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Friday, 09 October 2026
Sports

Orlando Pirates sign Ronaldo and help preserve the late Jayden Adams' legacy | Goal.com South Africa

Orlando Pirates have secured the services of Ronaldo Adams, the younger brother of the late Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams. The move is seen as a significant step in preserving the legacy of the elder Adams, who…

Goal.com
Cricket

Give the Aussies stick, Proteas | The Citizen

Proteas don't have a good overall record against Australia, having won just 27 of 102 Tests against foes with 21 draws and 54 losses. T…

The Citizen
Cricket

Bavuma backs Nortje X-factor, Mulder’s batting as Proteas reshape attack for Australia | News24

Bavuma backs Nortje X-factor, Mulder’s batting as Proteas reshape attack for Australia Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to…

News24
Cricket

SA20’s millionaire baby: Jason Rowles could be JSK’s next big thing, says Morkel | News24

SA20’s millionaire baby: Jason Rowles could be JSK’s next big thing, says Morkel Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share…

News24
Cricket

In the shadow of ‘Sandpapergate’, Australia are back in SA for overdue Test series

Can it really be eight years since Quinton de Kock and David Warner engaged in a heated exchange on the Kingsmead stairwell, with Faf du Ple…

Daily Maverick
Cricket

'Our cameras will be sharp': South African broadcaster SuperSport takes a dig at Australia over Sandpapergate ahead of Test series

South African sports broadcaster SuperSport has taken a dig at Australia ahead of their first Test series in South Africa since the 2018 bal…

The Times of India
Cricket

PREVIEW | SA v Australia: A tale of two captains as Bavuma, Cummins begin new Test chapter | News24

PREVIEW | SA v Australia: A tale of two captains as Bavuma, Cummins begin new Test chapter Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles…

News24
Cricket

Inside ‘bloody awful’ Smith scene Aussies will never forget... and ‘bitter’ taste that remains

Inside ‘bloody awful’ Smith scene Aussies will never forget... and ‘bitter’ taste that remains It is more than eight years since a devastate…

Fox Sports

‘It’s not looking good’: Zuma’s brother after former president is hospitalised | News24

Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... Luba Lesolle/Ga…

News24
Health

LEN won’t sell itself: 6 lessons from HIV prevention pills

South Africa now has one of the most effective HIV prevention medicines, in the form of a twice-yearly injection, ever developed. But there’…

TimesLIVE
Science

Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth - SPACE & DEFENSE

The European Space Agency (ESA) says the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite has returned its first images and measurements from two of its key…

space & defense
Science

Webb Observes "Extreme Debris Disks," Providing a Window into the Early Solar System

Scientists theorize that early in the Solar System's history, collisions were relatively common as planets migrated and planetoids were…

Universe Today
Technology

HMD Slate Tab 5G: 10.6" 2K Tablet, 9,250mAh, Price in 2026 - Memeburn

TL;DR - The HMD Slate Tab 5G reportedly packs a 10.6-inch 2K, 90Hz screen and a large 9,250mAh battery. - It runs a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip…

Memeburn
Technology

Apple Readies Launch of First Touchscreen MacBook | PYMNTS.com

Apple plans to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook and a new iPad mini on or around Oct. 27, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8), citing u…

PYMNTS.com
World

Christa Pike's health has seen 'profound turnaround' in last three days, lawyers say

Christa Pike has 'profound' health turnaround after botched execution, lawyers say Christa Pike has made a "profound" tu…

BBC
Cricket

‘Little bit of crazy’: ‘Mystery’ behind genius of Proteas skipper... and why Aussies respect him so much

‘Little bit of crazy’: ‘Mystery’ behind genius of Proteas skipper... and why Aussies respect him so much As Temba Bavuma was assessing South…

Fox Sports
Business

How Tumi Mokwene grew 13 000 chicks into a 900 000-bird broiler business

What started with 13 000 broiler chicks on a single farm has grown into Phetogo Farming Enterprise, a commercial poultry operation placing n…

African Farming
Science

Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — and earn its leader the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics - Berkeley News

Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — and earn its leader the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics When Francis Halzen first proposed an experimen…

University of California, Berkeley
Technology

Claude in Google Docs: What It Costs Next to Gemini - Memeburn

TL;DR - Claude for Google Workspace launched in public beta on October 6, 2026 for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, with a sidebar in Do…

Memeburn
Science

ESA signs agreement with International Astronomical Union on keeping the sky dark and quiet

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the International Astronomical Union’s Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky (IAU CPS) hav…

space & defense
Science

Honeybee Swarms Have Been Misread for Centuries, Biologists Say | Sci.News

In a new review paper, Dr. Hannes Bonhoff of Lund University and Dr. Heikki Helanterä from the University of Oulu argue that the departing s…

Sci.News
Politics

EFF shrugs off exodus, eyes election gains | Mail & Guardian

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) treasurer-general Omphile Maotwe, who is also the party’s Tshwane mayoral candidate, says that despite forme…

Mail & Guardian
Health

Bioengineer.org | As immunity falls, TB in HIV wears a different face on the chest X-ray

Pulmonary TB has long been described as a disease with a signature: a cavity carved into the upper lobes of the lung, surrounded by consolid…

European AIDS Treatment Group
Health

WHO introduces a tailored treatment approach for drug-resistant TB and a new recommendation on palliative care

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the second edition of the WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment and…

European AIDS Treatment Group
Science

DNA Typewriter, PEtracer Map Mouse Development Through Organogenesis

Researchers have used two DNA-recording systems to reconstruct cellular family trees across mouse embryonic development. The companion studi…

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Cricket

Aussies dodge big threat as worrying pitch sight, young gun twist complicate selection call

Aussies dodge big threat as worrying pitch sight, young gun twist complicate selection call Australia has dodged the menacing threat posed b…

Fox Sports
Politics

Fix the damn potholes: The poverty of our politics | Mail & Guardian

I recently found myself in a taxi with Dudu, travelling from Sandton to OR Tambo. We spoke about corruption, politicians, crime and the econ…

Mail & Guardian
Cricket

Boland survive Super Over, Warriors cruise

Boland needed a Super Over to settle a tense contest in Paarl after both teams finished their 20 overs on 164. The hosts prevailed with 15/1…

SA Cricket Mag
Science

Big dogs age faster at an epigenetic level, new study finds

Great Danes and mastiffs rarely live more than a decade, while Chihuahuas can live twice as long. Exactly why big dogs die younger than smal…

Live Science
Science

'Freakish' discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Atacama wasn't always a desert

Researchers have discovered a roughly 9 million year old tooth belonging to a large, water-loving relative of modern day capybaras in the At…

Live Science

‘Say your final prayer’: More death threats aimed at News24 journalist | News24

Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscriber…

News24
Science

AI turns bodycam footage into text. Can it keep the speakers straight?

Turning people into frogs — and back into princes — is the stuff of fairy tales. But back in January 2026 this fate befell one Heber City, U…

Northeastern Global News
Science

'We are so excited to be back': SpaceX's recovery ship brought back four astronauts to Earth after an eight-month mission | Fortune

Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after hurrying there eight months ago to replace an ailin…

Fortune
Politics

MK party opens case against Zille over 'profane and vulgar' outburst at unaired debate | The Citizen

As tempers flared, Helen Zille allegedly directed profane language at Andile Chalwe during an exchange witnessed by Ayanda Allie, parties sa…

The Citizen
Politics

SA’s foreign service is becoming a retreat for failed ministers

On 5 October, Ayanda Dlodlo presented her credentials to Emmanuel Macron as South Africa’s ambassador to France, taking over the post from t…

Daily Maverick
Health

Mental healthcare for young South Africans needs a wider front door

Child mental health systems are still too often organised around crisis, even though the strongest opportunities for prevention come much ea…

Daily Maverick
Science

NASA's hunting for a secret underground cave on the moon

Are there secret underground caves on the moon? NASA has a new program that aims to find out. Though we see it in the sky most nights, the m…

Space
Science

Record-Breaking Clock Just Set a New Standard For Accuracy

The time-keeping offered by your watch or phone may be good enough for day-to-day life, but scientists are much more ambitious in terms of p…

Yahoo
Science

The UAE’s space probe will crash into the asteroid it’s designed to study

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) calls its new probe “asteroid-landing,” but its engineers don’t expect it to survive hitting 269 J…

R&D World
Cricket

Where to watch South Africa vs. Australia live stream, TV channel, start time and lineups for 1st Test

South Africa take on Australia in the first of a three-game series in Durban from Friday as the race to World Test Championship (WTC) final…

Yahoo Sports