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‘Anyone found guilty of racism should not be in the game’
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior says anyone found guilty of racist behaviour in football “shouldn’t be in the game”.
THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026, 18:15

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Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior says anyone found guilty of racist behaviour in football “shouldn’t be in the game”.
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Evidence concluded, contained in 90-page document

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General could not sit for three months after butt lift, commission hears

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Leadership across all spheres of government are implementing a package of targeted interventions

South Africa
This follows a decision to hike membership contributions by 9.8% this year.

South Africa
Three people were killed by lightning in the Harry Gwala District this month during severe storms.

South Africa
The 23 year old victim has been taken to hospital and is in critical condition.
South Africa
Lives have been improved but more still needs to be done – President Ramaphosa
Notwithstanding the persistent challenges and need for continued effort, government has profoundly transformed the lives of South Africans in the three decades since the advent of democracy.This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who delivered his reply to the Debate of the State of the Nation...
World
The families of 35 Kenyans lured into fighting for the Russian army demanded on Thursday that their government take action to bring them home.

World
A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.
World
The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1 000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports.
World
Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the Palestinian enclave.

Africa
The gunmen launched simultaneous assaults on multiple communities in a remote border district, officials say.

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg.

Africa
Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast.

Africa
Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

Business
Despite the gazetted reforms aimed at strengthening the industry, they do not address the imports that contributed to the liquidation of a 134-year-old South African company.

Business
Rand Water has been granted an urgent licence to extract more water from the Vaal to help supply Gauteng.
Business

Business
The latest employment data from Stats SA show that domestic worker jobs in the country continue to decline annually, despite a slight increase in the number of positions filled over the final quarter of 2025.

Politics
The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners

Politics
MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission

Politics
A timeline of South Africans in Russia-Ukraine War

Politics
Former Minister Malusi Gigaba, co-accused back at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court

Sport
Talented rugby-playing brothers in Ireland facing deportation to SA have been granted a reprieve, as community support continues to grow…

Sport
Marianne Fatton of Switzerland makes history as the first Olympic champion in ski mountaineering. The event made its debut at this Winter Olympic games.

Sport
Seth Bennett and Kent Simpson analyse how Canada missed Czech Republic having six players on the ice when they scored their third goal during their quarter-final match at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sport
Pirates’ loss at the FNB Stadium has breathed new life into Chiefs’ title ambitions, with the Soweto Derby now looming large.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] THE National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) has expressed concern over the growing incidence of violence in schools.
Education
[Daily Maverick] Order has been restored at the University of Cape Town following Monday’s disruptive protests, yet the academic future of roughly 1,400 self-funded students remains precarious owing to outstanding debt and registration blocks.

Education
First cohort to be impacted by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood
Children with a legal right to special needs support will face a review when they move to secondary school, with the first cohort to be impacted currently in key stage 1, the Guardian understands.
A total overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system...
Education
[This Day] Abuja — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the vending of e-PINs for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will close at midnight on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

Lifestyle
Minnie Dlamini and her friends immersed themselves in all things Galentine’s as they celebrated their friendship in Cape Town.

Lifestyle
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been under fire due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Episode five of ‘Uthando Nes’thembu’ revealed just how complex the issues between Musa Mseleku and Thobile MaKhumalo truly are.

Entertainment
The accused admitted shooting the 69-year-old after she offered help.

Entertainment
Data shows most ARVs are imported into South Africa.

Entertainment
Chile ramp-up and bullion rally drive record returns.

Entertainment
According to the statement, governance tensions intensified when some members expressed an intention to exit the group.

Science/Tech
The company warns of a sharp earnings per share decline after recognising a R5.2 billion loss linked to Cell C’s listing.
Science/Tech
Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng, whose company is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices, admitted in a televised interview that the ongoing global RAM shortage could force companies to cut back their product lines in the second half of 2026 — and that some may not survive at all if they cannot secure enough memory. The interview, conducted in Chinese by...
Science/Tech
The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area garage. Walmart, which had been the largest company by revenue for more than a decade, on...
Motoring

Motoring
SANRAL will raise fees across all its toll plazas in South Africa next month.

Motoring
The cheapest Toyota Corolla Cross costs more than R400,000 in South Africa.
Motoring
Health
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
Health
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Health
Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

Health
The decision, on the case of a child who sustained a brain injury at birth in 2015, could have significant cost implications for the NHS.