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Streeting’s Mandelson messages reveal election fears and criticism of government
The health secretary says he is publishing the messages “after a weekend of smear and innuendo that I have something to hide”.
MONDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2026, 23:45

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The health secretary says he is publishing the messages “after a weekend of smear and innuendo that I have something to hide”.
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With all its problems, the case for moving out of the city is compelling, but it just might be that Joburg, still at the centre of things, is about to turn around.
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During his opening remarks at the Indaba, Minerals and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe said there were ‘data issues’ that were delaying the roll-out. There are many plausible explanations for issues on this front. One that comes to mind is the fact that mountains of paper have been reported to be seen strewn around the offices of regional departments such as Mpumalanga.

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Jack Grealish says he “didn’t want the season to end like this” after confirming he has had surgery on a foot stress fracture.

South Africa
Bongani Ntanzi says investigators were not specific on the date the soccer captain was killed

South Africa
The state witness known as Mr X concedes errors in evidence on Brian Wainstein murder.

South Africa
The inquest into the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy has been postponed to 23 February 2026.

South Africa
Ramaphosa visited the bereaved Bolana family in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to pay his respects.

World
Vizsla Silver Corp says that family members of some of the kidnapped workers have informed the company that their relatives were found dead.

World
Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen – who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords – are being investigated for “aggravated corruption”.
World
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed at least one person, the city’s military administration said.

World
BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces’ deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry.

Africa
Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

Africa
Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Africa
Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Africa
Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.
Business
Business
Business
Business

Politics
The DA is the third largest party in the North West.

Politics
O’Sullivan initially insisted on appearing virtually citing a fear of his life.

Politics
The Enquiry, which is probing Chauke’s fitness to hold office, sat briefly today.

Politics
Pretorius says the city needs a good turnaround strategy and the DA is poised to improve lives.

Sport
Team GB’s Mia Brookes remains positive as she reflects on her narrow medal miss in the snowboarding big air final and looks ahead to the slopestyle event at the Winter Olympics.

Sport
Head coach Andy Farrell has largely been a loyal selector throughout his Ireland tenure but will last week’s heavy loss in Paris lead to changes for Italy in Dublin on Saturday?

Sport
Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey says Aston Martin’s new car is “one of the more extreme interpretations” of this year’s new rules.

Sport
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat react after failing to guarantee Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in their curling mixed doubles semi-final against Sweden.

Education
Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.
Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...
Education
[Namibian] When People Hear “local content”, some think it means forcing foreign companies to buy everything locally and immediately.
Education
[Leadership] The British High Commission in Nigeria has held Welcome Home Ceremonies to celebrate 99 Nigerians who have recently completed their studies in the United Kingdom through the prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships programmes.
Education
[Leadership] The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with YougRich Heritage Nigeria Limited, has completed a one-month intensive training programme in welding and fabrication for 30 youths in Delta State.

Lifestyle
A viral voice note between Roedean and King David Linksfield claimed parents had ‘pressurised’ the school to shun its Jewish rivals.

Lifestyle
New couple alert? Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton have a very public date at a high profile sports event.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Entertainment
A total of R600 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 9 February 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Monday, 9 February 2026, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
Top-order batter Aiden Markram contributed 59 runs and seam bowler Lungi Ngidi took 4/31, leading the SA team to victory.

Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Science/Tech
OpenAI has started testing ads inside ChatGPT for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers in the United States, the company said. The Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education tiers remain ad-free. Ads are matched to users based on conversation topics, past chats, and prior ad interactions, and appear clearly labeled as “sponsored” and visually separated from ChatGPT’s...
Science/Tech
Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini set 16 instances of Claude Opus 4.6 loose on a shared codebase over two weeks to build a C compiler from scratch, and the AI agents produced a 100,000-line Rust-based compiler capable of building a bootable Linux 6.9 kernel on x86, ARM and RISC-V architectures. The project ran through nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions and cost about $20,000 in API fees....
Science/Tech
The romance genre — long the publishing industry’s earliest adopter of technological shifts, from e-books to self-publishing to serial releases — has become the front line for AI-generated fiction, and the results as you can imagine are messy. Coral Hart, a Cape Town-based novelist previously published by Harlequin and Mills & Boon, produced more than 200 AI-assisted romance novels last year...

Science/Tech
The Epson ET-2980 is a great value at its full price, and the discount sweetens the deal.

Motoring
BMW’s factory in South Africa has been producing cars for over 50 years.

Motoring
Concerns are mounting that VW could close its Kariega plant soon.
Motoring
Motoring
Health
We want to hear from readers who are trying to manage their medical bills and their health insurance costs.
Health
One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years.

Health
The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.

Health
Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.