over whether to overturn US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, SMEs have already felt severe pain.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Is South Africa’s green energy sector ready for the future?
THE global energy narrative has become increasingly complex.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Tshwane residents face ongoing water shortages
SOME Tshwane residents are still without water days after Rand Water maintenance caused widespread outages, with some areas experiencing severe water shortages.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Anglo American and Teck Resources secure Canada approval for R1I22bn merger deal
ANGLO American and Teck Resources have detailed commitments they made to the Canadian government, including plans to spend about R121.7 billion over 15 years, as part of their receiving approval from that government for their merger under the Investment Canada Act.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Neighbours' fears lead to the discovery of two women's bodies in Kamagugu, Mpumalanga
WHAT began as concern over a foul smell, an unusual number of flies around a house, and unanswered phone calls ended in horror for residents of Kamagugu, just outside Mbombela, when police discovered the decomposing bodies of two women inside a locked house.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Trump expands and tightens US travel restrictions, citing persistent vetting failures
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has issued a sweeping new proclamation expanding and tightening restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals from dozens of countries, arguing that persistent failures in screening, vetting and information-sharing pose unacceptable risks to national security and public safety.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
SA inflation eases to 3.5% in November, strengthening case for rate cuts in 2026
ANNUAL consumer price inflation (CPI) eased slightly to 3.5% in November, down from 3.6% in October, reinforcing expectations that inflation is moving closer to the South African Reserve Bank's (Sarb) new 3% target and increasing the likelihood of interest rate cuts next year.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Nkonzo embraces ‘The Calling’ in his soulful new EP ‘Ubizo’
\"This project was born from a spiritual turning point in my life, a moment where I felt called not just to create music but to return to the roots of who I am,\" said Nkonzo about his newly released EP Ubizo.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Depth a growing concern for Proteas Women
WHILE it was all fun and games watching the Proteas Women put together their highest ODI total at St George's Park in Gqeberha earlier this week, the cricket on display was mediocre, and probably their worst game this year.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Rising electricity bills burden SA households and businesses
MINISTER of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has admitted that rising electricity prices are putting a significant strain on households and businesses across South Africa.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Seven Kenyan nationals arrested for breaching SA immigration laws
THE Department of Home Affairs has confirmed the arrest of seven Kenyan nationals who were found to be illegally working in South Africa while in possession of tourist visas.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
'No evidence of terror training in our country'
THE Philippines said yesterday there was no evidence that the country was being used for terrorist training, a day after it was revealed the men behind Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting had spent November on a southern island known for Islamist insurgencies.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Redoubling efforts for climate action and development in 2026
AS WE close the chapter on 2025, we are reminded that this year was written in contrasts.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Bafana better prepared to embrace Afcon dark-horse tag
Bafana Bafana are far more experienced and better prepared to avoid stage fright or struggling to live up to their “dark horses” tag at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations 2025.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Global food prices fall for third straight month as FAO Index slides in November
GLOBAL food prices declined for a third consecutive month in November, driven by lower international prices for most major food commodities, according to the latest Food Price Index released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
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December 18, 2025
The Star
Michelle Pfeiffer steals the show despite its cliché
AS A millennial who grew up loving the blockbusters of the late 1990s and 2000s, I was delighted to learn about the star-studded cast of Oh.
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