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Consumer court orders company to fix shoddy work on home renovation
Homeowner’s complaint that work fell short of what had been agreed upheld
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Homeowner’s complaint that work fell short of what had been agreed upheld

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Singer reflects on her fast-rising career

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January is usually a time to dream new dreams, make new resolutions and honestly, many people try to keep up with them for the first few weeks.We commit to doing things differently, trying new things, ditching routines, setting personal goals.
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This was an experiment that produced very happy results – the concept of French toast is reimagined for an air fryer oven. And it’s loaded…

South Africa
The High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear the officer’s testimony in Meyiwa trial on Monday

South Africa
The flood-related death toll in Mpumalanga and Limpopo currently stands at 37.

South Africa
SANParks Spokesperson JP Louw says the northern part of the park will remain closed.

South Africa
SALGA has urged municipalities to play their part by activating the joint operating committees.
World
Spain reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 21 people and injured more than 70, with the prime minister lamenting a “night of deep pain”.

World
BBC Africa Eye joins an anti-trafficking police unit in Sierra Leone helping a man look for his missing children.

World
The crash happened in Spain’s Andalusia province. Officials fear the death toll may rise.

World
The blast caused noticeable tremors in the area and sent large plumes of smoke into the sky.

Africa
Yoweri Museveni has won a record seventh term in elections after promising that the fledgling oil sector will boost the economy.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni wins a seventh term, as his main rival Bobi Wine decries “fake results”.

Africa
President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

Africa
Abubakar Abdullahi sheltered 262 people after they came under attack from Fulani herders in 2018.

Business
Capitec has issued several warnings to its clients about a surge in increasingly sophisticated scams targeting South Africans at the start of 2026.

Business
Official figures show the world’s second largest economy grew by 5%, hitting Beijing’s “around 5%” target.

Business
Expect the World Economic Forum to be both the centre of the world this week, and totally bizarre, writes the BBC’s economics editor.

Business
The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels.

Politics
George, who was also the DA’s federal finance chair, publicly revealed Steenhuisen’s money issues.

Politics
Malema is set to learn his fate on Friday in the East London Magistrate’s Court as sentencing looms.

Politics
ActionSA claims that the same suspect laid a false charge of assault against Khumalo

Politics
Mbeki reminds veterans of their role in liberating South Africa .

Sport
BBC Sport Wales assesses who has impressed or fallen away as Steve Tandy prepares to name his first Six Nations squad.

Sport
How Kyren Wilson went from being close to a “mental breakdown” during a match to winning the Masters in the space of six weeks.

Sport
Arsenal and Chelsea leapfrog Barcelona to post highest revenue growth in European football after successful 2025.

Sport
Match of the Day pundit Joe Hart says Everton players and fans are right to be “frustrated” by their disallowed goal against Aston Villa, it was the correct decision.
Education
The United States is broken, but not in every way.
Education
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.
Education
Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.
Education
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.

Lifestyle
Images of an outdoor cross erected by a local Franschhoek church has gone viral after it appeared standing after recent wildfires…

Lifestyle
Stormers captain Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was praised for his leadership skills during this sweet encounter with a young fan…
Lifestyle
Grant Williams will be adding the title of ‘husband’ to his name soon, after proposing to his partner, Tamryn Cupido…

Lifestyle
Cassper Nyovest has seemingly unfollowed his wife Pulane Phoolo, who has now struck up a friendship with his ex, Thobeka Majozi…

Entertainment
Economy has to dobetter to improve jobcreation – analyst.

Entertainment
Vice-admiral may be sacrificed over sanctioned Islamic Guard vessel – experts.

Entertainment
He was transported to Sydney Children’s Hospital, he remains in critical condition.

Entertainment
The question now is: did the SANDF deliberately ignore President Cyril Ramaphosa’s order?
Science/Tech
“Astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time,” reports the Guardian:The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will track the colossal black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy throughout March and April with the aim of capturing footage of the swirling disc that traces out the edge of the event horizon, the point beyond which no light or...
Science/Tech
Porsche made an announcement Friday. In Europe they sold more electrified Porsches last year than pure combustion-engined models, reports Electrek:in Europe, a majority (57.9%) of Porsche’s deliveries were plug-ins, with 1/3 of its European sales being fully electric. For models that have no fully electric version but do have a PHEV (Cayenne and Panamera), the plug-in hybrid version dominated...
Science/Tech
U.S. college graduates “have historically found jobs more quickly than people with only a high school degree,” writes Bloomberg. “But that advantage is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.””Recently, the job-finding rate for young college-educated workers has declined to be roughly in line with the rate for young...
Science/Tech
Last week a University of Arizona astronomy professor “watched anxiously…as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.” In 2018 NASA had approached Daniel Apai to help build the telescope, which he says will “shatter a barrier — to understand and remove a source of noise in the data — that limits our ability to study small exoplanets...

Motoring
The recently concluded festive season was South Africa’s least deadly in years.

Motoring
A Chinese vacuum cleaner company unveiled its very own supercar at CES 2026.

Motoring
With back-to-school in full swing, parents have been told to ensure safe commutes.

Motoring
Chery is gearing up to launch a new car brand in South Africa.
Health
Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.
Health
The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

Health
Abiraterone will be available in a matter of weeks and will be offered to 7,000 men a year.

Health
A judge says the hospital chiefs’ changing room policy created a “hostile” environment for women.