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- RUFF TIME: RCL comes clean on pet food recall after stolen stock reaches retail shelves
What started as a localised heist of condemned goods has mutated into a full-scale national crisis, as RCL Foods scrambles to claw back 115,045 bags of dry pet food that were never supposed to see the light of a retail shelf. Read more » - BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Parking the office
The rise of office precincts, while understandable, means yet another tenuous link that connects us to other people is being severed. Read more » - GROUNDUP: This may be as good as a Master’s Office gets in South Africa
Sources close to the Bloemfontein Master’s Office rate it higher than Master’s Offices in other major centres GroundUp has investigated. Read more » - GRAND FINALE: Flawed France still have the edge over rivals before Six Nations finale
The Six Nations reaches a thrilling climax this Saturday, with France, Scotland and Ireland in the running for the title. Meanwhile, England will have something to prove in Paris, and before a monumental clash against the Springboks in July. Read more » - GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT: Club World Cup buzz brings Leipzig to Sundowns
Reigning South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns will host Germany club RB Leipzig in a friendly on 29 May 2026. The Leipzig hierarchy says the idea was born after Sundowns’ appearance at the 2025 Club World Cup. Read more » - Senegal doubles maximum penalty for same-sex activity to 10 years' jail
Senegal's National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality. Read more » - First train to Pyongyang in six years leaves Beijing as neighbours revive link
The first passenger train service between the Chinese and North Korean capitals left Beijing Railway Station on Thursday, ending a six-year gap, as China moves to shore up cross-border infrastructure and rebuild ties with its neighbour. Read more » - Indian source says Iran to allow India-flagged tankers to pass through Strait of Hormuz
Iran will allow Indian-flagged tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 40% of the South Asian nation's crude imports, an Indian government source said on Thursday, but an Iranian source outside the country denied any such deal was reached. Read more » - Oil tankers burn near Iraq as Iranian strikes defy Trump's claim to have won the war
Two tankers were ablaze in Iraqi waters on Thursday, an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks that have cut off Middle East energy supplies, defying President Donald Trump's claim to have already won the war he launched two weeks ago. Read more » - OUR CITY NEWS: Joburg artist’s stroke of inspiration immortalises Delta Park’s storm-battered Blue Bridge
When Mother Nature’s fury forced the popular Blue Bridge over the Braamfontein Spruit at Delta Park to close, artist Oliver Matamba saw opportunity and found inspiration. Read more »