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Matt Weston wins the first medal for Team GB at the 2026 Winter Olympics, taking home the men’s skeleton gold at Milan-Cortina.

Fabio Wardley will make the first defence of his world heavyweight title against Daniel Dubois in all-British affair on Saturday, 9 May in Manchester.

Matt Weston cements his status as the best skeleton racer in the world as he makes history by winning Olympic gold in emphatic fashion in Cortina, securing Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.

ICE chief Todd Lyons says the two officers were immediately placed on administrative leave.

A suspect has been arrested and being investigated for the death of Eric Marumo Phenya

WaterCAN is sceptical of Cyril Ramaphosa’s new water crisis committee.

Police arrest female suspect after an e-hailing driver was allegedly killed in Pretoria West.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment during his State of the Nation Address.

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, sit down with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly at the Munich Security Conference.

The former CNN host and eight others have been charged for interrupting a church service to protest immigration raids in the state.

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed the atrocities in the city of el-Fasher, says a UN report.

The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

A Super Bowl advert had sparked new scrutiny of the smart doorbell company’s privacy practices.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit comes after files showed he appears to have exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein.

Martin Lewis explains why now might be a good time to think about changing your bank account.

Boardwalk Mall is undergoing a large expansion, with the mall set to get padel courts and 5-a-side soccer facility.

Niehaus cited the ANC’s step aside rule against Gigaba for wanting him to recuse himself.

The Ad Hoc Committee heard conflicting reports on Lazarus Mokgosi’s Naledi appointment.

The families of the victims are seeking constitutional damages for the delays.  

Mbeki seeks an order that President Cyril Ramaphosa terminate Justice Sisi Khampepe’s appointment

Cai Taylor-Wray puts in a breakthrough performance as Warrington Wolves earn an opening night Super League win against St Helens.

Matt Weston is overjoyed after winning his first Winter Olympic title and Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 games in the men’s skeleton event at Milan-Cortina.

Great Britain’s Jack Pinnington Jones has his dream run at the Dallas Open ended by veteran Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals.

The long-talked-about 2026 SASSA unemployment grant will finally go ahead, confirms President Ramaphosa at SONA. But how much will it cost?

From deploying the SANDF to gang-ridden areas to allocating funding for the water crisis, here are some of the key points from Ramaphosa’s Sona.

The SA bowlers were especially good in the wet conditions in Benoni, though they bowled 12 wides which could have been very costly.

The Spanish man admitted he knew possessing and transporting the animals was illegal.

R57 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results for 13 February 2026.

As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world.

These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.