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Man City Are Top After 5-3 Over Sunderland, and the Defence Should Scare You

Man City Are Top After 5-3 Over Sunderland, and the Defence Should Scare You

September 22, 2026
Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Two Billion Pounds of Talent, Two Shots on Target

Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Two Billion Pounds of Talent, Two Shots on Target

September 19, 2026
Leeds Didn't Just Beat Newcastle, They Outran Them Into Third Place

Leeds Didn’t Just Beat Newcastle, They Outran Them Into Third Place

September 15, 2026
Man Utd's 4-0 Win Over Sabah Was About Sesko, Not the Scoreline

Man Utd’s 4-0 Win Over Sabah Was About Sesko, Not the Scoreline

September 12, 2026
Chelsea Deserved More Against Arsenal, and That's Exactly the Problem

Chelsea Deserved More Against Arsenal, and That’s Exactly the Problem

September 8, 2026
City Paid £125m for Enzo Fernández Because Chelsea Forgot How Deadlines Work

City Paid £125m for Enzo Fernández Because Chelsea Forgot How Deadlines Work

September 3, 2026
Messi Wrote His Argentina Goodbye in July and Waited Six Weeks to Post It

Messi Wrote His Argentina Goodbye in July and Waited Six Weeks to Post It

September 1, 2026
Cherki and Haaland Just Made the Post-Pep Era Feel Very Real

Cherki and Haaland Just Made the Post-Pep Era Feel Very Real

August 29, 2026
Alonso's Chelsea Debut Delivers a 3-2 Classic Built on Flawed Foundations

Alonso’s Chelsea Debut Delivers a 3-2 Classic Built on Flawed Foundations

August 26, 2026
Carlos Espí's Late Winner Was Control Disguised as Drama

Carlos Espí’s Late Winner Was Control Disguised as Drama

August 24, 2026
How Manchester United Paid £35m Less for Carlos Baleba by Simply Walking Away

How Manchester United Paid £35m Less for Carlos Baleba by Simply Walking Away

August 22, 2026
APAC's Luxury Wellness Boom Will Belong to Resorts That Open the Gate
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APAC’s Luxury Wellness Boom Will Belong to Resorts That Open the Gate

Marriott's luxury division surveyed 1,750 high-net-worth travellers across Singapore, Australia, Japan and Indonesia this month, and 90% of them now factor wellness into how they book. The industry is reading…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan September 19, 2026
Pearl Thusi's R15m SARS Fight Exposes the Brutal Side of Pay Now, Argue Later
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Pearl Thusi’s R15m SARS Fight Exposes the Brutal Side of Pay Now, Argue Later

Pearl Thusi owes SARS money. She's admitted that much herself. What she disputes is the scale, calling the reported R15 million figure "grossly incorrect and therefore misleading". My problem with…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa September 21, 2026
Connie Ferguson Returns as Karabo, and Generations Keeps Renting Its Own History
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Connie Ferguson Returns as Karabo, and Generations Keeps Renting Its Own History

Karabo Moroka is coming home, briefly. Connie Ferguson confirmed on Thursday that she's stepping back into Generations: The Legacy for what she calls a very short visit, framing Karabo as…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa September 19, 2026
Novotel's Longevity Week Ended Sunday. Now Comes the Hard Part.
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Novotel’s Longevity Week Ended Sunday. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Novotel timed its first global Longevity Week to week 37 of the calendar because improving 1% a day compounds to roughly 37x over a year. The math is the kind…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan September 14, 2026
Love Is Blind South Africa Found Hosts Who Actually Lived the Experiment
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Love Is Blind South Africa Found Hosts Who Actually Lived the Experiment

Netflix South Africa spent September 8 teasing us with a guessing game, and by the time the reveal landed, half of Mzansi had already called it. Dineo and Solo Langa…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa September 16, 2026
Glowmads Are Real, but the Glow Might Not Survive the Flight
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Glowmads Are Real, but the Glow Might Not Survive the Flight

Travel used to be something you recovered from. Now a growing slice of Gen Z books the recovery first and the destination second. Skyscanner's 2026 trends report put a name…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan September 10, 2026
Samsung’s Mitsumi Deal Is a Premium Play Aimed at SA’s Small Retailers
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Samsung’s Mitsumi Deal Is a Premium Play Aimed at SA’s Small Retailers

Distribution announcements are the wallpaper of this industry, and Samsung handing Mitsumi an authorised B2B slot for its mobile portfolio looked like exactly that when it landed at a Bryanston…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 22, 2026
Bungie’s Destiny 2 Unvaulting Is an Admission of Failure, Not Generosity
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Bungie’s Destiny 2 Unvaulting Is an Admission of Failure, Not Generosity

Six years ago Bungie deleted the Red War, Io, Titan, and a chunk of a game people had already paid for, then told everyone it was for the good of…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 22, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Teardown: A Thermal Masterpiece With a Repair Nightmare Attached
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iPhone 18 Pro Teardown: A Thermal Masterpiece With a Repair Nightmare Attached

One of the six blades in the iPhone 18 Pro's new variable aperture came loose during the first proper teardown of the phone, and it wasn't carelessness. The blades are…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 22, 2026
Ed Sheeran’s Gaza Speech Won’t Save a Tour That Lost Its Openers
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Ed Sheeran’s Gaza Speech Won’t Save a Tour That Lost Its Openers

On Saturday night in Philadelphia, Ed Sheeran walked out with no opening act for the first time on this tour and read a prepared statement about Gaza before playing a…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 22, 2026
Man City Are Top After 5-3 Over Sunderland, and the Defence Should Scare You
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Man City Are Top After 5-3 Over Sunderland, and the Defence Should Scare You

Eight goals at the Etihad, five of them City's, and the number that should worry everyone is 4.25. That's the expected-goals figure Sunderland generated on Saturday, from a newly promoted…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 22, 2026
iPhone 18 Pro in South Africa: the aperture is worth it, the battery hype isn’t
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iPhone 18 Pro in South Africa: the aperture is worth it, the battery hype isn’t

The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max landed on South African doorsteps on September 18, and I've spent the whole weekend with both. Most coverage keeps recycling Apple's record battery…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 21, 2026
Wolverine’s Bathroom Sign Was Never AI, and That’s Somehow Worse
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Wolverine’s Bathroom Sign Was Never AI, and That’s Somehow Worse

Marvel's Wolverine has been out for less than a week, and its first genuine controversy is a bathroom sign. Not the combat or the story. A coed restroom decal with…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 21, 2026
The iPhone Duo Is the Best Thing to Happen to Galaxy Z Fold 8 Sales
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The iPhone Duo Is the Best Thing to Happen to Galaxy Z Fold 8 Sales

For years Apple treated foldables as a novelty it had no intention of touching. Then it announced the iPhone Duo on September 9, and within a week Galaxy Z Fold…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 21, 2026
Pearl Thusi’s R15m SARS Fight Exposes the Brutal Side of Pay Now, Argue Later
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Pearl Thusi’s R15m SARS Fight Exposes the Brutal Side of Pay Now, Argue Later

Pearl Thusi owes SARS money. She's admitted that much herself. What she disputes is the scale, calling the reported R15 million figure "grossly incorrect and therefore misleading". My problem with…
Posted by Kevin Orwa September 21, 2026
Apple’s Foldable iPhone Lands in SA and Samsung Wins Either Way
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Apple’s Foldable iPhone Lands in SA and Samsung Wins Either Way

When Justin Hume, vice-president of Samsung Mobile SA, welcomed Apple into the foldable market this week with the line “imitation is the highest form of flattery”, it read like polished…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 20, 2026
Wolverine Sold 1.9 Million Copies in 3 Days Despite a 77 on Metacritic
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Wolverine Sold 1.9 Million Copies in 3 Days Despite a 77 on Metacritic

Marvel's Wolverine sold an estimated 1.9 million copies in its first three days on PS5, pulling in roughly $130 million. That already beats Death Stranding 2's entire PS5 lifetime revenue.…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 20, 2026
The iPhone 18 Pro Max Outlasts the Galaxy S26 Ultra on Efficiency, Not Size
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max Outlasts the Galaxy S26 Ultra on Efficiency, Not Size

I've spent the past week with an iPhone 18 Pro Max in one pocket and a Galaxy S26 Ultra in the other, and the surprise wasn't who won. Apple's flagship…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 20, 2026
Samsung’s Premium Confidence in South Africa Rests on More Than AI
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Samsung’s Premium Confidence in South Africa Rests on More Than AI

Justin Hume has spent this week telling anyone who'll listen that South Africa's premium phone market is in rude health. Samsung's mobile chief for the region called the segment, foldables…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 19, 2026
Crusoe’s $30.9 Billion Valuation Is a Bet on Electrons, Not Chips
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Crusoe’s $30.9 Billion Valuation Is a Bet on Electrons, Not Chips

Crusoe closed a $3.9 billion Series F on September 17 at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, and the easy take is that another AI data center giant just got richer.…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 19, 2026
Team Night Is Winning the Day and Night Debate, and It’s Missing the Point
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Team Night Is Winning the Day and Night Debate, and It’s Missing the Point

Carly Rae Jepsen released her eighth album yesterday, and her fanbase split into two camps before most people finished one full listen. Day and Night is a 24-track, 85-minute double…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 19, 2026
APAC’s Luxury Wellness Boom Will Belong to Resorts That Open the Gate
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APAC’s Luxury Wellness Boom Will Belong to Resorts That Open the Gate

Marriott's luxury division surveyed 1,750 high-net-worth travellers across Singapore, Australia, Japan and Indonesia this month, and 90% of them now factor wellness into how they book. The industry is reading…
Posted by Martha Ottonan September 19, 2026
Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Two Billion Pounds of Talent, Two Shots on Target
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Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Two Billion Pounds of Talent, Two Shots on Target

Chelsea, with a squad assembled for something north of two billion pounds, had about 60% of the ball, took a dozen corners and managed two shots on target at the…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 19, 2026
Connie Ferguson Returns as Karabo, and Generations Keeps Renting Its Own History
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Connie Ferguson Returns as Karabo, and Generations Keeps Renting Its Own History

Karabo Moroka is coming home, briefly. Connie Ferguson confirmed on Thursday that she's stepping back into Generations: The Legacy for what she calls a very short visit, framing Karabo as…
Posted by Kevin Orwa September 19, 2026
One UI 9 gives Galaxy S26 owners an overdue update, not certainty
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One UI 9 gives Galaxy S26 owners an overdue update, not certainty

A flagship phone shouldn't leave its owner wondering why a cheaper relative already has newer software. That's the awkward backdrop to Samsung's stable One UI 9 rollout for the Galaxy…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 17, 2026
South Africa’s Memory Price Surge Is Making Cheap Gadgets Worse Value
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South Africa’s Memory Price Surge Is Making Cheap Gadgets Worse Value

South Africa’s memory price squeeze won’t always arrive as a more expensive phone or laptop. Sometimes it’ll arrive at the same price, with less RAM or half the storage. That’s…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 17, 2026
Marvel’s Wolverine Reviews Punish Insomniac for Not Making Spider-Man Again
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Marvel’s Wolverine Reviews Punish Insomniac for Not Making Spider-Man Again

Marvel's Wolverine landed on PS5 yesterday with a 77 on Metacritic, Insomniac's lowest aggregate in a decade. After a full launch-day session and far too many review threads, my verdict…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 16, 2026
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro Ditches Efficiency Cores for a 2nm Gamble
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MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro Ditches Efficiency Cores for a 2nm Gamble

MediaTek put more than 33 billion transistors on TSMC's 2nm process yesterday and called it the Dimensity 9600 Pro. The Geekbench numbers will dominate every headline about it. What caught…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 16, 2026
South Africa’s Smartphone Tax Repeal Is the Rare Tax Cut That Actually Worked
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South Africa’s Smartphone Tax Repeal Is the Rare Tax Cut That Actually Worked

Tax cuts that promise a boom usually deliver a rounding error. This one didn't. When National Treasury scrapped the 9% ad valorem luxury duty on smartphones under R2,500 on 1…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 16, 2026
Love Is Blind South Africa Found Hosts Who Actually Lived the Experiment
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Love Is Blind South Africa Found Hosts Who Actually Lived the Experiment

Netflix South Africa spent September 8 teasing us with a guessing game, and by the time the reveal landed, half of Mzansi had already called it. Dineo and Solo Langa…
Posted by Kevin Orwa September 16, 2026
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Is a Genius That Won’t Stop Talking to Itself
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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Is a Genius That Won’t Stop Talking to Itself

GPT-6 Astra arrived on September 3 with numbers that would've sounded like science fiction two years ago: 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3, a perfect ExploitBench score, a 1.05 million token context window.…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 16, 2026
Valve’s $1,059 Steam Frame Is a PC VR Headset in Standalone Clothing
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Valve’s $1,059 Steam Frame Is a PC VR Headset in Standalone Clothing

Yesterday Valve finally put a price on the Steam Frame: $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for 1TB, with sign-ups for a reservation lottery open until September 17 at…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 15, 2026
Apple’s iPhone Duo Is a Software Bet Disguised as a $1,999 Foldable
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Apple’s iPhone Duo Is a Software Bet Disguised as a $1,999 Foldable

Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo open October 16 at 5 a.m. Pacific, and I'd put money on the Star White 256GB tier selling out before most people finish their coffee.…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 15, 2026
The R50,000 iPhone Duo Is a Flex, Not Progress for South Africa
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The R50,000 iPhone Duo Is a Flex, Not Progress for South Africa

Apple's first foldable arrived on September 9 with the usual keynote sheen, and within a day iStore confirmed South Africa makes the first-wave cut. Pre-orders open October 16, stock lands…
Posted by Morman Tebolo September 15, 2026
Macklemore Lost Eight Stadium Shows to One Billionaire’s Phone Call
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Macklemore Lost Eight Stadium Shows to One Billionaire’s Phone Call

The “Free Palestine” speech was never the story. Macklemore chanted it at MetLife Stadium on September 4 and 5, performed “Hind’s Hall,” and said plainly where he stands on Gaza…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 15, 2026
Leeds Didn’t Just Beat Newcastle, They Outran Them Into Third Place
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Leeds Didn’t Just Beat Newcastle, They Outran Them Into Third Place

Four matchdays into the season, Leeds United sit third in the Premier League and Newcastle sit twelfth, and after Sunday at Elland Road neither number felt like a typo. Leeds…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo September 15, 2026
YC’s Buzziest Demo Day Startup Wants to Float Nuclear Data Centers at Sea
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YC’s Buzziest Demo Day Startup Wants to Float Nuclear Data Centers at Sea

Y Combinator's Summer 2026 Demo Day wrapped in San Francisco on Thursday with roughly 200 companies pitching, and the startup investors kept circling back to doesn't ship an app. Atomarine…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 14, 2026
Novotel’s Longevity Week Ended Sunday. Now Comes the Hard Part.
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Novotel’s Longevity Week Ended Sunday. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Novotel timed its first global Longevity Week to week 37 of the calendar because improving 1% a day compounds to roughly 37x over a year. The math is the kind…
Posted by Martha Ottonan September 14, 2026
BlizzCon 2026 Sold Confidence Instead of Gameplay, and It Might Work
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BlizzCon 2026 Sold Confidence Instead of Gameplay, and It Might Work

BlizzCon 2026 gave us three dates and not one second of gameplay. A StarCraft open-world shooter for Spring 2030. Diablo V for Spring 2029. World of Warcraft: Forever in November,…
Posted by Mark Grantt September 14, 2026

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