THURSDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2026, 14:19
You hear those opening words, “My fellow South Africans,” and you know you’re settling in for the long haul. While the president maps out 2026, we’ve mapped out some kitchen strategy with five dishes that’ll keep you fed, focused, and slightly less likely to throw things at the TV.
Across SA, communities are grappling with a collapse in basic services. In parts of Johannesburg, taps have run dry for more than 20 days, while the CBD has been without electricity for a week, with promises of reconnection tomorrow.
Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Sibongiseni “Ox” Mthethwa acknowledges that it won’t be easy to return to the starting XI when he recovers from the injury he sustained late last year.
The acting head of investigations at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has told the Madlanga commission that the Ekurhuleni metro police officers followed and threatened their investigating officers.
WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a “state-owned surveillance app”.
The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) reported 1,750 complaints against property practitioners in the past financial year, highlighting a rise in bogus unregistered agents. These scams often involve advertising properties without owner consent and collecting payments from multiple buyers for the same property. While PPRA handles complaints involving actual properties and...
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The BBC’s political editor analyses the vetting rows facing the PM over Lord Doyle and Lord Mandelson.
Over a year after the Minister of Tourism said she would regulate short-term rentals in Cape Town to remedy the housing crisis, she now says she is not empowered to do so.
A woman, who has been posing as a conveyancer, is being investigated for allegedly defrauding multiple people who believed they were legitimately buying property through her.
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Israel will join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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A gunman who laid siege to the school shot the principal and another female student who is out of danger.
The inquiry is likely to address whether any officers who worked on the case should be disciplined.
Discarded nitrous oxide canisters are exploding in waste incinerators causing staff safety concerns.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sir Jim Ratcliffe dominate Thursday’s front pages.
Nottingham Forest sack Sean Dyche as head coach after less than four months in charge and are looking for their fourth boss of the season.
After a cardiac arrest Patrick Charnley was clinically dead. He came back to life a changed man.
The national police chief has branded the case an “unprecedented crime” unlike any other seen before in the country.