THURSDAY, 26 MARCH 2026, 00:21
Top Stories
Stories did the rounds last year that National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola was going to be arrested. He brushed these off as a smear campaign. Now the stories are becoming real: he faces criminal charges over a dodgy R360m tender tied to corruption-accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
Top Stories
Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson confirms he will refund a sum of $500,000 (£375,000) he allegedly “secretly” paid himself before his Grand Slam Track league collapsed.
Top Stories
Political leaders call for an urgent investigation into alleged child sexual exploitation after a BBC report.
Top Stories
The historic Botha Sigcawu Building in Mthatha has become a monument to the government’s lack of maintenance after a fire tore through the structure — despite repeated concerns raised over the condition of the building.
South Africa
Bell’s journalistic career began in the 1960s, working for several publications
South Africa
The cause of the accident is yet to be determined
South Africa
The fire ignited on Tuesday in Hout Bay and reached the mountain ridge overnight
South Africa
The NPA has not clarified what charges Masemola is facing.
World
The U.S. and Israel say they’ve depleted most of Iran’s missile arsenal, but its weapons — including controversial cluster munitions — are challenging even the most advanced air-defense systems.
World
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sweden’s chief of defense, Gen. Michael Claesson, about NATO, the wars in Ukraine and Iran, and Europe’s relationship with the United States.
World
US President Donald Trump, who has blasted mail-in ballots as “cheating”, cast his vote by mail in a special election in Florida in which a Democrat won the district in the state legislature that includes the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
World
Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.
Africa
South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.
Africa
Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.
Africa
Ghana is the first African country to make such a deal with the EU, the Ghanaian vice-president says.
Africa
Namibia’s regulator noted that Starlink’s subsidiary is not locally owned.
Business
Low-income families are being offered help with the cost of food during the Easter holidays.
Business
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe has warned petrol stations that withholding fuel ahead of massive price increases anticipated next month.
Business
Business
The National Treasury has confirmed that the recruitment process for the appointment of the next SARS Commissioner has been completed, and that an announcement on the next lead is imminent.
Politics
Applicants believe the conference can’t go ahead without their disputes being resolved by the party.
Politics
The MK Party approached the Pretoria High Court in a bid to block Advocate Batohi’s pension payout.
Politics
This came out at the end of the party’s two day meeting of its High Command held in Durban
Politics
ANC says the dossier is a move aimed at discrediting Mbalula and the party’s leadership.
Sport
Wales head coach Sean Lynn eyes a clean slate going into this year’s Women’s Six Nations.
Sport
Al-Ittihad rekindle their efforts to sign Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Everton forward Iliman Ndiaye is among the players being considered by Manchester United.
Sport
Elena Rybakina beats Jessica Pegula for a fifth straight time to move into the semi-finals of the Miami Open.
Sport
Constitution Hill wins under the floodlights at Kempton Park to make it two wins from two on the Flat after moving from National Hunt racing.
Education
The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by ‘humanoid educators.’
Education
[Nile Post] The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has advised African leaders that the continent’s true wealth lies in education, urging stakeholders across Uganda to prioritize quality learning.
Education
[Vanguard] …These sad tales unheard of — Pa Usikpedo
Education
[This Day] Bullying is an evil, that appears to have always existed in Nigerian Schools. However, recent statistics indicate that bullying is not only escalating in nature, judging from some of the heinous bullying incidents that Nigerians have watched in various video footages, but seems to be almost intractable.
Lifestyle
Pageants to motherhood! Former Miss South Africa Natasha Joubert- Vermaak is now a baby to a bouncing baby girl…
Lifestyle
Thabo Bester’s bid to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee, about ‘certain executives’ has been rejected…
Lifestyle
AKA’s father criticises commission for showing video of his son’s murder, calling it insensitive
Lifestyle
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in parliament in a video that has gone viral…
Entertainment
A young child’s bravery played a crucial role in identifying the attacker and securing a conviction.
Entertainment
A total of R79 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 25 March 2026.
Entertainment
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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 25 March 2026.
Science/Tech
New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada’s Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department’s AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist — she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging — but the AI genius instead described her...
Science/Tech
Apple reportedly has full access to customize Google’s Gemini model, allowing it to distill smaller on-device AI models for Siri and other features that can run locally without an internet connection. MacRumors reports: The Information explains that Apple can ask the main Gemini model to perform a series of tasks that provide high-quality results, with a rundown of the reasoning process. Apple...
Science/Tech
Longtime Slashdot reader JackSpratts writes: The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday that a major internet provider could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online in a closely watched copyright clash. Music labels and publishers sued Cox Communications in 2018, saying the company had failed to cut off the internet connections of subscribers who had been repeatedly...
Science/Tech
I tested more than 30 air fryers this past year. The Typhur Dome 2 is the one I recommend, and it’s uncommonly cheap right now.
Motoring
South Africa may be at risk of fuel shortages because of a corruption scandal that sold off a huge portion of the country’s strategic reserves.
Motoring
Stellantis recently confirmed that its plans to build a bakkie factory in the Eastern Cape have been put on hold.
Motoring
The City of Johannesburg has unveiled its first electric car charging station.
Motoring
A cartel of South African number plate companies has been referred to the Competition Tribunal for alleged price-fixing and exploitation.
Health
The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.
Health
A short-term funding bill enacted this week will ensure that more than 12,000 Floridians do not lose access to a program that helps pay for H.I.V. medications.
Health
Resident doctors in England are striking between 17 and 22 December, the 14th walkout since 2023.
Health
Betty Mukherjee talks to Naga Munchetty about living with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.