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Borthwick banks on bibs to beat Italy and ease brewing crisis
Steve Borthwick has abandoned his philosophy of continuity and cohesion in the hope that selection shock therapy will cure his England side’s malaise.
FRIDAY, 06 MARCH 2026, 18:18

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Steve Borthwick has abandoned his philosophy of continuity and cohesion in the hope that selection shock therapy will cure his England side’s malaise.

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Sundowns were recently reported to be keen on bringing this former PSL star back from Austria but that door is temporarily closed.

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Malcolm Offord has faced criticism after linking the incident in Edinburgh to an “insurge” of migration.
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When attorney Sarah-Jane Trent appeared in Parliament to testify before the ad hoc committee investigating allegations of infiltrated law enforcement, she cried, explaining her tears were a reaction to trauma. This, while her former boss, Paul O’Sullivan, left the hearing blowing kisses and theatrically bowing to MPs.
South Africa
President Ramaphosa declares Special Official Funeral Category 2 for Lekota
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that the late former Minister of Defence and leader of the Congress of the People (COPE), Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota, will be honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2 on Saturday, 14 March.
Lekota, who served the nation as a struggle activist, inaugural...

South Africa
COGTA says says there were eight people in the bakkie, two of whom were able to reach safety

South Africa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a central driver of today’s digital economy. Behind the impressive breakthroughs in generative AI, Natural Language Processing, and predictive analytics lies an even bigger story: the massive investments being made in AI infrastructure. Cloud hyperscalers, chipmakers, and global tech players are pouring billions into data centres, high-performance...

South Africa
Kenya’s Ministry of Health plans to integrate artificial intelligence into the country’s community health system to improve service delivery and help frontline health workers make faster, better-informed decisions. The ministry said it will collaborate with Barcelona-based Causal Foundry to deploy AI across three key areas: managing health data, guiding clinical decisions and enhancing...

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.
World
Israeli air strikes left behind massive destruction in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday morning, with the Israeli military saying it had destroyed Hezbollah targets.

World
It is the latest country to curb young people’s access to digital spaces to try and protect them from abuse.
World
US President Donald Trump encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch attacks against Iran as the Middle East conflict widened, with Azerbaijan warning it would retaliate for being targeted by Iranian missiles.

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.

Africa
Ethiopia unveils its first unmanned, ‘smart’ police station where citizens can report crimes on automated touch screens.

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.

Business
A drone attack on Azerbaijan has narrowed choices for airlines scrambling to respond to disruption in the Gulf.

Business
Johann Rupert-led Richemonth is selling its UK insurance business in a deal worth R65 billion, which should add to the group’s already massive pile of cash.

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.

Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa orders flags at half-mast nationwide until the burial of Mosioua Lekota.

Sport
All Stormers Rugby teams will going forward be aligned under a single brand, bringing clarity and consistency for all stakeholders.

Sport
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior says goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was “really disappointed” to be left out at Aston Villa.

Sport
Jesse Lingard joins Corinthians, but what can the former England and Manchester United midfielder expect in Brazil?

Sport
Iran will not take part in the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics, the IPC confirms, as the nation’s solitary athlete scheduled to compete “cannot travel safely to Italy”.
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.
Education
[Vanguard] The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, is one of the academic staff unions registered to operate in the Nigerian university system. In this interview by Adesina Wahab, the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, speaks on some recent developments in the sector and the effort by the Federal Government to make peace with all the unions.

Lifestyle
A proposed shark net near a new Club Med resort on the North Coast has sparked fierce debate over swimmer safety and threats to marine life.

Lifestyle
Read how an adventure to Everest Base Camp might be more attainable than you think, even for a solo woman traveller from South Africa.

Lifestyle
Meet Devandra Narismulu, the Executive Chef managing a high-volume kitchen while focusing on culinary mentorship and South African heritage.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Several players will hope to finish their second rounds early on Saturday.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region for 5 March 2026.

Entertainment
Durban Central Police Station in eThekwini recorded the highest number of sexual offence cases uncovered through police intervention.

Entertainment
The team from Cape Town will now play in the Currie Cup as the Stormers, as they do in the URC and European competitions.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Hayden AI, a San Francisco startup that makes spatial analytics tools for cities worldwide, has sued its co-founder and former CEO, alleging that he stole a large quantity of proprietary information in the days leading up to his ouster from the company in September 2024. In a lawsuit filed late last month in San Francisco Superior Court but...
Science/Tech
The National Videogame Museum has acquired an extremely rare MSF-1 development kit, believed to be the oldest surviving prototype of the canceled Nintendo PlayStation. Engadget reports: Nicknamed the Nintendo PlayStation, the idea was that a new CD-ROM format backed by Sony would be added to the cartridge-based Super NES, resulting in a hybrid console that could play both. The partnership...

Science/Tech
Berlin (PinionNewswire) — Coyotiv and OpenServ Labs published a research paper introducing BRAID (Bounded Reasoning for Autonomous Inference and Decisions), a framework that replaces free-form AI reasoning with structured logic graphs. The result: up to 99% reasoning accuracy and up to 74x Performance per Dollar (PPD) improvements all validated across three rigorous benchmarks. The core […]

Science/Tech
The telecommunications firm implements tariff adjustments across its mobile and fixed portfolios, effective 1 April.
Motoring

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Motoring
Motoring

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.

Health
Do you know the important difference between open and closed AI?

Health
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.

Health
A woman arrives back in Plymouth in time to begin her chemotherapy treatment.