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Roedean School board chairperson Dale Quaker has resigned with immediate effect.
OPINION | Is AI a tool for growth or a threat to humanity?
For six millennia, humanity has evolved slowly, painfully, and beautifully. We learned to cultivate land, build cities, create laws, compose music, write poetry, and ask questions about the meaning of existence.
South African tech giant coming after Eskom
Blu Label’s energy subsidiary has obtained a licence that will allow it to buy and sell electricity in South Africa.
OPINION | Address the root causes of instability in our ‘warzone’
For the poor, the marginalised and specifically for women, the “improvement” is a cold comfort that fails to reflect their lived experience on the ground.
Is facing a Champions League play-off really that bad?
The Champions League returns this week and some of Europe’s biggest teams will be back in action a lot earlier than they would have hoped.
LETTERS | Ex-players unfairly target Chiefs coaches
There’s a deliberate effort to disrespect Kaizer Chiefs’ coaches by certain former players and coaches.
Donald Trump’s man on the ground is here
US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between the two states.
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Idayimani redefines the meaning of luxury African fashion
Selebi focused on building a strong foundation rather than chasing quick success
Pupil dies at school ground during a soccer game
A 10-year-old pupil died at school when a goals post fell on him while playing during break
Donald Trump’s ambassador arrives in South Africa
US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between the two states.
LETTERS | Army’s intervention in crime welcome
The president ‘s announcement of the deployment of the army to crime hotspots in the Western Cape and Gauteng is like a breath of fresh air.
‘We really messed up’ – does European football need more balance?
One set of clubs dominate the Champions League, another win their domestic title every year but cannot compete – does European football have a problem?
Unfinished old age home built with lottery millions is being looted
Community plans to rescue it, as National Lotteries Commission says it can’t pay for security.
Moyo on path to boxing success
Trainer’s charges will be in non-title fights
South Africa’s army is at breaking point, and water-shedding quietly begins in Gauteng
These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 17 February 2026.
Boy becomes first in UK to have surgery to make him taller
Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates matric pass rate while 80% of grade 4 learners can’t read for meaning
President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed South Africa’s record 88% matric pass rate in 2025. While this is impressive, it masks declining education quality and a workforce ill-equipped for a modern economy.
Milford keep top spot as Leopards face possible relegation
League leaders pull three points clear of Kruger while Kopo bemoans Tuks’ inconsistency
Leo Brent Bozell III lands in South Africa: Will US ambassador receive a warm welcome?
Bozell, US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to SA, still has to present to his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa.