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‘No panic buy’ – Guehi would cap £414m rebuild as Man City up title ante
Manchester City have upped the ante in the Premier League title race by flexing their muscles in the January transfer window.
FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 2026, 21:25

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Manchester City have upped the ante in the Premier League title race by flexing their muscles in the January transfer window.

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Craig Guildford blames the “political and media frenzy” as he confirms his decision to step down.

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World champion Luke Littler is knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals by Gerwyn Price for the second year in a row.

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The nurses’ partial victory adds pressure on the government to publish guidance for businesses that have single-sex spaces.

South Africa
Persistent heavy rains have caused flooding across parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

South Africa
Egypt’s Cabinet has approved expanding the mandate of the National Council for Artificial Intelligence to include quantum computing, biotechnology and other emerging technologies, and will rename the body the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, approved the move in line with...

South Africa
KZN Education instructs the principal of Addington primary to submit a detailed registration list.

South Africa
The community of Glen and the surrounding areas are requested to be vigilant.

World
Myanmar says The Gambia has failed to provide enough evidence of genocide against the Muslim-minority people.

World
He has been a prominent voice calling for protests against Iran’s authoritarian regime to continue.

World
The Afghan suspect is accused of killing a 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter.

World
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

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

Africa
Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

Africa
The game in Rabat (19:00 GMT) pits the continent’s top two teams against one another, with the North Africans ranked 11th in the world and the Teranga Lions eight places below them.

Africa
The defence minister orders an inquiry into reports the military flouted orders to expel Iran from naval drills.

Business
The housing proposal will let Americans use their 401(k)s for down payments, a Trump economic adviser said.
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Business
The new Club Med South Africa Beach and Safari development is progressing well and is set to open its doors on 4 July 2026.

Business
The National Treasury is considering major changes for South Africa’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, which has raised some concerns.

Politics
PAC threatens to pull out of the GNU and in all its working arrangements with the ANC in Gauteng.

Politics
The TRC cases inquiry was established in May last year.

Politics
Mashatile says uMkhonto weSizwe cannot remain a passive observer in the ANC.

Politics
The Umkhonto we Sizwe Liberation War Veterans organisation ays SA will not be bullied by the US.

Sport
New Orlando Pirates winger Daniel Msendami has spoken for the first time about his move to the Sea Robbers in Soweto.

Sport
Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin faces up to eight weeks out with a lower leg injury.

Sport
Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson compete in the rhythm dance at the European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield. The pair sit in second place on the leaderboard with the free dance still to come.

Sport
Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer from the 2025 Formula 1 season has been moved to a new role inside Ferrari.
Education
Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.
Education
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — More than 134 students of the Pre-Clinical Division at the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia(UL), have formally commended Cllr. J. Nelson Freeman, Deputy Inspector General for Operations of the Liberia National Police (LNP) for sustained supervision and the strategic deployment of police officers on the Fendall Campus.
Education
[Leadership] Borno State government has approved the recruitment of 1,000 teachers for its public secondary schools.
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has lauded the Dawoodi Bohra community for their longstanding contribution to Kenya’s development, highlighting their role in housing, healthcare, and education.

Lifestyle
Rachel Kolisi has shared a decade-old throwback as part of the ‘2016 challenge’ from her wedding day to now ex, Siya Kolisi…

Lifestyle
How far does R165 million go? We share the ways that South Africans can spend their PowerBall winnings as fast or frugal as they can.

Lifestyle
Mama Joy has clapped back at South Africans who trolled her for supporting Nigeria at AFCON, which is currently taking place in Morocco.

Lifestyle
Applications have opened at a major SA retailer for aspiring coffee entrepreneurs who want to run their own café kiosks inside select stores.

Entertainment
The conviction marks the third successful prosecution linked to the Steinhoff accounting scandal.

Entertainment
R198 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results for 16 January 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Friday, 16 January 2026, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
A total of R750 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 16 January 2026.
Science/Tech
OpenAI said Friday that it will begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the $500 billion startup seeks new revenue streams to fund its continued expansion and compete against rivals Google and Anthropic. The company had previously resisted embedding ads into its chatbot, citing concerns that doing so could undermine the trustworthiness and objectivity of responses. The ads will...
Science/Tech
Seattle was late to the light rail party — the city rejected transit ballot measures in 1968 and 1971, missing out on federal funding that built Atlanta’s MARTA, and didn’t approve a plan including rail until 1996 — but the Pacific Northwest city is now in the middle of a multibillion-dollar building boom that has produced the highest post-pandemic ridership recovery of any US light rail...

Science/Tech
OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.

Science/Tech
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
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Motoring
Mercedes-Benz has launched a new special-edition model for the GLA SUV in South Africa.

Health
Complex podcast host and chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson joins What’s Up Docs? to talk about how we think about willpower.
Health
Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.

Health
Dr Alex George wants better assessment waiting times after paying for expensive private tests.
Health
The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.