News24 | SA’s smallest surviving baby 23 years later: Doctors said he would not make it
He was so tiny that his father’s wedding ring could fit around his upper arm.
THURSDAY, 09 APRIL 2026, 14:54
He was so tiny that his father’s wedding ring could fit around his upper arm.

Tourist fined in Kruger National Park after exiting his vehicle at a lion sighting. A reminder of strict park safety rules.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its commercial ties with the world’s second-largest economy.
Having collected all 30 points since January after winning all 10 matches, Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso is not satisfied and wants more as they look to clinch their ninth consecutive league title.

Air strikes hit the Tyre and Nabatieh areas hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced.
South Africa’s rand soared, government bond yields tumbled and stocks jumped the most in six years as investors piled back into emerging-market assets that were worst-hit by the Middle East conflict.

An analysis of diesel prices in South Africa’s richest province over the last two weeks shows strange fluctuations which motorists should be aware of.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea over April 9-10, his ministry said on Wednesday, signalling efforts by the East Asian neighbours to revitalise ties that chilled after the COVID‑19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Pope Leo on Wednesday praised the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, hours after calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat against the population of Iran “unacceptable”.
The MK Party’s most recent secretary-general, Bongani Mncwango, has joined the IFP.

Our Ask Me Anything team explain why many La Liga sides will be playing their next matches wearing retro kits.

Steven Lyons was taken into custody in Indonesia last month after he was stopped at an airport.

Jasveen Sangha faces decades in jail when she’s sentenced on Wednesday over the Friends actor’s death.

Amid a public legal dispute, Joyous Celebration co-founder Lindelani Mkhize has apologised to the country and supporters of the gospel group, acknowledging their internal challenges should never have unfolded in the public eye.
South African mining shares rocketed on Wednesday morning after US president Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire.
Former Australian opener David Warner has been charged with drink-driving after he was pulled over in Sydney during the weekend.

Our ports of entry have for many years been sites of rampant illegal immigration by foreigners travelling from all corners of the world.
If indirect war deaths are included, the full number of children who died due to war-related reasons in Gaza is likely to be as high as 40,000 and this genocide is ongoing. In the recent conflicts in the Middle East, up to 1,500 children have been killed.
Deon Hotto put another solid shift in when Pirates thumped Mngqithi’s Arrows 5-0 on Tuesday

South Africa’s 2026 tax amendments will offer targeted relief for consumers, employers, and investors.