News24 | Friday’s weather: Very cold, wet and windy in Western, Eastern and Northern Cape

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in parts of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service. Source

News24 | It’s finally here - Bafana’s big day, all things World Cup and more: Today’s top 7 stories

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature. Source

News24 | Hope for transplant patients: Africa’s first liver perfusion machine lands at Wits

Africa’s first liver perfusion machine, which preserves donor livers, improves transplant outcomes, and expands the donor pool, lands at Wits. Source

News24 | Herman Mashaba: ActionSA sympathetic to people's cries for mass deportations

ActionSA says it will “watch this space closely”, as anti-immigrant groups push for a 30 June deadline for undocumented immigrants to leave the country. Source

News24 | Pupils at this Limpopo school are writing exams in an old carport

Pupils at Tshilogoni Secondary School in Nzhelele, Limpopo, are writing exams in an old carport and under trees after several classrooms and the administration block were closed because of safety concerns. Source

News24 | Cherry’s pick: Cape octopus predicts the winner of Bafana vs Mexico

Paul the octopus made headlines 16 years ago for his ‘superpower’ in predicting football results. Now, Cherry, the Two Oceans Aquarium’s resident octopus, has made her own prediction for Thursday night’s opening game between Bafana Bafana and Mexico. Source

Adobe, IBM team up on marketing software for banking industry

Adobe and IBM said they are teaming up to make marketing software easier to use for banks that face controls on how customer data must be handled. Source

Major Pierneef Landscape heads Strauss & Co July flagship auction

The cover lot of Strauss & Co’s winter Live Virtual auction, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July, is a monumental bushveld scene by JH Pierneef. Source

SA stocks set to snap back from 2020 losses

South Africa’s benchmark equities index is set to erase its 2020 drop, staging a spectacular snap-back. Source

Sudan: Dozens Killed in Drone Attacks Across Sudan As El Obeid Toll Reaches 23

[Dabanga] El Obeid / Delling / Kadugli / Sudri Locality / Kh -- The Emergency Lawyers Group and local sources say drone attacks across Sudan killed at least 30 civilians and five soldiers this week, with the deadliest strikes hitting El Obeid in North Kordofan, where the civilian death toll has risen to 23. Source

Mozambique: How Cabo Delgado's Riches Became Fuel for the Islamist Insurgency in Mozambique

[RFI] For almost a decade, an Islamist group has terrorised Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. Despite vast reserves of rubies, timber and natural gas, the region remains the country's poorest. This first instalment of Mozambique Exposed - an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories to which RFI contributed - examines how exploitation of the region's wealth, corruption and alleged abuses by security forces helped fuel the insurgency. Source

Congo-Kinshasa: 'We're Sitting On a Volcano' Warns EU Commissioner After Visit to Ebola-Hit DRC

[RFI] As a deadly outbreak of Ebola continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and the wider Great Lakes region, the European Union has pledged €170m towards the health and humanitarian response. Hadja Lahbib, the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, spoke to RFI on her return from Bunia in eastern DRC, the centre of the outbreak. Source

Eddie Jones remains respectful of depleted France

England coach Eddie Jones is braced for a gruelling encounter when his side go in search of Autumn Nations Cup glory at Twickenham even though they will arguably be up against something less than a France 2nd XV. Source

New Zealand win toss and bowl in 3rd West Indies T20

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl as they chase a series clean-sweep against the West Indies in the third Twenty20 international at Mount Maunganui on Monday. Source

Bulls' 14-man triumph: Jake White draws comparisons to Crusaders upset in 2014

Bulls mentor Jake White has compared their win over WP to when he coached the Sharks to an upset win over the Crusaders in 2014. Source

News24 Business | Facing a broken economy, Ghana's tech-savvy teens turn to fraud

In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana's capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit internet cafe. Source

News24 Business | Meta threatens to cut off Facebook, Instagram in Nigeria

Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations as the US tech giant reportedly threatened to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country. Source

News24 Business | EU slaps big fines on Apple and Meta, risking Trump fury

The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump. Source

World Cup kicks off in Mexico with Shakira, local performers and vibrant fans

A star-studded opening ceremony featured artists from the World Cup's official soundtrack. Source

Deadly Sudan drone strike targets funeral procession

Rights groups accuse the RSF paramilitary group of killing civilians in el-Obeid, a city on the civil war's front line. Source

Artan to referee Uefa Super Cup after losing World Cup spot

Somali referee Omar Artan is appointed to take charge of the Uefa Super Cup match between Paris St-Germain and Aston Villa later this summer after being denied a spot at the World Cup. Source

WATCH | How the Kia Seltos managed to cover more than 1100km on a single tank of diesel

Tumelo Maketekete drove the Kia Seltos from Gauteng to the Western Cape. Here's what went into that epic drive. Source

WATCH | How the Kia Seltos managed to cover more than 1100km on a single tank of diesel

Tumelo Maketekete drove the Kia Seltos from Gauteng to the Western Cape. Here's what went into that epic drive. Source

Ferrari's 488 GT Modificata is a track day weapon

Ferrari will sell a handful of customers what is essentially a GT3 car. It's powered by a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and Ferrari claims it has 1000kg of downforce at 230km/h. Source

'I've never been this good' – revolutionary immune reset puts lupus in remission

Patients on the trial have not needed medication to manage their condition. Source

'I spent uni savings on getting my teeth fixed' - how NHS dentist shortage is costing a fortune

People tell BBC Your Voice the rising cost of private dentistry is putting them in a difficult position. Source

Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people

The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year. Source