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BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri visited Sheikh Hasina’s former residence which is now a memorial for the student protesters killed in the 2024 uprising.

Vitor Pereira has signed a deal until the end of next season to become Nottingham Forest’s fourth manager of the campaign.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed his appeal to wear a helmet depicting images of athletes killed during Russia’s invasion of his home country.

The IPID assistant director Thulani Magagula was testifying before the Madlanga Commission.

Currently, 28 million South Africans receive social grants.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a massive rollout of the Lenacapavir injectable drug.-

The investigating officer says David started receiving large amounts of money after the break-in.

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

“Our freedom is not guaranteed” in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich’s security summit.

Peter Magyar suspects there are plans to release a sex tape of him from August 2024.

A catalogue of incidents at the world’s most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny.

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.

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.

Yuko Yamaguchi oversaw the feline character’s rise to to global icon status.

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

For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address

It’s alleged that Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department specialised unit officers stole a truck in 2023

Scotland have a split personality. Which side of their character will we see most on Saturday? There’s no telling, writes Tom English.

England’s Charley Hull shoots a five-under 67 to move into contention as overnight leader Mimi Rhodes drops off the pace going into the final round of the PIF Saudi Ladies International.

Arsenal boss Renee Slegers praises the versatility of forward Olivia Smith before Sunday’s trip to Brighton in the Women’s Super League.

Captain Caelan Doris says Ireland cannot afford “passengers” as they bid to put the pain of their France defeat to bed against Italy.

School district says students will return next week after teachers demanded higher wages and more health benefits

San Francisco teachers who have been on strike over wages and family health benefits have reached a tentative agreement with the school district.

The San Francisco unified school district (SFUSD) says schools will reopen to staff on Friday and to students on Wednesday after two...

Advice on how to respond to students questioning their birth gender has been updated. Here are the key changes

Ministers have released updated guidance on how schools and colleges in England should respond to students who are questioning their birth gender. How is it different to the previous Department for Education (DfE) guidance, released under the Conservatives in 2023?

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

The Proteas captain says not good enough to conceded so many extras.

The South African Special Task Force takes on some of the best law enforcement agencies from around the world at the UAE SWAT challenge.

Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 14 February 2026

Police launch probe into graphic video of suspected e-hailing driver murder, urge public not to share footage

As the housing market stalls, Zillow’s CEO sees AI as “an ingredient rather than a threat” that can both help the company protect its turf and reinvent how people search for homes.

Remember when dropping a proxy into your torrent client felt like a secret handshake? In 2026 streaming giants block whole IP ranges, ISPs throttle P2P, and privacy rules keep shifting. That climate turns a VPN-plus-SOCKS5 bundle from nicety to necessity. The proxy speeds one app—qBittorrent or your scraper—while the VPN tunnel shields everything else. Only […]

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.