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Meghan’s lifestyle brand and Netflix end partnership
The Duchess of Sussex will run As ever independently, after a partnership with Netflix helped to launch the brand last year.
FRIDAY, 06 MARCH 2026, 23:04

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The Duchess of Sussex will run As ever independently, after a partnership with Netflix helped to launch the brand last year.

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Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge.

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African Bank CEO Kennedy Bungane has stepped down as the bank’s chief executive with immediate effect.

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Bodycam footage from officers in the US state of Georgia shows multiple attempts to remove the fowl and clear traffic.

South Africa
Heavy rainfall is expected over the weekend and drivers are advised to exercise extreme caution.

South Africa
Some towns have seen dramatic improvements almost overnight.

South Africa
Soldiers will be deployed in GP, EC and the WC to help police fight gangsterism and illegal mining

South Africa
Cato Manor Violent Crime Unit been accused of killing members of the KwaMaphumulo Taxi Association,

World
The move followed Wednesday’s sinking of another Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine. Australia confirmed three Australians were on that submarine.

World
Some residents in the Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid ongoing air strikes by Israel.
World
Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.

World
Ten years after Colombia’s peace deal, former FARC commander on the election campaign trail is discovering that winning ballots can be tougher than waging war.

Africa
Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

Africa
Some opted to remain in Iran, even after their government offered to bring them home.

Africa
The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.

Africa
The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is postponed just 12 days before the finals were due to kick off in Morocco.

Business
The council earmarks £1m to pay for the vouchers as part of a new Crisis and Resilience Fund.
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Business
The South African Reserve Bank is now expected to keep interest rates on hold this month following Israel and America’s attacks on Iran.

Business
The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

Politics
Various MPs have been given prison sentences over the years.

Politics
Gen. Sangweni says President Ramaphosa can lawfully use legislation to deploy SANDF when needed.

Politics
This is according to former Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Anton Ackermann

Politics
Carrim’s lawyer says he received death threats before testifying at the Madlanga Commission Monday.

Sport
“It’s a Grand Slam or disappointment” for France, writes Tom English as fellow risk takers Scotland bid to keep their own title hopes alive at Murrayfield.

Sport
World Cup co-hosts Mexico plan to deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel to protect fans at this summer’s tournament, amid ongoing cartel violence in the country.

Sport
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo will travel to Spain for treatment on a hamstring injury that is “more serious” than first thought.

Sport
Alycia Baumgardner will defend her world titles against Bo Mi Re Shin on 17 April as part MVPW, a newly launched women’s boxing league from Most Valuable Promotions (MVP).
Education
[Nile Post] Vice President Jessica Alupo has urged universities to integrate the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) into their academic programmes in order to produce graduates equipped with critical thinking and problem-solving skills needed in today’s competitive job market.
Education
[Daily Maverick] Parliamentary suspicion and underlying Afrophobia are putting South Africa’s universities at risk, discouraging international academics and students. This threatens the country’s higher education goals, undermines diversity, and narrows the intellectual horizons of future graduates.
Education
A new report looks at course “shutouts,” which can add to the time and cost of getting a degree.
Education
[SAnews.gov.za] More than 55 000 student queries have been resolved since the establishment of a student and stakeholder Helpdesk by Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, in August 2024.

Lifestyle
Elon Musk has clapped back at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dismissal of ‘white genocide’ and comments calling President Trump ‘uninformed’…

Lifestyle
Demand for weight-loss drugs is surging in SA, with Mounjaro set to exceed R1.3bn in sales as Aspen eyes expansion into Africa.

Lifestyle
The Department of Home Affairs has given the cold shoulder to public scrutiny about a Nigerian family that was deported from Ireland to SA.
Lifestyle
Parliament is debating how vapes and smokeless products should be regulated under South Africa’s proposed new tobacco control law.

Entertainment
‘We have a well-established history of a minister who defies accountability.’

Entertainment
R111 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results for 6 March 2026.

Entertainment
Known as the “Blue Machines”, off-duty officers chased and apprehended a suspect, saving a mother and baby.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Friday, 6 March 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Science/Tech
Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

Science/Tech
Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.
Science/Tech
darwinmac writes: Mozilla is working on a huge redesign for its Firefox browser, codenamed “Nova,” which will bring pastel gradients, a refreshed new tab page, floating “island” UI elements, and more. “From the mockups, it appears Mozilla took some inspiration from Googles Material You (or at least, the dynamic color extraction part of it) because the browser color accent appears influenced by...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg, written by Katrina Manson: The U.S. strikes on Iran ordered by President Donald Trump mark the arrival on a large scale of a new era of warfare assisted by artificial intelligence. Captain Timothy Hawkins, a Central Command spokesperson, told me last night that the AI tools the U.S. military is using in Iran operations don’t make targeting...
Motoring

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
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Health
It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic.
Health
She developed Europe’s biggest emporium of erotic goods and opened a three-story sex museum in Germany.

Health
A health campaigner says women’s relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.

Health
England’s top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.