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OPINION | Reducing GBV requires recognising the factors that make women vulnerable, including poverty, inequality, patriarchy, a lack of strong awareness about gendered violence, and the need for women's economic empowerment. tinyurl.com/ey8k9tuc

Car sales across Europe declined in June, with a 4.4% year-on-year drop to 1.25-million vehicles, data from Jato Dynamics showed on Wednesday. sowetanlive.co.za/motoring/2025-…

Fixing sloppy play at the breakdowns is an aspect of their game the Springboks must resolve if they want to make an impact in the Rugby Championship, former Bok star Jean de Villiers say. sowetanlive.co.za/sport/rugby/20…

Stellantis plans to sell Chinese-branded electric vehicles developed by its partner Leapmotor in South Africa starting with the C10 from September, the company said on Tuesday. ebx.sh/z9iCaH

Parliament's select committee on security and justice has recommended that the National Council of Provinces confirm the provisional suspension of a magistrate who has been absent from duty since 2019, but continued to receive full remuneration. sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…

Stealth trim returns to Nissan's locally-built bakkie range. ebx.sh/IwUue6

South Africa's churches should reflect on their own challenges with corruption, SA Council of Churches president Bishop Sithembile Sipuka said on Wednesday. sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…

The latest iteration of the popular SUV was unveiled earlier this month and features evolutionary rather than revolutionary styling. ebx.sh/nj9vDt

IN THE SOWETAN TOMORROW: ● Parents of six-year-old shot while playing soccer in the neighbourhood, suspect local hunters used a weapon fitted with a silencer ● Hospital confirms gun wound in the head; police say the identity of the firearm is subject to investigation

IN THE SOWETAN TOMORROW: ● 'Banyana paid price for leaving Thembi' ● Ellis blames Salgado injury for defeat

Thabani Goodwill Ntshalintshali appeared briefly in the Kempton Park magistrate's court on Wednesday in connection with the murder of City of Ekurhuleni senior auditor Mpho Mafole. sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…

Fisokuhle Ntuli, one of five accused on trial for the murder of Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, will be transferred from a maximum security prison in Tshwane to a correctional facility in Sandton. ebx.sh/bGztK9

Three players from the Junior Boks will train with the senior team before the Rugby Championship kickoff. tinyurl.com/4duvvhxe

A 39-year-old senior official at the Gondwana Private Game Reserve outside Mossel Bay was trampled to death by an elephant while doing his usual rounds on Tuesday. ebx.sh/xYOsex

Two people who leaked a 2020 matric mathematics exam paper have been ordered to pay a fine of R50,000 each and three years imprisonment, suspended for five years. @Nandile_Ntini sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…

The former All-Africa junior-bantamweight champion said little-known fighters don't get such opportunities as the one provided by emerging promoter Geraldine Lerena, whose nine-bout tournament will be televised live by SuperSport. tinyurl.com/3n4842n7

The largest US carmaker by sales said it expects the tariff impact to worsen in the third quarter and stuck to a previous estimate that trade headwinds threaten to hit the bottom line by $4bn (R70.20bn) to $5bn (R87.75bn). tinyurl.com/4xbr74ek

A court in Mali on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Barrick Mining to release four employees arrested last November, judge Samba Sarr said. tinyurl.com/3hp5bkms

A Johannesburg man's attempt to avoid a claim for maintenance to support his twin children by asserting he had merely agreed to be a sperm donor for a lover has been rebuffed by the High Court. sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…

FlySafair says all flights scheduled for Wednesday are operating as planned despite industrial action by a portion of its pilot workforce led by Solidarity. sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-07-2…