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Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81
A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election
SATURDAY, 21 MARCH 2026, 20:38

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A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election
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Danny Welbeck scores two goals against Liverpool on Saturday to take his tally for the season to 12 – one day after he was left out of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.
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South Africa
The forfeited assets include high value properties.

South Africa
Residents may experience heavy downpours, frequent lightning and strong winds

South Africa
The R81 road outside Polokwane has been temporarily closed for traffic after an accident.

South Africa
CONTRALESA says Human Rights Day celebration must not be used by politicians to make empty promises

World
In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.

World
The Department of Defense had required reporters to agree to certain rules on what information they could gather in order to maintain access to the Pentagon.

World
More than 230 people have been rescued so far, the authorities said on Friday.
World
The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They’re all older white men. A new law now phases them out, for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.

Africa
Saadia Mosbah campaigned for migrants, particularly after President Kais Saied said they posed a demographic threat to the country.

Africa
Caf executive committee member Augustin Senghor says the decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Afcon title is “unacceptable, abject and we have to denounce it”.

Africa
Aid groups and MPs have raised concerns over the move to prioritise defence spending over aid.

Africa
The deal came as part of the president’s state visit to the UK – the first by a west African leader in 37 years.

Business
The building that housed the former “Staatsmuseum” (State Museum) stands empty in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria.

Business
A decade of subdued growth, infrastructure deterioration, and chronically high unemployment has trapped the province in a cycle of underperformance.

Business
The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets.

Business
Mary Vilakazi, who financed her education through scholarships and a bursary, rose from a township to lead one of Africa’s largest financial institutions by market cap—FirstRand Group.

Politics
The party held a Sharpeville massacre commemoration event at the Dlomo Dam.

Politics
The DA is concerned about the water crisis facing residents of Makana Municipality.

Politics
The ANC led the People’s March in what it calls Defence of Sovereignty of South Africa.

Politics
Malema was delivering a keynote address at the party’s Voter Registration Campaign at Ghandi Square

Sport
Bunny Shaw scores a record-breaking hat-trick inside 21 minutes as Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-2.

Sport
Isobel Goodwin scores a late equaliser for London City Lionesses and ends Chelsea’s five-game winning run.

Sport
Arne Slot needs answers quickly or Liverpool’s unwanted records may no longer be his only worry.

Sport
Kelepi Tanginoa scores four tries as Warrington Wolves move second in Super League with a big win over Castleford Tigers.

Education
Those planning for uni in England and Wales this autumn can apply for student loans from Monday. Here are the options for families worried about debt
Our child is heading to university soon – should we try to pay their tuition fees upfront so they are not saddled with a debt for decades?
Our child is a recent graduate and their student loan debt is ballooning – should we help pay off some or...
Education
Agronomists at Washington State University are unveiling a new apple, the Sunflare, which they say tastes as good as their Cosmic Crisp but can withstand unpredictable weather.
Education
As they sought to respond to charges of antisemitism and harassment on campus, administrators and trustees made promises. Many have been kept, but not all.

Education
How infections linked to a nightclub escalated into a public health incident requiring a national response is a puzzle experts are still grappling with
Tyra Skinner had already been violently sick three times when doctors at Kent’s William Harvey hospital realised something was badly wrong. The 20-year-old was rushed into critical care, racked with a pounding headache, a stiff neck and...

Lifestyle
Footage of Justin Timberlake’s field sobriety test and subsequent arrest for driving while intoxicated comes out almost two years after the 2024 incident.

Lifestyle
Nigerian pastor John Anosike claims he has already paid a 15% deposit on the Good Hope Centre after his R135 million bid last month.

Lifestyle
Certified foodie Nick Hamman lands a scrumptious book deal with an esteemed publishing company, scheduled to hit the shelves in late 2026.

Lifestyle
US singer Doja Cat – the daughter of actor Dumisani Dlamini – was moved to tears by the crowd in her first-ever South African concert.

Entertainment
A total of R550 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 21 March 2026.

Entertainment
A total of R74 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 21 March 2026.

Entertainment
Duba and Vilakazi hit the net in a 2-0 win.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Saturday 21 March 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.
Science/Tech
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: According to the research firm Gartner, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would prefer to do business with brands that avoid using GenAI in consumer facing content such as advertising and promotional messaging.The survey of 1,539 Americans, conducted in October 2025, also found growing skepticism about the reliability of online information, with 61% saying they...
Science/Tech
A free built-in VPN is coming to Firefox on Tuesday, Mozilla announced this week:Free VPNs can sometimes mean sketchy arrangements that end up compromising your privacy, but ours is built from our data principles and commitment to be the world’s most trusted browser. It routes your browser traffic through a proxy to hide your IP address and location while you browse, giving you stronger privacy...
Science/Tech
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a virtual pasteboard.
Science/Tech
“The systemd project merged a pull request adding a new birthDate field to the JSON user records managed by userdb in response to the age verification laws of California, Colorado, and Brazil,” reports the blog It’s FOSS. They note that the field “can only be set by administrators, not by users themselves” — it’s the same record that already holds metadata like realName, emailAddress, and...

Motoring
The local e-hailing service Wanatu wants to expand its target customer base to include more non-Afrikaans speakers.

Motoring
Claiming from your insurer may become an arduous process, but it doesn’t have to be.

Motoring
The cars South Africans buy and the cars South Africans want make for two very different lists.

Motoring
Sedans are not as popular in South Africa as they once were, except in one segment.
Health
His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.

Health
BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B

Health
The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

Health
UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.