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Howe’s biggest Newcastle challenge yet? Can he survive?
Newcastle are languishing in 14th place in the Premier League following defeat by Bournemouth. Will manager Eddie Howe turn it around?
SATURDAY, 18 APRIL 2026, 22:30

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Newcastle are languishing in 14th place in the Premier League following defeat by Bournemouth. Will manager Eddie Howe turn it around?

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Any suggestion of distraction following Andoni Iraola’s decision to leave Bournemouth was firmly dismissed by his players in their statement victory against Newcastle.

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Despite being without several World Cup winners, England produce a “relentless” display to thrash Scotland in the Women’s Six Nations at Murrayfield.

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Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Sunday, 19 April 2026.

South Africa
Julius Malema can still serve as an MP as he is entitled to exhaust all his legal options.

South Africa
Ntuli was speaking at the funeral of Albert Mazibuko at Ntabamhlophe in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa
These conditions are expected to continue until Thursday morning.

South Africa
For nearly a decade, Prof. Vukosi Marivate has been working to ensure that Africa shapes artificial intelligence rather than being shaped by it. His appointment to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence — the first global scientific body of its kind — has given that mission an international platform. Selected from […]

World
Construction is expected to continue at the White House until the next hearing which is due to take place in June.

World
The Mexican president says there were never tension over Spainish colonisation, which had become a thorny issue.

World
Police are investigating whether jars sold in Spar shops were criminally interfered with.

World
President Macron blamed the attack on Hezbollah. The Iran-backed armed group denied “any connection” to the incident.

Africa
The country’s biggest musician Teddy Afro laments a lack of unity in the country on his new track.

Africa
For centuries the prized sculptures, central to national identity, have been kept outside Zimbabwe’s borders.

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.

Africa
World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”.

Business
A small agricultural town in Mpumalanga has been voted as one of the best places to live in South Africa.

Business
A 5-bedroom luxury estate is for sale in Wellington’s Bovlei Valley, which is seeing increased interest from Europe, the US and Gauteng.

Business
The Mother City is becoming South Africa’s leading metro for service delivery, with a clean audit outcome for three years running and now a record investment in infrastructure.

Business
Eva August, the CEO of Century 21 South Africa, says buyers and investors are starting to flock to KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast.

Politics
ActionSA says Mkhwanazi has brought both the EMPD and the City of Ekurhuleni into disrepute.

Politics
Malema on Thursday received a five-year sentence and is expected to appeal the sentence.

Politics
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has denied that this is conflating the party and the state.

Politics
Malema made the claims while addressing supporters outside the KuGompo City Regional Court.

Sport
BBC Final Score pundit Sam Parkin looks at the weekend’s talking points in the EFL, including whether Coventry can hold on to Frank Lampard.

Sport
Somerset wicketkeeper James Rew can “absolutely” open the batting for England, according to his county head coach Jason Kerr.

Sport
Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi believes his side deserved to win, as Spurs were denied their first win in the league since December after conceding a late equaliser to draw 2-2 with Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Sport
Republic of Ireland boss Carla Ward says her side produced a “proper Irish performance” as they ground out a crucial 1-0 win over Poland in World Cup qualifying.

Education
Many teachers say they struggle to balance the pressures of their job with the demands of being a parent.
Education
Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.
Education
[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that no candidate is prohibited from wearing the hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Education
[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Deputy Minister Dr Reginah Mhaule is today leading a government and stakeholder-wide Career Expo Day to commemorate Freedom Month and Schools Democracy Month.

Lifestyle
EFF leader Julius Malema has praised his legal counsel after he was granted bail for leave to appeal his reckless firearm sentence…

Lifestyle
British pop singer Dua Lipa and her actor fiancé, Callum Turner, shared a look inside their recent trip to South Africa…

Lifestyle
Award-winning ONIX blood oranges have landed in SA. Find out where to buy the black-skinned citrus with the sweet, ruby-red centre.

Lifestyle
Basetsana Kumalo celebrates her son’s 21st birthday with a loving message and touching video.

Entertainment
A total of R550 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 18 April 2026.

Entertainment
A total of R115 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 18 April 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Saturday, 18 April 2026, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
‘We will focus on the next game,’ added the Chiefs co-head coach.
Science/Tech
Yesterday the U.S. Congress approved “a short-term extension” of a FISA law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets, reports CNN — but only until April 30. Republican congressional leaders had sought an 18-month extension, but “failed to secure” the votes after “clamoring from some of their members for reforms to protect Americans’ privacy.”The warrantless...
Science/Tech
Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins “have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them.”A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently started pushing it to users via updates, generating spam pages and causing redirects, as per the instructions received from the command-and-control (C2)...
Science/Tech
Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we’ve had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose “is not just another calorie.” It is a signal. It tells the liver to make fat and brace for a famine that never comes. That made sense for a bear fattening up on autumn berries. It makes less sense for a...
Science/Tech
20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. “I’m just scared,” he said, calling the whole situation “extremely sad.”Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped launch what’s been described as the biggest cyberattack in U.S. education history — a data breach that concerned authorities so much, it prompted...

Motoring
Compact bakkies like the Nissan NP200 have been replaced by a new wave of small, practical cars.

Motoring
Tesla was supposed to launch in South Africa in 2026, but these plans have been put on ice.

Motoring
South Africa’s motorists have more petrol alternatives than they may realise.

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Health
With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.
Health
An upcoming executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating PTSD, depression and other mental health problems, officials said.
Health
The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.

Health
BBC Verify breaks down how fake viral images of celebrities at Coachella are actually AI generated.