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Sibiya closes evidence to commission, accuses Senthumule of fraud
General details mystery overtime claims that he reported to Ipid
THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026, 19:16

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General details mystery overtime claims that he reported to Ipid
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The Competition Commission is pushing for 10% of turnover to compensate for price-fixing dating back to 2004.
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The shimmering profits of gold-mining companies raise an interesting question: how much will our society benefit from this? Does it really do very much for our economy?

South Africa
One person has sustained second-degree burns and is currently receiving medical treatment.
South Africa
The organisation calls on every community to make sterilisation a priority for responsible pet care.

South Africa
This follows a decision to hike membership contributions by 9.8% this year.

South Africa
Three people were killed by lightning in the Harry Gwala District this month during severe storms.
World
The families of 35 Kenyans lured into fighting for the Russian army demanded on Thursday that their government take action to bring them home.

World
A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.
World
The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1 000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports.
World
Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the Palestinian enclave.

Africa
The gunmen launched simultaneous assaults on multiple communities in a remote border district, officials say.

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg.

Africa
Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast.

Africa
Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

Business
The US bought more goods than it sold in 2025 as the White House attempts to reverse the flow.

Business
Sources close to the company insist that its difficulties stem entirely from “the Mandelson legacy”.

Business
Despite the gazetted reforms aimed at strengthening the industry, they do not address the imports that contributed to the liquidation of a 134-year-old South African company.

Business
Rand Water has been granted an urgent licence to extract more water from the Vaal to help supply Gauteng.

Politics
Ramaphosa insists that success within the GNU must be owned collectively rather than politicised.

Politics
The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners
Politics
The ANC is riding the wave of what it sees as a political victory for President Cyril Ramaphosa – the successful repatriation of members of the Zuma family and the MK Party (MKP) who were trapped on the frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Politics
MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission

Sport
The USA need an extra end to beat Switzerland 7-6 in a dramatic finish to qualify for the women’s curling semi-finals, knocking Great Britain out of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sport
Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has called for the rules to be changed over goalkeeper timeouts.

Sport
Talk about good timing! A Kaizer Chiefs star looks set to return for the club just in time for next weekend’s Soweto derby.

Sport
Drogheda United co-chairperson Joanna Byrne says that the club’s board of directors have asked her to resign following her comments about the Republic of Ireland’s Nations League games against Israel.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] THE National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) has expressed concern over the growing incidence of violence in schools.
Education
[Daily Maverick] Order has been restored at the University of Cape Town following Monday’s disruptive protests, yet the academic future of roughly 1,400 self-funded students remains precarious owing to outstanding debt and registration blocks.

Education
First cohort to be impacted by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood
Children with a legal right to special needs support will face a review when they move to secondary school, with the first cohort to be impacted currently in key stage 1, the Guardian understands.
A total overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system...
Education
[This Day] Abuja — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the vending of e-PINs for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will close at midnight on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

Lifestyle
Minnie Dlamini and her friends immersed themselves in all things Galentine’s as they celebrated their friendship in Cape Town.

Lifestyle
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been under fire due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Episode five of ‘Uthando Nes’thembu’ revealed just how complex the issues between Musa Mseleku and Thobile MaKhumalo truly are.

Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 20 February 2026

Entertainment
The Canadian curling teams have been accused of cheating at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy

Entertainment
The competition organisers have come up with another new invention to promote attacking rugby.

Science/Tech
In 2026, the digital market is shifting as traders look past the old cycles to find the next big breakout. Many are closely watching the Cardano price prediction 2026, hoping the coin can finally break through its tough resistance levels. At the same time, the latest Hedera price prediction shows a network that is stable […]
Science/Tech
Accenture has reportedly started tracking staff use of its AI tools and will take this into consideration when deciding on top promotions, as the consulting company tries to increase uptake of the technology by its workforce. From a report: The company told senior managers and associate directors that being promoted to leadership roles would require “regular adoption” of artificial...

Science/Tech
My father, Desmond McConnell, who has died aged 95, made a great contribution to mineralogy, inspiring scientists around the world.
At Cambridge University in the 1960s and 70s, with the excellent X-ray diffraction facilities in the Mineralogy Department, he developed work first published by his crystallographer colleagues, Peter Gay and Mike Bown, on the incommensurate behaviour (ie falling...
Science/Tech
Workplace grievances that once fit in a single email are now ballooning into 30-page documents stuffed with irrelevant historical detail, made-up legal precedents, and citations to laws from the wrong country — and UK employment lawyers say generative AI is the likely culprit. Anna Bond, legal director at Lewis Silkin, says the complaints she now sees sometimes cite Canadian legislation or...

Motoring
Motorists in South Africa are spending considerably less on petrol than they were a few months ago.
Motoring

Motoring
SANRAL will raise fees across all its toll plazas in South Africa next month.

Motoring
The cheapest Toyota Corolla Cross costs more than R400,000 in South Africa.
Health
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
Health
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Health
Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

Health
The decision, on the case of a child who sustained a brain injury at birth in 2015, could have significant cost implications for the NHS.