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BROKEN HOMES: How to hijack a house — Bryanston’s cautionary tale

Today at 19:30 PM, via Daily Maverick

Residential hijackings are on the increase in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, with the City confirming that 17 properties are under investigation. So just how do you hijack a property? And what can be done once the property has been taken over?

Sport

South Africa beat England in series decider

Today at 19:41 PM, via BBC News

England captain Fran Williams laments her team’s performance as they are beaten 65-50 by South Africa in their series decider in Johannesburg.

Sport

Treble on the cards for Kaizer Chiefs?

Today at 19:41 PM, via The South African

Kaizer Chiefs remain in contention for three major trophies in 2026, but the road to a historic treble will demand near perfection.

Sport

Carrick delighted for match winner Sesko

Today at 18:58 PM, via BBC News

Michael Carrick says he is delighted for Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesko after he scored a last-minute winner against Fulham in front of the Stretford End.

Education

Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures

Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money.

The changes will raise the...

Education

Texas vs. Plato: Censorship in the Academy

Today at 16:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.

Education

The long-term cost of high student debt in the UK is not just for graduates | Heather Stewart

Today at 13:51 PM, via The Guardian

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Entertainment

48 hours in pictures, 1 February 2026

Today at 19:16 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Fourth US Wind Farm Project Blocked By Trump Allowed to Resume Construction

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Vineyard Wind (powering Massachusetts) is one of five offshore wind projects “that the Trump administration tried to hold up in December,” reports The Hill. This week it became the fourth of those wind projects allowed by a judge to resume construction, the article notes, while even the fifth project “is still awaiting court proceedings.”Federal Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, issued a...

Science/Tech

Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan “have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots,” according to a recent announcement. The announcement calls them “microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings, operate for months and cost just a penny each.” Barely visible to the naked eye, each...

Science/Tech

‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis

We have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or surgery – have never been so available,...

Science/Tech

Microbes In Space Mutated and Developed a Remarkable Ability

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

“A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station,” reports ScienceAlert, “and the changes these ‘bugs’ experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle drug-resistant infections…”Scientists aboard the space station incubated different combinations of bacteria and phages for 25 days, while the research team led by biochemist Vatsan...

Health

A Predictor of a Good Social Life? Your Parents.

Yesterday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.