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Irish fugitive and alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai, police say
Kinahan, in his 40s, was arrested in Dubai on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts.
FRIDAY, 17 APRIL 2026, 19:22

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Kinahan, in his 40s, was arrested in Dubai on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts.
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A threat actor named Rootboy did not need to be asked if he could get the stolen data up on the dark web after Standard Bank wouldn’t pay the 1BTC fee. He just did it, in an ongoing sequence of planned and disclosed dates and times. Daily. Since 14 April.

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Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta lights a fire at their London Colney training ground to motivate players before crucial week.

South Africa
The bail application of eight accused in the insurance-related killings case has been adjourned.

South Africa
The University of the Witwatersrand hosted an artificial intelligence and music showcase at its Johannesburg campus April 16, bringing together five teams of musicians and technologists from across the continent to demonstrate AI tools developed specifically for African musical traditions. The event, organized by the Wits Innovation Centre and the Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery […]

South Africa
Kenya has recorded the highest AI adoption rate among surveyed African markets, with more than 35% of Kenyan organizations already achieving advanced or widespread AI implementation, according to a new report by Zoho conducted by Arion Research. The report, titled “The AI Privacy Equation: Youthful Innovation Meets Privacy Leadership in Kenya,” found that businesses are […]

South Africa
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid Saleh met with Visa executives in Washington to discuss expanding the company’s investments in Egypt and establishing the country’s first TradeTech Sandbox, an AI-powered initiative designed to enhance exports and identify new markets using advanced data analytics. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the […]

World
The sentence raises huge questions marks over the political future of one of South Africa’s most controversial politicians.

World
Hicham Harb is suspected of directing the attack in the Rue des Rosiers and acting as one of the gunmen who shot at diners.

World
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by fighting in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.

World
A 10-day ceasefire to pause fighting between Israel and Hezb

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.

Africa
The pontiff was unusually forthright in his address at the presidential palace.

Africa
Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.

Africa
Abubakar Malami was seen as one of the most influential ministers under former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Business
Martin was shocked to learn how many people didn’t know if they were on an energy price cap.
Business

Business
A small town in the Karoo is going under the hammer next month, offering the change to own an historic authentic Karoo villages

Business
Brent crude sinks 10% after Iran says the key waterway is completely open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.

Politics
Mnisi has been accused of tender rigging in the City of Tshwane.

Politics
Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says threats against prosecutors must be taken seriously.

Politics
The EFF says it is deeply concerned with the prolonged delay in concluding investigation.
Politics
KwaZulu-Natal DA leader Francois Rodgers wants to dedicate more time to his role as MEC of Finance, and – once his term in the provincial government of unity (PGU) ends – he will return to running his businesses in Kokstad.

Sport
Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen says he wants to atone for what he perceives to be one of his worst seasons in terms of performances at the World Championship at Sheffield.

Sport
Selborne College says its dispute with Jake White has been resolved, confirming a renewed partnership and unified vision for its rugby programme.

Sport
There are five Motherwell players in the PFA Scotland Premiership Team of the Year, with four from table-topping Hearts.

Sport
Sophie Ingle says playing for Wales trumps anything she has achieved at club level as she prepares to win her 150th cap in Saturday’s Women’s World Cup qualifier in Albania.
Education
Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.
Education
[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that no candidate is prohibited from wearing the hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Education
[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Deputy Minister Dr Reginah Mhaule is today leading a government and stakeholder-wide Career Expo Day to commemorate Freedom Month and Schools Democracy Month.
Education
[Premium Times] JAMB said the incident did not reflect its official policy or approved procedures, insisting it was the action of an individual staff member.

Lifestyle
D4vd’s arrest sees the 21-year-old’s record label pulling his page off their website.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Top Billing returns to SABC 3 this April with a fresh season celebrating modern South African lifestyle, creativity, and inspiring stories.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
The SIU says misused Covid-19 relief funds were spent on luxury vehicles and property purchases across KwaZulu-Natal.

Entertainment
When the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer ended during the 2026 Cinema Con event, the fans shouted, “Play it again!” And so they played it again.

Entertainment
Since arriving in 2016, the Gurgaon plant in India has been the sourcing hub for Ignis’ bound for South Africa.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 18 April 2026.

Science/Tech
The tech aims to identify people’s irises and stop the rise of fake accounts and malicious scams.
Science/Tech
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo writes: Windows has limited FAT32 partitions to a maximum of 32GB for decades now. When memory cards and USB drives exceeded 32GB in size, the only options were exFAT or NTFS. Neither option was well supported on other platforms at first, although exFAT support is fairly widespread now. In their latest blog post, Microsoft announced that the limit for FAT32...

Science/Tech
Jacksonville FL, April 17, 2026 – In the modern service economy, the speed of response is often the primary determinant of a business’s commercial success. For small businesses—particularly in sectors such as home services, healthcare, and professional consulting—every missed call represents a tangible loss in revenue and potential long-term growth. To address the critical issue […]

Science/Tech
The gaming industry has a well-worn playbook. Build a platform, achieve scale quickly, position for acquisition or IPO, and exit. The model assumes that the point of building is to sell, that founders create value primarily to transfer it to someone else, that success means cashing out rather than holding on. The incentive structures reinforce […]

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

Motoring
South Africa has enough fiscal space to extend a fuel-tax cut by two months to cushion consumers from the Iran war oil shock.

Motoring
Not all South Africans are too concerned about rising fuel prices.

Health
Why is walking in the rain good for your mental health?

Health
Young people are to be offered the MenB vaccine after three cases of meningitis were confirmed.

Health
England rugby star Ellie Kildunne says she slipped into disordered eating and unhealthy weight loss during Covid.

Health
Men should discuss their feelings more