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GB’s Dodds & Mouat miss out on gold medal match with semi-final heartbreak
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat fail to guarantee Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, as Sweden advance to the final.
MONDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2026, 22:14

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Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat fail to guarantee Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, as Sweden advance to the final.
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ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) – An anarchist group claimed responsibility on Monday for sabotaging rail infrastructure in northern Italy on Saturday and disrupting train traffic on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games.
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South Africa, 213-4 (Aiden Markram 59, Lungi Ngidi 4-31), beat Canada, 156-8 (Navneet Dhaliwal 64, Ansh Patel 3-31), by 57 runs.

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
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.
World
Britain’s Prince William will begin on Monday his first official visit to Saudi Arabia, aimed at deepening economic cooperation but already overshadowed by his disgraced uncle Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.
World
A white supremacist who shot and killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 launched an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction.

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
Holders Hull KR will visit Huddersfield Giants in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, while Wakefield Trinity host Leeds Rhinos in a West Yorkshire derby.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung Jr has praised Amakhosi players and technical team for their efforts in the CAF Confed Cup.

Sport
Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Tsepo Masilela believes Amakhosi need Mduduzi Shabalala in the CAF Confederation Cup decider against Zamalek.

Sport
Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche dismisses talk about his future.

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

Lifestyle
Roedean – One of SA’s top-performing and most expensive private schools – has disputed claims of learners practising antisemitism.

Entertainment
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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
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.

Science/Tech
Slot games have a huge online following. Many people are turning to casino websites that accept cryptocurrency for its low costs and smooth facilitation. Few online games offer the unique experience that slots bring. With bright and bold themes, crisp soundtracks pulsing in your ears and unique mechanics that let you win huge jackpots, many […]
Science/Tech
Autodesk has sued Google in San Francisco federal court, alleging the search giant infringed its “Flow” trademark by launching competing AI-powered software for movie, TV and video game production in May 2025. Autodesk says it has used the Flow name since September 2022 and that Google assured it would not commercialize a product under the same name — then filed a trademark application in...

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
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.
Health
State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.