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Amakhosi face daunting task to defend Nedbank Cup

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SA paused last month to take stock of its future as the National Senior Certificate results were released. Across the country, families celebrated hard-won passes, distinctions were circulated on social media, and schools proudly showcased their top achie

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The Emfuleni local municipality is known for spectacular failures stretching back more than a decade. By 2016, the rot had come to a head after years of noncompliance with financial legislation and administrative leadership. This led to the institution’s

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The Benoni train station, once a thriving transport hub in Ekurhuleni, has been abandoned for the past six years.

South Africa
Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was murdered in 2014.

South Africa
Four people, including three security guards and a student tenant, were injured in the incident.

South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the two day gathering which seeks to advance Innovation.

South Africa
Motorists are advised to avoid the area and find alternative routes

World
Residents suspect the demolitions are aimed at gentrifying the waterfront in Nigeria’s biggest city, but officials deny this.

World
Candidate Laura Fernández won a resounding victory, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation’s politics started by her predecessor.

World
President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner laid out a plan for a “New Gaza.” A close look suggests it makes room for fewer Palestinians and less housing.

World
Norway’s royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein.

Africa
Since 2016, those who can prove their ancestors came from Africa have been able to get Ghanaian nationality.

Africa
They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in northern Kaduna state.

Africa
South Africa’s sports minister Gayton McKenzie says “no formal decision” has been taken to relocate the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations away from Morocco.

Africa
Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.

Business
Codehesion is your best option if you need a new Android or iOS app for your business.

Business
It makes China the first country to outlaw designs first popularised by Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Business
Prized for its beauty, teak is in short supply, forcing the yacht industry to look for alternatives.

Business
Valdis Dombrovskis says the EU is willing to engage with Britain amid mounting global uncertainty.

Politics
“So, it means that most of criminals, they smile out of, you know, out of prison.”

Politics
The Ad Hoc Committee may call Cyril Ramaphosa over the disbanded Political Killings Task Team

Politics
Carrim was implicated in testimony relating to alleged cartel member, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.

Politics
Makgotloe says Witness B pressured him to alter the Swart forensic report during probe.

Sport
German striker Ryan Naderi joins Rangers from Hansa Rostock, becoming the Ibrox club’s fourth winter signing.

Sport
West Ham sign Chelsea defender Axel Disasi on loan until the end of the season.

Sport
After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

Sport
Marcus Rashford is eyeing a permanent Barcelona switch, Raheem Sterling rejects a Bundesliga move, Tottenham miss out on Maghnes Akliouche, plus more.

Education
Caroline Willgoose, whose 15-year-old son was killed by another pupil, says murder was ‘senseless and avoidable’
The family of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at school by another pupil has said her son’s murder was “senseless and avoidable” and that a report ordered by the school showed too many “red flags” were missed.
Harvey Willgoose died one year ago to the day, and his killer,...
Education
[Nyasa Times] This policy decision reveals far more about government unpreparedness than it does about innovation in education.
Education
[Nile Post] Maria Junior Buryanshungwe Primary School in Kitagwenda District has emerged as one of Uganda’s top five best-performing primary schools in the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
Education
[SNA] – The Prime Minister, Professor Kamil Idris, visited on Saturday afternoon the General Headquarters of Ansar Al-Sunnah Al-Muhammadiyah (Sunna Supporters) Group in Khartoum.

Lifestyle
Amor Vittone has praised her husband-to-be, businessman Marius van Biljon, who popped the question to her last week…
Lifestyle
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Lifestyle
EFF MP Carl Niehaus has shown his support to eNCA’s Heidi Giokos, whose interracial relationship was attacked by online trolls…

Entertainment
Police also arrested 14 589 suspects for various crimes.

Entertainment
The annual Braai Index said that South Africa’s favourite pastime is becoming more expensive. But, said Eskort chief executive Arnold…

Entertainment
Suspected cases in neighbouring countries have highlighted the rapid regional spread of the virus.

Entertainment
Lenasia South has been without electricity for more than 24 hours.
Science/Tech
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion — a markup from the $800 billion it commanded in a December secondary stock sale — and priced xAI at $250 billion based on a recent $20 billion funding...
Science/Tech
Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century’s worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drew on hair collected from Utah residents — some preserved in family...

Science/Tech
The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food.
Science/Tech
The self-driving car company, an arm of Google’s parent company, is rapidly expanding its service beyond a handful of cities.

Motoring
The South African car industry got off to a great start in January 2026.
Motoring

Motoring
The N1 between Bloemfontein and Pretoria is one of the busiest routes in South Africa.
Motoring
Health
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the involvement of religious organizations.
Health
Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave.
Health
Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.

Health
Members of the British Medical Association have backed more walkouts in the dispute over pay and jobs in England.