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Lara van Niekerk eyes Games podium splash
From golden girl to the depths of anxiety, where fear caused her hands to shake before each race, the breaststroke queen is preparing another assault on the Commonwealth Games podium.
MONDAY, 13 APRIL 2026, 12:09

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From golden girl to the depths of anxiety, where fear caused her hands to shake before each race, the breaststroke queen is preparing another assault on the Commonwealth Games podium.

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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the Pretoria high court on Monday.

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Coach calls for focus and commitment before the CAF Champions League semifinal

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The 12 rounder will take place at Cabo Beach Club in Cape Town on Saturday.Born in Durban and currently fighting out of Cape Town, Prosser, is undefeated after eight fights while Ntuli from Steadville in Ladysmith has lost six of his 16 fights.

South Africa
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

South Africa
The trial of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a former MK Party MP, resumes in the Durban High Court.

South Africa
The man accused of the murder of Marius van der Merwe appears in court.

South Africa
Five men are on trial at the High Court in Pretoria for the 2014 murder of the footballer.

World
The U.S. said on Sunday that it will soon block ships from Iranian ports. It comes after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement during face-to-face peace talks, sending oil prices surging.

World
NPR’s Michel Martin asks Robert Malley, former U.S. special envoy for Iran, about where the weekend’s negotiations between the U.S. and Iran leave diplomatic efforts to resolve the war.

World
President Trump’s ceasefire in Gaza was supposed to ease Israel’s blockade, but restrictions on aid remain tight six months later.

World
Hungarian voters turned out in record numbers, ousting Viktor Orbán, the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Orbán, a close ally of President Trump conceded quickly, ending 16 years in power.

Africa
The team was returning from a fixture when they were attacked, officials say.

Africa
UK government officials say they are not entirely abandoning the agreement but have run out of time.

Africa
Judges handed down sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment following mass trials.

Africa
The once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees have been at loggerheads for the last eight years.
Business

Business
The best road trips are the ones where everyone arrives safe.
Business

Business
Leaning into market fears that a ceasefire between the United States and Iran might be short-lived, a Sunday order by US President Donald Trump has sent oil prices over $100 a barrel once again.

Politics
The tour is expected to focus on jobs, service delivery and community safety.

Politics
The court has heard testimony from several State witnesses in the Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla trial

Politics
In 1966, the UN General Assembly declared apartheid a crime against humanity

Politics
Geordin Hill-Lewis has been elected as the new DA Federal leader.

Sport
UP-Tuks are set to lock horns with their fiercest foe of the season in a shape of NWU Eagles at the Tuks Stadium on Monday, 13 April.

Sport
In his search for upcoming talent, Cheetahs head coach Frans Steyn has added the Varsity Cup as an option to try to build his side.

Sport
Rory McIlroy reveals what fellow back-to-back Masters champion Sir Nick Faldo shared with him as the pair met following McIlroy’s Green Jacket presentation at Augusta National.

Sport
In a thrilling conclusion to the Masters on Sunday, Rory McIlroy walked away with not only the green jacket, but a massive pay cheque.
Education
Recruitment sessions have taken place at hundreds of universities and colleges across the country.
Education
At the School of American Ballet’s new health and wellness center, bodies and minds share equal billing and everyone gets the help they need.
Education
A fledgling Democratic group and the far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes seek to make gains on college campuses that have recently been dominated by Turning Point USA.
Education
[Nyasa Times] Eight inmates from various prison formations across Malawi have achieved a rare academic milestone after being selected to join different public universities following the release of the 2026 university selection results last week.

Lifestyle
Unlike his predecessor John Steehuisen, new Democratic federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has an impressive set of tertiary qualifications.

Lifestyle
US pop superstar Britney Spears has checked herself into rehab following her arrest last month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Elon Musk has been accused of spreading lies about a white cross memorial, he claims represents murdered white South African farmers.

Entertainment
Pricing of the “safety improved” Grand i10 will be announced in due course.

Entertainment
Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana appoints former Gucci boss Stefano Cantino as co-chief executive, part of a management shake-up as it seeks to refinance its debt.

Entertainment
The department framed the backlog not purely as a failure, but as a byproduct of a system that is, in some respects, working better than before.
Entertainment

Science/Tech
SportyTV said on Monday that it has acquired pay rights to broadcast all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Science/Tech
AgileSP operates multiple points of presence inside Teraco’s data centres – JB1, JB3, DB1, CT1 and CT2.

Science/Tech
PhenMap tool could spare thousands of patients from treatment that would be ineffective for them
A new AI-driven way of identifying how patients with advanced bowel cancer will respond to a drug that was recently introduced by the NHS has been announced.
Researchers at London’s Institute of Cancer Research and the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin have developed the...

Science/Tech
Direct-to-device technology threatens to pit satellite and mobile operators against each other in the years ahead.
Motoring
Motoring

Motoring
Renault has officially launched the third-generation Triber panel van in South Africa.

Motoring
The latest data from the Central Energy Fund shows that South Africa is facing another massive petrol and diesel price hike in May.
Health
A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Health
The support group was set up by a woman who challenged herself to try 50 new things before turning 50.

Health
A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.

Health
Former followers say the organisation is still putting lives at risk, despite a policy update.