SUNDAY, 08 FEBRUARY 2026, 20:38
Top Stories
Daily Maverick has approached Parliament after former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane alleged that journalist Marianne Thamm attended a gathering at the home of controversial investigator Paul O’Sullivan, the purpose of which he implied was to plan a “smear campaign” against him.
Top Stories
Cut off by floodwaters and without access to a clinic, a Limpopo home-based carer was forced into an extraordinary role when a young woman went into labour during the January floods. In Mbaula village, amid destruction and isolation, an impromptu baby delivery became a symbol of hope and solidarity in a community left on the margins of healthcare.
Top Stories
Residents of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape brought road freight to a standstill to protest at the chronic shortage of water they face.
Top Stories
The first white lion birth at Timbavati in a decade may signal a ‘bumper year’ for safari lovers in the water-soaked Lowveld. Flood-hit Kruger, despite infrastructure damage and some closed camps, holds its own promise.
South Africa
Suspects are expected to appear in court while investigations into illegal firearms, continue.
South Africa
This follows an unannounced oversight visit by the committee to the station.
South Africa
Premier Ntuli attended a funeral at eMwacombe Sports Field in the Umfolozi Municipality .
South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver SONA on Thursday.
World
The guitarist, composer and band leader fused Ghanaian music and funk to create tracks sampled around the world.
World
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
World
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. is planning to do business with Russia just as President Trump is pushing the two countries to reach a peace deal.
World
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney garnered international acclaim for his admired Davos speech, but at home rising prices and a slim parliamentary majority are hurdles.
Africa
Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.
Africa
The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.
Africa
President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will be guests at Windsor Castle from 18 to 19 March.
Africa
Some Zambians outraged Ghanaians by describing the outfit worn by their president as a “blouse”.
Business
Best Before has launched nationwide courier delivery, expanding beyond its previously Gauteng-only online service.
Business
This is a comparison of South Africa’s military strength to that of other countries in 2026.
Business
The Events Permit Office of the City of Cape Town approved a total of 1,064 events from January 1 to December 31, 2025 — with 15 of these events generating over R2.5 billion.
Business
Friends of Di’s Kitchen provides hundreds of meals each week in Wolverhampton.
Politics
ANC members have visited late Bishop John Bolana of the Bantu Church of Christ’s home.
Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the State of the Nation Address on February 12
Politics
The party held its Extended Provincial Executive Committee lekgotla in Klerksdorp.
Politics
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has called on the ANC to unite ahead of elections.
Sport
Kaizer Chiefs legend Itumeleng Khune has revealed his favourite player in the current Amakhosi team, namedly Glody Lilepo.
Sport
Wigan Warriors and Wakefield Trinity both score more than 80 points as fellow Super League sides Bradford Bulls and Catalan Dragons also reach round four.
Sport
Kaizer Chiefs edged closer to the CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinals after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Al Masry in Polokwane.
Sport
Watch highlights of Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Women’s Super League.
Education
By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all
The personal finance expert Martin Lewis upbraided the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for freezing the threshold at which millions of graduates repay their loans, saying that this was treating student debts like tax. He was right, and Ms Reeves’s...
Education
Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime
Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life
As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms, in conversation and in alarming...
Education
He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South Pole in 1912.
Education
What if the valedictorians in our schools were the cool kids?
Lifestyle
The SABC has confirmed the broadcast of the Afrikaans news will return to its original timeslot due to a high public demand…
Lifestyle
What lies beyond SASSA Old-Age Grants in March 2026 is still up in the air, with annual increases expected to be approved in the coming days …
Lifestyle
Actress Charlize Theron recited Nelson Mandela’s words in a special appearance at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Lifestyle
EFF leader Julius Malema has urged South Africans to boycott the FIFA World Cup, citing safety concerns for sports fans…
Entertainment
The holiday starts when you decide not to fly
Entertainment
Jayden Adams’ goal earns Masandawana a draw.
Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.
Entertainment
Separate explosions in the Johannesburg CBD earlier this week have left several areas without electricity and no ETRs have been confirmed.
Science/Tech
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this article from the Associated Press:Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change. More than 50 large coal units — individual...
Science/Tech
“A spectacular trove of fossils in a discovered in a cave on New Zealand’s North Island has given scientists their first glimpse of ancient forest species that lived there more than a million years ago,” reports Popular Mechanics:The fossils represent 12 ancient bird species and four frog species, including several previously unknown bird species. Taken together, the fossils paint a picture of...
Science/Tech
After it was ordered to conduct proper public consultation on additional allowable revenue for Eskom, Nersa has landed on the same figure that the High Court previously dubbed a “thumb-suck.”
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg:An Asian cyber-espionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations in more than 37 countries, according to the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, Inc. The state-aligned attackers have infiltrated networks of 70 organizations, including five national law...
Motoring
Motoring
Big changes are on the cards for South Africa’s used car dealers.
Motoring
VW stated that it needs urgent government support if it is to have any hope of building a new bakkie in South Africa.
Motoring
Many South Africans remain sceptical of Chinese car brands, but this perception is changing rapidly.
Health
Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.
Health
Dr. Christopher M. Palmer said in an interview that the keto diet, while promising, did not “cure” schizophrenia as the health secretary had claimed.
Health
Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis.
Health
People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.