MONDAY, 02 FEBRUARY 2026, 20:06
Top Stories
Businessman Julius Kaizer built a pedestrian bridge for R8,000 in 2024, but safety concerns persist due to its lack of side rails. The municipality has no plans to construct a safer bridge, citing budget constraints, while community members and politicians express frustration over the incomplete project and lack of transparency.
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Caoimhe was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2025 after an optician spotted bleeding behind her eye.
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Marius Borg Høiby, who goes on trial on Tuesday, has been remanded in custody for four weeks after new allegations.
Top Stories
The link between relationships, influence, money, friendship and business is something we all get embroiled in. But the difference between you and me, and Matlala and Epstein is surely motive.
South Africa
South Africa commemorates World Wetlands Day at Rondevlei in the False Bay Nature Reserve
South Africa
Helen Zille has raised serious concerns about Johannesburg’s failing infrastructure.
South Africa
The SRC cites issues of academic exclusion and weakened security force as an impediment to readiness
South Africa
Trump accused Noah of making a defamatory statement, and warning that he’d send his lawyers to sue.
World
Gunmen have raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, killing at least 30 villagers and abducting others, in what marks the latest deadly attack in the conflict-hit region.
World
Italy’s capital city has introduced a €2 fee to access the viewing area of its iconic fountain, which had previously been free to visit.
World
The teenager is praised for his courage and bravery after swimming back to shore to raise the alarm.
World
The Buddhist spiritual leader is recognised in the audiobook category for his meditations.
Africa
They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.
Africa
South Africa’s sports minister Gayton McKenzie says “no formal decision” has been taken to relocate the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations away from Morocco.
Africa
Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.
Africa
The 24-year-old bagged her second-ever Grammy beating three Nigerians and a Ugandan.
Business
Experts say there are things to consider before selling off your gold or silver.
Business
South Africa’s formal independent retail, with an estimated turnover of R190 billion, is increasingly competing with South Africa’s traditional retail giants.
Business
Business
Politics
The Ad Hoc Committee may call Cyril Ramaphosa over the disbanded Political Killings Task Team
Politics
Carrim was implicated in testimony relating to alleged cartel member, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.
Politics
Makgotloe says Witness B pressured him to alter the Swart forensic report during probe.
Politics
Didiza warns Mogotsi safety risks are serious, citing alleged threats and claims against police
Sport
While you know him as a winger, Abdeslam Ouaddou believes this Orlando Pirates star is better in a different position…
Sport
After Arsenal won the Champions Cup on Sunday, we ponder whether Fifa’s new competition has been a success.
Sport
Fact To File wins the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown with stablemate Galopin Des Champs settling for third when targeting a fourth successive victory in the race.
Sport
Despite another narrow win, Chiefs co-coach Khalil Ben Youssef admits the relentless fixture list is taking its toll on his players.
Education
[Leadership] Youths in Kano State, under the platform of the Youth-Led Education Lab, have declared education a fundamental right, pledging to take ownership of reforms and demand accountability from government, institutions and communities to strengthen the state’s education sector.
Education
[Leadership] Members of Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Yaba Cell, have raised the alarm over the impending collapse of a school building owned by the Lagos State government in the Yaba area of the state.
Education
Birth rates have dropped from 2,000 a year to around 1,400 in the last decade, a council says.
Education
[This Day] In Nigeria, the academic calendar has, for too long, behaved like a fragile truce rather than a dependable promise. Families plan for semesters the way coastal communities plan for storms: with caution, with backups, with a quiet readiness to start again after everything has been interrupted. Students have learned to measure time not by sessions completed but by months lost–months...
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
EFF MP Carl Niehaus has shown his support to eNCA’s Heidi Giokos, whose interracial relationship was attacked by online trolls…
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Suleiman Carrim launched an urgent High Court bid to stop the commission from compelling his testimony or issuing subpoenas.
Entertainment
Lions fans turned up at Ellis Park. Their team didn’t.
Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Entertainment
Mourners gathered outside the Multichoice Head Office in Randburg to commemorate David Sejobe.
Science/Tech
Appliance and smart home giant, China’s Haier Group, has officially launched in South Africa.
Science/Tech
The answers to today’s problems
Earlier today I set you these three problems about the number 11. Here they are again with solutions.
1. Funny formation
odd positions: 9,7,5,3,1 sum to 25;
even positions: 8,6,4,2,0 sum to 20.
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Science/Tech
Luthair writes: Notepad++ claims to have been targeted by a state actor, given their previous stance on Uyghurs one can speculate about a candidate. Notepad++, in a blog post: According to the analysis provided by the security experts, the attack involved infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org....
Science/Tech
The U.S. laid fiber-optic cables to a record number of homes last year as billions of dollars in federal broadband grants and a surge in data-center construction fueled an enormous buildout, but the industry does not have enough workers to sustain the pace. A 2024 report by the Fiber Broadband Association and the Power & Communication Contractors Association projects 58,000 new fiber jobs...
Motoring
The South African car industry got off to a great start in January 2026.
Motoring
The N1 between Bloemfontein and Pretoria is one of the busiest routes in South Africa.
Motoring
Motoring
Health
Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.
Health
Members of the British Medical Association have backed more walkouts in the dispute over pay and jobs in England.
Health
A Scottish Parliament committee is calling for urgent action to improve assessments for autism and ADHD.
Health
Kimberley Wilson talks to psychologist and therapist Dr Sula Windgassen on how to build “quiet” or “flexible” resilience.