Nedbank will have to work very hard to sell this year’s Cup final given that both Durban City and TS Galaxy don’t have huge fan base.

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The Mail & Guardian Digital Edition – 10 April 2026

Orlando Pirates fans are expected to dominate the stands at uMhlathuze Stadium on Friday night as they hunt for three points.

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Friday, 10 April 2026.

In 1977, three entrepreneurs started a business with just R10,000 in pocket money. Decades later, they would find themselves creating South Africa’s most valuable banking group.

Following a rise in ICE detention deaths, Mexico’s president vows action. These events mirror South Africa’s history of institutional neglect.

Ian Roscoe has been fined R1.5 million and debarred for 20 years due to his links to the BHI Trust, a Ponzi scheme run by Craig Warriner.

Peter Shalulile has scored 107 goals for Sundowns since his arrival in 2020 but this beautiful chapter appears to be nearing its end.

The EFF leader said the ANC should know that it would never win the elections outright in the foreseeable future

Economist Dawie Roodt argues that all governments fear capital markets, as investors can quickly drive up borrowing costs and push a state into a debt crisis to force a change in policy.

For many African public intellectuals such as Steve Biko, Leopold Senghor, Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah, political independence represented more than the transfer of formal authority from colonial administrations to newly sovereign states

The University of Fort Hare faces a governance crisis after vice-chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu was placed on precautionary suspension. Councillors warn of contested authority, procedural strain and risks to institutional integrity in the Eastern Cape university

New immigration reforms are set to make it easier for skilled professionals and their spouses to live and work in South Africa.

It is also clear to many people, following revelations at the Madlanga Commission and corruption scandals in the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, that both the SAPS and SANDF are deeply compromised institutions in need of wholesale reform if South Africans’ trust in them is to be restored

The Chris Hani Commemoration that marks 33 years of honouring the legacy of a key anti-apartheid leader takes place on 10 April in Mpumalanga.

Coverage of Ukrainian children often fixes blame on Russia and leaves the conduct of the Ukrainian government in the background, even though the evidence of exploitation, forced separation, weak oversight and institutional damage inside Ukraine’s own system is extensive and public

Checkers has launched a new feature on its Sixty60 platform – an AI shopping assistant that will curate a personalised smart basket for customers.

Transnational commitments are celebrated, while attachment to the nation‑state is treated with suspicion

Steve Barker has collected his second successive Coach of the Month award in Tanzania following Simba’s impressive run in March.

Chelsea Flower Show 2026 will showcase Leon Kluge’s ‘Life after Fire’ garden, inspired by Cape wildfires and fynbos renewal.