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Villagers under threat

MIDDELBURG: COAL MINER INTENDS TO EVICT THEM, DEMOLISH 400 HOMES >>> Residents complain they have nowhere to go.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

All we want for Christmas is... streetlights

While the world switches on festive displays, we still navigate 30 years of darkness

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Boxing great calls it a day

Undefeated world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford (above) announced his retirement from boxing this week, hanging up his gloves three months after a career-defining victory over Saul \"Canelo\" Alvarez.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Van den Berg relishing challenge

Lions scrumhalf Morné van den Berg (right) is relishing the challenge of taking on his fellow Springbok halfback Cobus Reinach, when they collide with the Stormers in their United Rugby Championship (URC) derby at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Women-power rising

CEOS: FIRSTRAND GROUP'S MARY VILAKAZI, BIDVEST'S MPUMI MADISA >>→ Two are on Forbes' World's Most Powerful Females list.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Deputy principal's bail appeal in sex trafficking rap fails

A 52-year-old deputy principal accused of trafficking young women and profiting from prostitution has been denied bail by the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said yesterday.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Collapsed temple now crime scene

Substandard concrete and reinforced steel plus lack of building plans and oversight are being cited as the cause of the collapse of the Verulam temple in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).

1 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Makate v ex-funder

SETTLEMENT: PLEASE CALL ME INVENTOR REFUSES ARBITRATION

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Power struggle over

CONGRESS: NEW ERA FOR PAC AS LEADER RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Two-thirds of SA water unsafe

ALARMING TREND: SNAP SURVEY FINDS E. COLI IN TAPS, TANKS, RIVERS, DAMS NATIONWIDE >>→ WaterCan warns household exposure points now carry direct risk.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Bank liable for bakkie

COURT: FIRSTRAND ORDERED TO REPAY CLIENT FOR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE

4 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

'We thought we were safe in Oz'

PERSECUTION: 'JEWS NOW FINDING IT HERE AGAIN'

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Boost for Mbalula's presidential ambitions?

Questions have been raised about whether the emergence of Collen Malatji as the president of the ANC Youth Legue could be a sign that Fikile Mbalula's supposed ambitions to become ANC president in 2027 are being reinforced.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Enzo grateful to Chelsea fans

Enzo Maresca (above) said he appreciated the backing of Chelsea's fans after they sung his name during Tuesday's 3-1 win at Cardiff in the League Cup quarterfinals.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

For fog sakes

South Africa's hopes of winning the five-match T20 series against India were destroyed by the conditions yesterday, with the fourth game being called off in Lucknow without a ball bowled.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Morgue manager sells body parts

A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US justice department said.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Carey dedicates ton to late father

An emotional Alex Carey (right) called his 106 on home soil in front of family and friends in the third Ashes Test a \"special moment\" yesterday, with the century coming just months after his father died.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Discovery's CEO breaks pattern with rare share sale

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore has entered into two separate transactions relating to a portion of his shareholding in the group, with an outright sale of R50.3 million worth of shares in the first half of December.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Punters view See It Again in a new light

The punters' picture of the WSB Cape Town Met was dramatically changed in just a few fleeting moments of galloping time at the weekend.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Survival guide for transition

Mergers or acquisitions need careful management in order to work out.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Recycling's dirty business

UNHEALTHY: WASTE IS BIG BUSINESS – BUT IT IS POLLUTING AND HAZARDOUS >>> Dangerous emissions expose workers to toxic chemicals.

2 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Fabric travels world

RAVE: FROM CARFAX TO CASTLE, GLOBAL LEGENDS MEET LOCAL ENERGY

2 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

'Bowlers need to up their games'

VAN NIEKERK: PROTEAS MUST BE BETTER WITH THE BALL

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

City where the sun doesn't shine

The Swedish capital has recorded just a half-hour of sunlight in the first half of December, putting it on track for the darkest December since 1934 if the trend continues, meteorologists said.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Interim smelter plan to cost govt R5.2bn

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa disclosed last Monday that government will have to subsidise Glencore and Samancor's electricity costs by R5.2 billion as part of an interim plan to buy time for a sustainable solution to the high energy costs currently killing the country's ferroalloy industry.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Not for the Average Joe

Want to go and watch Bafana Bafana at the 2026 Fifa World Cup?

1 min  |

December 18, 2025
The Citizen

The Citizen

Egypt rallies behind Salah

GROUP B: BAFANA AND ANGOLA WILL BE LOOKING TO UPSET THE AFRICAN GIANTS IN MOROCCO

3 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

Christmas tech gifts

AFFORDABLE: A DOZEN OF THE BEST BARGAINS AROUND

3 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

A city left to criminal networks

There is something profoundly wrong in the story we keep being told about “reclaiming our cities”, especially Johannesburg’s CBD and its hijacked buildings.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025

The Citizen

'Raid' leaves too many questions

When it comes to deciding which version of reality to accept in connection with the supposed “raid” on an American “refugee” processing centre in Johannesburg, we would have to say - at the risk of further alienating the haters out there - our government’s story has more logic than the other claim.

1 min  |

December 18, 2025