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Orbit College vs Cape Town City takes place on Friday, 23 October 2026, with kick-off at 19:30 SAST at Olympia Park in Rustenburg. The Motsepe Foundation Championship encounter brings the clubs together after their memorable 2025 promotion/relegation play-off, which Orbit won 1–0 on aggregate. Orbit College are looking for an important home result, while Cape Town City aim to strengthen their position in South Africa’s second-tier league. For the latest scores, fixtures and standings, follow SportPesa Score. SportPesa Blog also covers South African football, club developments and the Championship campaign. The most relevant recent history favours Orbit: a goalless…

Ask any Nigerian who has imported a car from the United States and the story tends to follow the same shape. A price is agreed. Money is sent, often in dollars, often to someone they have never met. Then the costs begin to arrive one at a time: shipping, duty, levies, clearing, agent fees. By the time the car reaches the owner, the figure bears little resemblance to the one they first said yes to. AFRIKARS, a technology company building a cross-border vehicle marketplace, has built its platform around removing that gap. The company’s proposition is a single number. Every…

For a Singapore or Jakarta SaaS founder who has already sweated through GDPR paperwork to land a European client, Japan can look like a box already ticked. Strong privacy law, a mature regulator, a long history with data protection. Surely the European playbook will do? It won’t. Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) shares a family resemblance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but it handles consent, cross-border transfers and cloud hosting in ways that catch overseas startups out. Also Read: Why Japan’s booming AI market is harder to crack than it looks The stakes…

TAGLINE The case must be tried. Custody must be justified. PLAIN ENGLISH BRIEF Pretrial custody must serve a lawful purpose. The courts must assess specific risks, time already spent in custody, and workable conditions for release. El-Rufai has lost an important bail appeal; further relief must address that judgment and every remaining custody order. The government’s allegations still require proof at trial. Nasir El-Rufai’s liberty should not depend on whether Nigerians admire his politics. A defendant can be abrasive, influential, and capable of making enemies without surrendering the protection of the law.…

The Big Hash Celebrates Rush-Awa’s Debut Album: “Huge Win For Hip Hop.” The Big Hash has added his voice to the growing conversation surrounding Rush-Awa’s self-titled debut album, which brings together an impressive lineup of local hip-hop talent. The Big Hash Celebrates Rush-Awa’s Debut Album: “Huge Win For Hip Hop” The 15-track project marks a major release for production duo MashBeatz and DJ Sliqe, showcasing their collaborative approach to the genre. In a post on X that linked to the project on Apple Music, The Big Hash wrote, “This album is such a huge win for Hip Hop!” The endorsement…

The Bulls are in good form and have never lost to Ulster at home, but they won’t forget last year’s drubbing in Ireland. The Bulls will not take Ulster lightly, despite the visitors’ poor form, as they look to rectify last season’s disastrous performance, which was publicly lambasted by their president, Willem Strauss. The teams meet in the United Rugby Championship at Loftus on Saturday afternoon (kick-off 1.45pm), 12 months since Johan Ackermann’s first defeat as head coach of the union. Their 28-7 loss against Ulster in Belfast was described by Strauss as “arguably our worst performance since joining the…

India McTaggartOctober 23, 2026 — 11:53pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.No gift articles leftYou’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month.CloseAAAThe Duchess of Sussex has said she knew about allegations against her estranged father in 2018, after it emerged that he was being investigated by police for allegedly possessing child sex abuse images.Thomas Markle, who lives in the Philippines, is alleged to have an extensive collection of illegal material that was reportedly discovered by Thomas Markle jnr, the duchess’s…

The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has applauded the passage of the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which provides for a dual policing system, by 24 StatesThe Working Group led by Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, announced that the amendment has been approved by 24 State Houses of Assembly, meeting the constitutional threshold of two-thirds of the 36 states, on Friday. The constitutional amendment will now pave the way for the establishment of a framework for dual policing for the country. The Working Group commended the State Houses of Assembly for their decisive action…

Xenophobic unrest turns deadly in South Africa as a foreign national is beaten to death during a protest march in Durban, a city increasingly gripped by anti-migrant tensions. Meanwhile, as global efforts to raise awareness of lead poisoning intensify, teams in Ivory Coast go door-to-door testing homes for dangerous levels of the toxic metal. Finally, Ivorian authorities are cracking down on illegal mining over fears of pollution, but some young people say the activity remains one of their few sources of income. 

Kyrie Irving explains paying fine and praises Azeez Al-Shaair for continuously honouring slain Palestinian children.NBA star Kyrie Irving has opened up about his decision to pay a fine for American football player Azeez Al-Shaair, who was penalised in September for wearing the name of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.“Azeez is a friend of mine,” Irving told reporters, after suffering an opening night 128-110 defeat with Dallas Mavericks in the match against Houston Rockets late on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“He’s a brother that I consider in this revolution this generation is…