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Scotland rugby great Hastings dies at 61
One of Scotland’s best and most loved rugby union players, Scott Hastings, has died at 61.
SUNDAY, 17 MAY 2026, 18:36

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One of Scotland’s best and most loved rugby union players, Scott Hastings, has died at 61.

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Darren Cann, former assistant referee and BBC Sport’s laws analyst, gives his thoughts on Manchester United’s second goal against Nottingham Forest.

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Growing crisis linked to water and electricity provision at schools, says MEC Maile

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The country is investigating the source of the strike, which it says came from its western border.

South Africa
IDAC says reports of a warrant against Mkhwanazi are false.

South Africa
Police have launched a manhaunt after three people were shot dead at Franschhoek.

South Africa
SAMA chairperson Mvuyisi Mzukwa says the country is not yet ready for the NHI

South Africa
It had been closed after the collapse of the road due to the recent heavy storms in the W Cape.

World
One of Ukraine’s largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday.

World
The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
World
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria’s Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.

World
In Ukraine, local officials report eight injured in overnight Russian drone strikes and shelling.

Africa
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have devastated Mussa town in Borno state.

Africa
Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

Africa
The Trump administration waives a $15,000 visa bond for fans from five countries who have World Cup tickets, but African fans still face challenges.

Africa
At the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Makhtar Diop calls for bold investment, private sector leadership and structural reforms

Business
BusinessTech looked at an example of the cars and houses an Eskom employee can afford based the utility’s latest remuneration data.

Business
Cape Town was ranked fifth in the world in Time Out’s 2026 Top 20 best cities for art and culture, noted for its layered and evolving cultural scene.

Business
There are green shoots emerging in South Africa’s richest city despite property data showing signs of negative sales and years of decay.

Business
South African employers are being warned to prepare for increased scrutiny as authorities intensify inspections of businesses employing foreign nationals.

Politics
His life was a testament to a generation of cadres who sacrificed greatly freedom

Politics
The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

Politics
The DA has requested the President to authorise an SIU investigation immediately.

Politics
The IFP has introduced Mabaso as its mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg.

Sport
Mamelodi Sundowns have edged closer to their second CAF Champions League title after a 1-0 win over AS FAR in tis season’s first leg final.

Sport
Ireland score seven first-half tries in a dominate 54-5 win against Scotland in their final game of the 2026 Women’s Six Nations.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs have had a good season having secured third place in the league. Can they go on and challenge for top honours next season?

Sport
BBC Sport pundits Dion Dublin, Steph Houghton and Paul Robinson discuss what makes Xabi Alonso a “good fit” for Chelsea, after the Spaniard was announced as the Premier League club’s new manager on a four-year deal.

Education
Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty add to internal opposition to seeking deal with Saudi defence ministry
The families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadh’s defence ministry.
The Guardian revealed last week that Cambridge’s Judge business school has been...
Education
Is the post-college job market as bad as it seems?
Education
Lessons from the first graduating A.I. class.

Education
Businesses are advised against paying – but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy
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After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure – which operates the...

Lifestyle
Zakes Bantwini launches his foundation at The Saxon Hotel to empower youth, women, and creatives through opportunity and mentorship

Lifestyle
Television personality Vuyokazi Nciweni and Amapiano star Young Stunna showed off their ridiculously stylish homes on social media.

Lifestyle
Janet Jackson makes 60 look effortlessly beautiful and young.

Lifestyle
Helen Zille has compared Orlando Pirates’s pursuit of a PSL title win to her bid to govern Johannesburg as the next mayor…

Entertainment
Aubrey Modiba’s brilliant free kick gave Sundowns a 1-0 advantage over Morocco’s AS FAR after the first leg of the…

Entertainment
No arrests have been made.

Entertainment
On Sunday, the KZN Transport and Human Settlements announced the arrest of around 80 motorists for drunk driving from Friday.

Entertainment
The company allegedly claimed benefits for more than 700 ghost employees.
Science/Tech
Long-time Slashdot reader internet-redstar shares an interestging response to “the recent wave of Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities like ‘Copy Fail’ and ‘Dirty Frag'”:Belgian Linux sysadmin and Tesla Hacker “Jasper Nuyens” got tired of the idea of manually blacklisting dozens or even hundreds of obscure kernel modules across large fleets of Linux systems in the near future.So he...
Science/Tech
Are statistical programmers coalescing around a handful of popular languages? That’s the question asked by the CEO of software assessment site TIOBE, which every month estimates the popularity of programming languages based on their frequency in search results:This month, the programming language R matched its all-time high by reaching position #8 in the TIOBE index once again. This is not a...

Science/Tech
It is hardly a surprise that outbreaks can occur and experts say many of the factors involved are not easy to change
It was a voyage that promised such stuff as dreams are made of, yet within weeks the Atlantic expedition of the MV Hondius had become a nightmare, with three passengers dead from hantavirus and more showing symptoms.
Meanwhile, an outbreak of norovirus is under investigation on...
Science/Tech
xAI has launched Grok Build, “a coding agent of its own to serve as competitor to its rivals’ products, such as Anthropic’s Claude Code,” reports Engadget:As Bloomberg notes, xAI has been trying to catch up to its rival companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Elon Musk, the company’s founder and CEO, previously admitted that it has fallen behind its competitors when it comes to coding. A couple of...

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

Motoring
South Africa’s fuel refinery capacity has collapsed since the start of the decade, making the country more susceptible to global oil shocks.

Motoring
Jetour’s newest SUV is among the top 10 best-selling passenger cars in South Africa, less than a year after its launch.

Motoring
Digital marketing holds unique power to grow your business and reach new customers.
Health
Straus Family Creamery asked customers to throw out some tubs sold in May across 17 states. No injuries have been reported, the company said.

Health
A patient praises a new test for womb cancer being trialled at hospitals in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Health
Women diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder discuss how it impacts their lives.

Health
Health correspondent James Gallagher absorbs more than the recommended daily limit in just one meal to find out how salt affects our bodies.