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WEATHER: Strong winds, hail and lightning expected in SA
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Tuessday, 23 January 2026.
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Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Tuessday, 23 January 2026.
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Most of the 17 South Africans who were trapped on the front line in Ukraine are out of the war zone. They were allegedly recruited by the MK party.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the U.S. embassy in Beirut, a senior State Department official said on Monday, amid growing concerns about the risk of a military conflict with Iran.

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Valdo Calocane’s phone was analysed after the Nottingham attacks in June 2023.
South Africa
Schreiber today briefed the media on the probe into claims of maladministration at Home Affairs.
South Africa
The second accused in Marikana mass shooting appeared in court on Monday.

South Africa
Premier Panyaza Lesufi is expected to highlight plans to tackle illegal dumping.

South Africa
Latakgomo passed away on Sunday and had a media career that spanned more than five decades.

World
Police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who served as British ambassador to the U.S., as part of an investigation into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
World
The Mexican army announced that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various parts of the country.

World
The event occurs only in February, when the setting sun hits Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park at just the right angle.

World
As Italy cracks down on migration, Milan takes a different path — offering shelter and integration to asylum seekers even as the central government tightens borders and funds deterrence abroad.

Africa
A Chadian government spokesperson says the decision is aimed at protecting citizens.

Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe and one other man have not commented on the charges after a 23-year-old was shot.

Africa
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Africa
A court upholds a challenge about the lawfulness of the orders to remove four men who travelled to the territory.

Business
The judge said the actions were a “more or less complete undermining” of rules designed to ensure passenger flights are safe.

Business
Skukuza Airport in Kruger National Park has been named the most beautiful airport in the world by Forbes.

Business
Mr Price has received regulatory approvals to acquire NKD amidst large pushback from investors.

Business
The rand is “treading water” around R16 to the dollar at the moment, as global uncertainty has markets in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode, and tensions in the Middle East push traders into gold.

Politics
The application also aims to reverse the decision to fund her legal costs in the Nkabinde Inquiry.

Politics
Lesufi has acknowledged that some areas in the province continue to face a water crisis.

Politics
General Sibiya has been grilled about his relationship with Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.

Politics
The president is expected to respond to the MPs’ questions regarding oversight and reporting on a task team on political killings before conclusion of the committee’s inquiry in March

Sport
Defending Welsh Open champion Mark Selby has been knocked out in the first round by China’s Jiang Jun, losing 4-3.

Sport
Orlando Pirates legend Innocent Chikoya believes Tito Maswanganyi can bounce back and perform against Kaizer Chiefs.

Sport
Team GB’s athletes have arrived home from the Winter Olympics after their most successful Games ever. They won five medals, including three golds, to finish 15th in the medal table.

Sport
Watch as West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer hits an 85 after Zimbabwe’s Tashinga Musekiwa dropped him twice.
Education
[Premium Times] In addition to his research and teaching, Jeyifo was highly involved in academic unionism and diverse publishing activities.

Education
Amid relief that changes will avoid significant disruption for families, there are fears some children will not benefit
Parents of children with special needs say they are relieved that the government’s long-awaited overhaul will avoid significant disruption for their families – but told the Guardian they fear getting help will remain a struggle.
Becky, whose son Kyllian has a number of...

Education
Building up support and expertise in mainstream schools will take time and ministerial focus
With its education white paper, the key section of which concerns support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), the government is returning to a more holistic view of schools. High standards and inclusion should be “two sides of the same coin”, the document states. The...
Education
[Nyasa Times] Students at Mzuzu University have complained about facing a severe crisis, with over 40 academically eligible students barred from sitting for their end-of-semester examinations due to outstanding tuition fees.

Lifestyle
The son of movie director Rob Reiner pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court.

Lifestyle
A custom Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted in South Africa – who is behind the multi-million rand purchase?

Lifestyle
Disgraced Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday, will he be removed from the line of succession or left eighth in line to take the throne?

Lifestyle
A key route in Cape Town is set to return to service, marking another step towards devolution of the rail system for the City to run.

Entertainment
Fans are buzzing over whether Springboks skipper Siya Kolisi overcame more than just his fear of heights on top of New York’s Empire State Building with Rachel John.

Entertainment
A total of R500 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 23 February 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Monday, 23 February 2026, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech
New York, USA — Recent data published across major financial portals, including Reuters Markets and Yahoo Finance, indicates a profound shift in global liquidity, driven by fluctuating inflation metrics and recalibrated central bank rate expectations. As emerging markets brace for the subsequent wave of capital reallocation, institutional frameworks are becoming the ultimate differentiator...
Science/Tech
Despite AI’s progress in building complex software, the ubiquitous PDF remains something of a grand challenge — a format Adobe developed in the early 1990s to preserve the precise visual appearance of documents. PDFs consist of character codes, coordinates, and rendering instructions rather than logically ordered text, and even state-of-the-art models asked to extract information from them will...
Science/Tech
U.S. artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies set up more than 24,000 fraudulent accounts with its Claude AI model to help their own systems catch up. From a report: The three companies — DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax — prompted Claude more than 16 million times, siphoning information from Anthropic’s system to train and improve their own products, Anthropic...

Science/Tech
The executive shake-up has sparked online debate about new boss Asha Sharma’s gaming credentials.

Motoring
Toyota plans to release at least 8 new cars in South Africa, ranging from a GR supercar to a “baby Prado” Adventure SUV.
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Motoring
The South African National Taxi Council plans to overhaul the industry with a new payment system and regular compliance checks on drivers and vehicles.
Health
Ms. Stavenhagen started a group intended to counter the notion that A.L.S. was an “older white man’s disease.”
Health
Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.
Health
Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes.

Health
Josephina Finch says the surgery left her with a “gaping wound”.