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Sounding confident of finally shrugging off their poor reputation by winning what’d be their first championship since the 2011/12 season, Orlando Pirates captain Nkosinathi Sibisi and coach Abdeslam Ouaddou have made it clear that Bucs have no time to ent

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Two Pikitup trucks burned as strikers demand permanent jobs

South Africa
Parents are still queuing at WC education offices to secure school placement for their children.

South Africa
A mob allegedly attacked a man suspected of housebreaking at Jerome village in Limpopo.

South Africa
Cat Matlala is facing 11 counts of attempted murder along with a string of other charges.
South Africa
If the Reserve Bank is optimistic about the rand’s current levels, it might move the interest rate cut forward to Thursday, from the currently expected March.

World
As Trump and the Minneapolis Mayor spar over social media on immigration law enforcement, the US continues to be roiled by the killing of nurse Alex Pretti.

World
President Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric have spurred some longtime U.S. allies to diversify their trade ties away from the U.S. Some are going cap-in-hand to Asian superpowers China and India.

World
The storm toppled trees, damaged homes and left more than 800,000 people without power.

World
Contact with the aircraft was lost just minutes before it was due to land in northern Colombia, state airline Satena says.

Africa
Prosecutors allege Diezani Alison-Madueke was given “a life of luxury” in the UK by people interested in Nigerian government contracts.

Africa
Ghana’s foreign minister says the influencer is a “worthy ambassador”, but some Ghanaians criticised the move.

Africa
Diezani Alison-Madueke took bribes including luxury goods and private jet travel, a prosecutor tells a London court.

Africa
On a visit to Ankara, Bola Tinubu was filmed stumbling and falling after walking past soldiers and dignitaries.

Business
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has advised Homeowners with rooftop solar not to make rushed decisions out of fear.

Business
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk also announced plans to end production of its Model S and Model X vehicles.

Business
His comments seemed to hint at further layoffs at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Business
How restaurants and retailers use behavioural science to get us to increase our spending.

Politics
This has been revealed at the Madlanga Commission where Senona continues with testimony.

Politics
In 2012, Cabinet adopted the NDP as the country’s economic blueprint.

Politics
Senona says that he doesn’t know why the documents were sent to him.

Politics
Mathys demands a report on the summoning of Paul O’Sullivan.

Sport
Merthyr Town are hoping to secure back-to-back promotions just like Wrexham did as they bid to finish inside the top seven of the National League North.

Sport
Antonio Conte lifted the Champions League as a player in 1995-96 but has experienced nothing but despair as a manager in the competition.

Sport
Champions League pundits Stephen Warnock, Nedum Onuoha and Julien Lauren discuss Tottenham’s “clinical ability” to score goals away from home and Thomas Frank’s “great achievement” to handle the pressure.

Sport
Champions League pundits Stephen Warnock, Nedum Onuoha and Julien Laurens analyse Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin’s 98th-minute goal which sent his side into the play-offs.
Education
[AIM] Maputo — The Mozambican government on Tuesday announced that the start of the 2026 school year will be delayed by a month because of the catastrophic flooding that has gripped much of the southern provinces.
Education
[Health-e] As Durban temperatures reached 30 degrees this week, one school resorted to holding classes outside.
Education
[Daily Trust] The Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Lawrence Itanya, has announced plans to revive school sports across the state, describing it as the foundation of sustainable sports development.
Education
[Vanguard] Lagos — The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem, alleged to have sent bomb threat messages to two schools in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area (GRA), Lagos, last week.

Lifestyle
The SPCA has led authorities to arrest a North West man who filmed himself torturing a rat with boiling water in a video posted online…

Lifestyle
An Afrikaner male was arrested by US ICE agents for being an ‘illegal alien’ and having a string of criminal convictions…

Lifestyle
South African shoppers can now find products on Amazon purely through visuals, thanks to an image-based shopping tool built into the app.

Lifestyle
A spike in properties for sale in Orania – South Africa’s whites-only town – has sparked speculation on social media…

Entertainment
About 600 families of Sporong claim that heavily armed illegal miners (zama zamas) forced them to flee their homes.

Entertainment
The city has also warned that the spike in water usage continues to impact dam levels across the metro.

Entertainment
Experts say immigration enforcement cannot be imposed through intimidation at schools.

Entertainment
Line-up cut sees the end of the 2.0-litre petrol engine, as well as the Xs trim grades.
Science/Tech
Scientific American’s Elizabeth Anne Brown recently “polled the great art houses of Europe” about whether they’d had any recent experiences with mold in their collections. Despite the stigma that keeps many institutions silent, she found that extremophile “xerophilic” molds are quietly spreading through museums and archives, thriving in low-humidity, tightly sealed storage and damaging...
Science/Tech
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Reuters: Fully electric car sales in December overtook petrol for the first time in the European Union, even as policymakers proposed to loosen emissions regulations, data showed on Tuesday. U.S. battery-electric brand Tesla continued to lose market share to competitors including China’s BYD and Europe’s best-selling group Volkswagen, data...
Science/Tech
The Linux kernel community has formalized a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds eventually steps aside, defining how the process would work to replace him as the top-level maintainer. ZDNet’s Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: The new “plan for a plan,” drafted by longtime kernel contributor Dan Williams, was discussed at the latest Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit in Tokyo, where he...
Science/Tech
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under 15 and prohibit mobile phones in high schools, positioning France as the second country after Australia to impose sweeping age-based digital restrictions. The Guardian reports: The lower national assembly adopted the text by a vote of 130 to 21 in a lengthy overnight session from Monday to Tuesday. It will now go to the...

Motoring
The Department of Roads and Transport is making it easier to renew licences in Gauteng.

Motoring
The Toyota Corolla Cross has received a poor rating after being tested for crash safety by Global NCAP.
Motoring
Motoring

Health
Elaine Gracey was in a lot of pain but says she was expected to just put up with her menopausal symptoms.
Health
A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as well as treatment guidelines.
Health
The case is the latest action taken by a state with an abortion ban against providers in states that support abortion rights.

Health
It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.