News24 | In Sunday. | R182m diverted health funds, a Mashatile-linked lottery, and Sibiya disgraced

Inside the Nexus: Mashatile’s shadow network and the multibillion-rand lottery licence

How WhatsApps documented Shadrack Sibiya’s resounding fall into alleged criminality

Textbooks scandal: Lighthouse breached terms of reference, senior counsel report finds

Free State mayor faces fresh scandal over alleged affair with married woman

Strip club where top cop Sibiya was arrested serves as ‘Sandton police HQ’ 

95% of foul-play cases go unheard as Competition Tribunal is down to just one lawyer

AgriSA’s Johann Kotzé | Farmers need investment, cooperation – not racial politics

Khanyiso Tshwaku | Esterhuizen: If only Boks were open with SA over captain with a past

DEAD GROUND | War on the Cape Flats: ‘What do we do when the soldiers leave?’

Mozambique kidnapping: Ransom call traced to army HQ as fate of captives remains unclear

ANC deputy mayor faces property attachment after judgment over unpaid rent

Bloody brawl, flying glasses at Pretoria rugby club

‘Jan Smuts’ returns as Bloemfontein recreates Emily Hobhouse’s state funeral

There’s something in the bush!’ Leopard attack leaves man with serious injuries

How R20 grape punnets paid for this matric’s dream ball… and a R3.8m Mercedes ride

Wendy’s Win | Charged twice, missing refund: How a R384 Woolies cake became a R1k gift card

How MTN, Vodacom and Cell C are fighting moochers who get data for free

95% of foul-play cases go unheard as Competition Tribunal is down to just one lawyer

Secret Sandton meeting at heart of ‘plot’ to oust University of Venda vice-chancellor

Explosive leaked audio recordings have revealed an alleged conspiracy by three members of the University of Venda council to remove Vice-Chancellor Bernard Nthambeleni through what insiders describe as informal meetings and procedural manipulation.

Lamola’s Trump tirade puts SA’s AGOA status in the crosshairs, sources warn

The sharp remarks directed at US President Donald Trump by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola risk jeopardising South Africa’s continued participation in the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

ON THE ROAD | Both sides of the Poort, Part 2: Prince Albert’s long way around

With Meiringspoort closed, the people of Prince Albert are cut off from their nearest bigger town — and the Swartberg Pass is no road for the faint-hearted. Now residents are asking: Does anyone know we are here?

Khanyiso Tshwaku | Esterhuizen: If only Boks were open with SA over captain with a past

Fringe Boks, young and old, can make World Cup statement against Wallabies

‘Don’t underestimate him’: Former Bok coach backs Les Kiss to revive Wallabies

ANALYSIS | Bafana Bafana wins inner battle of the light and darkness in Afcon qualifiers

Heyneke’s biggest mistake that crushed Kitsie: ‘I didn’t fit the mould of a Springbok’

UNREAD | SAPS crime stats flawed? Knysna is mayorless, and ProNutro retires at 64

Police crime stats are not up to scratch, MPs hear, while mass shootings appear to be more prevalent, and ProNutro retires at the age of 64 – this is News24’s Unread.

AgriSA’s Johann Kotzé | Farmers need investment, cooperation – not racial politics

Fred Khumalo | Xi and Trump hold the key to taming AI before it tames us

Essay | We cannot look away... this is on all of us

Interview | Sean Phillips on Christmas sewage and Joburg’s missing vehicles 

A Karoo road trip on 35mm film: Ten days, 1 700km, and a cheap pocket camera

Reviving a legacy: Sisanda Mangele reopens Mzoli’s three months after her father’s death

Tony Park’s 3 best bush books

Sunday editor: Kaveel Singh
Production: Maxine Becket
Subbing: Hlengiwe Mguni
Subbing and translation: Riaan Grobler
Design: Mihle Mdashe, Sharlene Rood
Production editor: Hanlie Gouws
News24 editor-in-chief: Adriaan Basson
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