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‘Liverpool’s struggles can no longer be hidden by long unbeaten run’
Liverpool’s struggles can no longer be hidden by their long unbeaten run after their last-gasp defeat at Bournemouth, writes Aadam Patel.
SUNDAY, 25 JANUARY 2026, 01:01

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Liverpool’s struggles can no longer be hidden by their long unbeaten run after their last-gasp defeat at Bournemouth, writes Aadam Patel.
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Head coach Eddie Howe believes Newcastle United can still achieve “great things” despite financial restrictions as his side look to upset the league’s status quo.

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The home secretary says policing is stuck “in a different century” and the new body will form part of wider reforms.

South Africa
Thembelani Mkhize, 32, is using AI-generated comics to highlight community issues and help residents better understand what is happening around them. Mkhize, who is from Mpophomeni, has gained attention for creating visual stories that reflect challenges facing society, including local service delivery concerns. He said his passion for storytelling was influenced by his father, who […]

South Africa
Top technology executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos are warning that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a geopolitical force, shaping global power competition and raising new national security concerns. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei compared advanced AI chips to nuclear weapons, arguing the United States risks losing its advantage over China by selling high-end […]

South Africa
Big Tech companies and startups are increasingly building generative AI tools for children, but many products rely heavily on text or voice, which may not keep kids engaged. Three former Google employees are aiming to address that gap with Sparkli, a generative AI-powered interactive learning app. Sparkli was founded last year by Lax Poojary, Lucie […]

South Africa
The AI disruptions of the past few years have only been the prologue to what’s coming in 2026: AI’s full integration into data centre processes and builds. It’s a moment we’ve been building up to ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT brought Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream in late 2022, sending shockwaves through everything from academia and […]

World
After President Trump’s upheaval at Davos, U.S. allies are openly questioning whether Washington can still anchor the rules-based order.

World
NPR’s Daniel Estrin and Anas Baba reflect on how their reporting partnership across Tel Aviv and Gaza changed after October 7th, 2023.

World
The Lebanese man helped helped plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions in Europe, prosecutors say.

World
A sever winter storm that could affect more than 200 million Americans has brought heavy snow, and freezing temperatures.

Africa
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

Africa
The authorities tried to stop their export arguing they were part of the country’s heritage.

Africa
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.

Africa
The announcement that the Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted every four years from 2028 sparked division, but what will it mean for the game on the continent?

Business
East London is seeing an influx of South African semigrants due to its attractive lifestyle and cheaper prices.

Business
A secondary School in Limpopo province recorded a dismal 0% pass rate in the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

Business
Charity the Message Trust said the shop was formed in response to “desperate need”.

Business
Capitec’s former CEO Gerrie Fourie is the highest-paid banking CEO in South Africa, followed by the CEO of Standard Bank, and then Investec.

Politics
Malema has vowed to challenge both the conviction and any sentence imposed on him.

Politics
With only two seats in the 70 seats at the council, Motsoeneng vows to increase this number.

Politics
ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane says the global left needs to come together.

Politics
Members of the party gathered with the intention to put together an action plan for the party.

Sport
Kylian Mbappe scores a brace as Real Madrid beat Villarreal, meaning Barcelona have to beat Real Oviedo tomorrow to reclaim top spot.

Sport
Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was ‘happy’ for him after the win against Manchester City.

Sport
Glasgow Warriors move to the top of the URC table after a hard-fought bonus-point victory over Zebre in Parma.

Sport
Cardiff climb to fourth in the United Rugby Championship table thanks to a nervy 17-8 home win against Benetton.
Education
The number of applicants has risen more than 40 percent over the last two years, despite new limits on student loans and uncertainty over how artificial intelligence will affect legal work.
Education
[Namibian] The Walvis Bay Primary School has defended its claim that 64% of its workforce are persons with disabilities.
Education
[Namibian] The children are back at school, and between stationery shopping and replacing school shoes they somehow outgrew over the holidays, most of us are checking our bank balances with one eye closed, fully aware that payday is still a long way off.
Education
[The Point] Le Jumbo, a mentorship programme designed to arm youth with the requisite skills and knowledge before they start seeking for formal jobs at institutions, recently graduated over 175 mentees from its mentorship program cohort 0.4.

Lifestyle
US actor Jerry O’Connell has been spotted soaking up the sun in Durban. Take a look at what the screen star has been getting up to…

Lifestyle
Truth or lie? Afrikaner activist Ernst Roets claims this popular Kwaito track should be classified as ‘boeremusiek’.

Lifestyle
Here comes the bride and groom: Take a look at this throwback of Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali’s traditional Zulu wedding and white wedding…

Lifestyle
Black Coffee has been accused of backpedalling after he claimed he was never in a customary marriage with Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa.

Entertainment
Tonight’s jackpot is estimated R600 000! Here are the winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 24 January, brought to you by The Citizen.

Entertainment
It was a deserved bonus point win for the Sharks and one they will hope reignites their season, after a poor start over the first half of it.

Entertainment
Are you a jackpot winner? Check your tickets! Here are the latest Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday 24 January 2026.

Entertainment
High court sets aside fraud-related sentence after discovering she wasn’t a public servant as required by charges.
Science/Tech
“Airlines canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights scheduled for this weekend,” reports CNBC, “as a massive winter storm sweeps across the country, with heavy snow and sleet forecast, followed by bitter cold… set to snarl travel for hundreds of thousands of people for days.”More than 3,500 flights on Saturday were canceled, according to flight tracker FlightAware. Many of Saturday’s cancellations...

Science/Tech
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
Science/Tech
Slashdot reader Mr. Dollar Ton summarizes this article from Bloomberg:According to a new report from think tank “Ember”, the availability of cheap green tech can have developing countries profit from earlier investment and skip steps in the transition from fossil to alternatives. India is put forward as an example. While China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle, by some...
Science/Tech
Early Friday “there were nearly 113 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft 365 as of 1:05 a.m. ET,” reports Reuters. But that’s down “from over 15,890 reports at its peak a day earlier, according to Downdetector.” Reuters points out the outage affected antivirus software Microsoft Defender and data governance software Microsoft Purview, while CRN notes it also impacted “a number of...
Motoring

Motoring
Most South Africans cannot afford a new car, opting to shop in the used market instead.

Motoring
A new special-edition Mercedes-Benz CLA will soon grace South Africa’s roads.

Motoring
Ensuring your cargo or payload is secured is not only good practice, it is the law.
Health
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Health
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Health
Tessa Marshall has shared the experience to highlight issues such as women’s rights and sex education.
Health
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.