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MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2026, 19:54

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SGB holds education dept manager hostage at school

Today at 19:02 PM, via SowetanLIVE

A dramatic hostage drama unfolded at a Mpumalanga primary school on Monday after parents locked a circuit manager in the staff room demanding fencing and a guard house for their school.

Top Stories

Private school ordered to vacate disputed land

Today at 18:50 PM, via SowetanLIVE

A private school in Clayville faces possible deregistration after relocating and constructing wooden classrooms on department-owned land without official approval.

Africa

Nigerian heritage key to my success – Itauma

Today at 17:34 PM, via BBC News

Moses Itauma, one of heavyweight boxing’s brightest prospects, says he found the answers to questions about his identity on a trip to his father’s village in Nigeria.

Business

Danone buys meal supplement maker Huel

Today at 17:50 PM, via BBC News

The health firm backed by actor Idris Elba and broadcaster Jonathan Ross is being bought by Danone, reportedly for €1bn (£860m).

Sport

Six Arsenal players out of international duty

Today at 19:03 PM, via BBC News

Gabriel Magalhaes is the latest of six Arsenal players to become unavailable to play international games in the current window, with injuries hitting the Premier League leaders.

Education

‘Audiences told us we didn’t show enough teacher sex’: how we made Waterloo Road

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

‘In series one, it was bullying, drugs and alcohol. Twenty years on, it’s vapes, cyber-bullying and bloody energy drinks’

I was working on women’s prison drama Bad Girls when the idea for Waterloo Road came up. Bad Girls creators Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus had a fiery belief in social justice and did rigorous research. Those are often the foundations of successful serial drama. Ann had...

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 23 March 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

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

Science/Tech

Walmart: ChatGPT Checkout Converted 3x Worse Than Website

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Walmart found that purchases made directly inside ChatGPT converted at only one-third the rate of traditional website checkouts, leading it to abandon OpenAI’s Instant Checkout in favor of routing users through its own platform. Search Engine Land reports: Starting in November, Walmart offered about 200,000 products through OpenAI’s Instant Checkout. Users could complete purchases inside...

Science/Tech

ICE Invades Airports Across the US

Today at 18:52 PM, via Wired

Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.

Health

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

Today at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.