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TimesLIVE is a digital news platform from South Africa that originated from The Times daily newspaper. Initially, The Times was a spin-off of the Sunday Times and was given for free to its subscribers, while those who weren't subscribers paid R2.50 for each issue in its early days. Since November 2019, Arena Holdings has owned TimesLIVE, which is now the second-largest news website in South Africa.

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Jake White says Bulls need brains and brawn to beat Sharks in URC semi

1 day ago | timeslive.co.za | Ken Borland

07 June 2025 - 11:37 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Jan-Hendrik Wessels of the Vodacom Blue Bulls and Lukhyano Am of the Sharks will do it again when they meet in the United Rugby Championship semifinal at Loftus.
SCA sends home affairs minister packing in ZEP appeal

1 day ago | timeslive.co.za | Franny Rabkin

The Supreme Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by the minister of home affairs against the Johannesburg high court order on Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs), which give about 180,000 Zimbabweans a special dispensation to lawfully remain in South Africa. The judgment also clears the path for the Zimbabwean Immigration Federation to return to court and argue that it is only parliament, and not the home affairs minister, which can decide whether to extend the ZEP regime.
Guatemalan deportee back in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return

1 day ago | timeslive.co.za | Nate Raymond

06 June 2025 - 15:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent speaks to people lined up to enter the US immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, on June 5 2025. A Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico despite stating he feared being persecuted there was flown back to the US on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
Ethiopia's cabinet approves 31% budget increase for 2025/26

1 day ago | timeslive.co.za | Dawit Endeshaw

06 June 2025 - 14:05 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Ethiopian Muslim faithful sing during the Eid al-Adha celebration at the Addis Ababa stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 6 2025. Ethiopia's cabinet has approved a nearly 2-trillion birr (R265.12bn) budget for the 2025/26 financial year starting in July, a 31% increase from the previous year, the prime minister's office said on Thursday.
Gerda Steyn has two options for rare Comrades Up-Down pairing triumph

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | David Isaacson

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Gerda Steyn winning the 2024 Comrades Marathon. Should defending Comrades champions Gerda Steyn and Piet Wiersma emerge victorious again on Sunday, they will become the first women’s and men’s pair to claim Up and Down crowns together since 2011. The feat has been achieved only on four occasions, probably reduced by the fact that women were allowed to enter officially only from 1975.
IFP welcomes arrests of two suspected of murdering MP in Katlehong

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Michelle Banda

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Former IFP MP Khethamabala Petros Sithole was shot dead on Saturday. The IFP has welcomed the arrests of two suspects linked to the murder of its MP Khethamabala Petros Sithole, who was shot dead at Buyafuthi Hostel in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on Saturday. Two other party members, Alco Ngobese and Sambulo Nxumalo, were injured.
US group distributing aid in Gaza reopens sites after deadly shootings

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Nidal al-Mughrabi |Alexander Cornwell

06 June 2025 - 08:15 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Palestinians collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution centre of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 5 2025. A US- and Israeli-backed organisation distributing aid in Gaza reopened two sites on Thursday, a day after halting work in response to deadly shootings close to its operations.
‘A checkered legacy’': Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu dies aged 68

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Chris Mfula |Chiwoyu Sinyangwe

06 June 2025 - 08:00 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Zambia's president from 2015 to 2021, oversaw infrastructure development but drove the country into debt. Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68, six months after an attempted return to politics was thwarted by a court ruling that he could not run for office again.
Blast from the past: Naas one! Boks edge Ireland in second Test

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | David Isaacson

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. BOTHA THE BOOTER Springbok flyhalf Naas Botha lands three drops and a penalty to secure a 12-10 victory for the Springboks over Ireland in the second Test at Kings Park in Durban in 1981. 1949 — Eric Sturgess wins three crowns at the Dutch lawn tennis championships in Noordwijk, in the process downing world No 1 Richard Pancho Gonzales in the men’s singles final.
It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone |Mia Malan

06 June 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. CATALYST Sex work has always been a dangerous profession. But ever since the Trump administration stopped most of its HIV funding in February, it’s become even more risky. “Hello, sis. How are you? I hope you're fine. I mean, I'm not.” A lot has been going on out there, he told Bhekisisa in the voicemail, one of the many we recently received. “You know, I’m a gay guy.