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Jewish attack victim ‘no longer feels safe in UK’
Yoni Finlay, who was injured in the synagogue attack, could have been caught up in an earlier plot.
SATURDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2026, 07:01

Top Stories
Yoni Finlay, who was injured in the synagogue attack, could have been caught up in an earlier plot.

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The sheriff’s department says it is working to identify who the DNA belongs to, but would not disclose where it was found.

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Participants in the NHS ‘Triceps’ trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.

Top Stories
A number of front pages carry a photo of skeleton racer Matt Weston, who took home Team GB’s first 2026 Winter Olympics medal on Friday night.

South Africa
The soldiers will support police in fighting crime including gang violence and illegal mining.

South Africa
Three logistics companies have reached a deal to halt their court order against truck drivers

South Africa
A suspect has been arrested and being investigated for the death of Eric Marumo Phenya

South Africa
WaterCAN is sceptical of Cyril Ramaphosa’s new water crisis committee.

World
Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh’s next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.

World
Bouquets of cash have been blooming in popularity in Kenya but recent warnings may slow the trend.

World
Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

World
Paris prosecutors will investigate whether five firms are culpable for distributing batches that may have contained a toxin.

Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Africa
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Africa
Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Africa
Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

Business
For decades, petrol stations in South Africa were built around a single core offering, but this is rapidly changing.

Business
The restaurant industry says it is facing a double whammy – rising costs and customers with less money.

Business
Chief executive Thomas Woldbye says Europeans and Brits keep “crashing into each other” because they walk on different sides.

Business
A Super Bowl advert had sparked new scrutiny of the smart doorbell company’s privacy practices.

Politics
Niehaus cited the ANC’s step aside rule against Gigaba for wanting him to recuse himself.

Politics
The Ad Hoc Committee heard conflicting reports on Lazarus Mokgosi’s Naledi appointment.

Politics
The families of the victims are seeking constitutional damages for the delays.

Politics
Mbeki seeks an order that President Cyril Ramaphosa terminate Justice Sisi Khampepe’s appointment

Sport
USA’s Ilia Malinin, the red-hot favourite for men’s figure skating gold at Milan-Cortina 2026, falls twice as he misses out on a podium finish to give Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan the gold medal.

Sport
Akshay Bhatia shoots an eight-under-par 64 to share the second-round lead with Ryo Hisatsune at 15 under at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Sport
Arrests have been made following incidents of alleged discriminatory chanting during the FA Cup fourth round match between Hull City and Chelsea.

Sport
21-year old Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan takes home the men’s figure skating gold medal in the biggest shock of the 2026 Winter Olympics so far, as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin of USA ends up finishing in eighth place after twice falling in his free skate routine.
Education
A federal prosecutor said last month that ICE had made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
Education
A judge declared a mistrial after a jury could not reach a verdict in a case in which five current and former students were charged with felonies.
Education
More than 40 people have fallen ill at Ave Maria University, raising fears that college campuses may soon experience more measles outbreaks.
Education
The violence on Thursday night took place in a residence hall near the site of two other shootings in October.

Lifestyle
Valentine’s Day is not only about red roses and chocolate, but about the connection between lovers, the devotion to stay the course, and the youthful spirit for some fun along the way.

Lifestyle
Springbok Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has revealed what an ideal Valentine’s Day gift would be for a man – do you agree?

Lifestyle
Grass isn’t greener? A bombshell report revealed the struggles of some Afrikaner refugees who left South Africa for the US…

Lifestyle
It’s a mix of good and bad news as Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation department released the latest dam level figures.

Entertainment
Rosslyn factory has been in operation for six decades and is set up to produce bakkies.

Entertainment
From deploying the SANDF to gang-ridden areas to allocating funding for the water crisis, here are some of the key points from Ramaphosa’s Sona.

Entertainment
The SA bowlers were especially good in the wet conditions in Benoni, though they bowled 12 wides which could have been very costly.

Entertainment
The Spanish man admitted he knew possessing and transporting the animals was illegal.

Science/Tech
New York, USA (PinionNewswire) — In an era defined by geopolitical fragmentation and the rapid re-pricing of risk assets, the traditional boundaries of emerging market investing are being dismantled. Roland Fairmont, Chairman of Ofek Kesef Asset Management and a veteran strategist in global capital markets, argues that the financial world is witnessing a profound paradigm […]

Science/Tech
New York, USA – As the architecture of global finance enters a period of profound recalibration, few observers have articulated the scale of the shift as precisely as Vianne Mercer, a cross-border investment specialist and CFA charterholder at Ofek Kesef Asset Management. In a landscape increasingly defined by monetary policy divergence, geopolitical fragmentation, and accelerating […]

Science/Tech
New York, USA – Private capital has quietly crossed a threshold. Over the past eighteen months, global allocations to private equity, private credit, and real assets have surged past record levels, even as public market volatility and monetary tightening have forced a wholesale reassessment of risk across every traditional asset class. Thessaly Wright contends that […]
Science/Tech
Anna’s Archive, the shadow library that announced last December it had scraped Spotify’s entire catalog, has quietly begun distributing the actual music files despite a federal preliminary injunction signed by Judge Jed Rakoff on January 16 that explicitly barred the site from hosting or distributing the copyrighted works. The site’s backend torrent index now lists 47 new torrents added on...
Motoring

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

Health
A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.
Health
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.
Health
Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice, but lack the resources to move away from it.
Health
The program was meant to help hospitals provide for poor patients by offering drug savings. But critics say a Texas company has turned it into a big business, driving up costs for patients and insurers.