Ahead of Saturday’s AFCON qualifier against Guinea, Pitso Mosimane lays down a challenge to his squad to push beyond qualification and deliver silverware.

The RTMC and Gauteng authorities have urged road users to plan carefully, avoid fatigue and obey traffic laws as travellers head to Heritage Day events including the Reed Dance.

Get the Daily Lotto results as soon as they are drawn on The Citizen, so you can rest easy and check your tickets with confidence. Estimated Daily Lotto jackpot for Friday, 25 September 2026: Daily Lotto: R500 000 Daily Lotto results for 25 September 2026: The winning Daily Lotto numbers will appear below after the draw. Usually, within 10 minutes of the draw. You might need to refresh the page to see the updated results. Daily Lotto: 05, 07, 11, 17, 36. For more details and to verify the Daily Lotto results, visit the National Lottery website. How to play Daily Lotto in SA? If you are buying a ticket in-store: Pick up a betslip in any lottery store. Choose five numbers between 1 and 36 or ask for a Quick Pick. Entries cost R3 each. You can play a max of R150, but you are allowed to play multiple boards. Select how many consecutive draws you wish to enter, up to a maximum of 10. Leave blank for a single draw. Take your betslip to the teller to pay for your ticket. Write your details on the back of your ticket in case you need to claim a prize. If you do not sign your ticket and you lose it, anyone can use it to claim the prize. If you are playing online: Set up a lottery account here and make a deposit to pay for tickets. Choose five numbers from 1 to 36 or select ‘Quick Pick’ to generate a random set. Repeat this on as many boards as you want to play. Decide whether to enter a single draw or multiple draws. Confirm and pay for your entry.

Get the PowerBall and PowerBall Xtra results as soon as they are drawn on The Citizen, so you can rest easy and check your tickets with confidence. Estimated jackpots for Friday, 25 September 2026: PowerBall jackpot: R61 million guaranteed. PowerBall Xtra jackpot: R18 million estimated. PowerBall and PowerBall Xtra results for Friday, 25 September 2026: PowerBall: 05, 09, 22, 34, 38. Powerball: 03. PowerBall Xtra: 06, 09, 15, 24, 34. Powerball: 04. The winning PowerBall numbers will appear after the draw. Usually within 10 minutes of the draw. You might need to refresh the page to see the updated results. While great care has been taken to ensure accuracy, The Citizen cannot take responsibility for any error in the PowerBall or PowerBall Plus results. We suggest verifying the numbers on the National Lottery website. How much does it cost to play PowerBall? Lottery outlets close at 8.30pm on the day of a draw, which happens at 9pm. The terms and conditions may differ from other service outlets. Visit www.nationallottery.co.za for more information. You can find the historical winning numbers for PowerBall and Lotto draws here. How much does it cost to play PowerBall? PowerBall entries cost R10 per board including VAT. PowerBall Plus costs an additional R5 per board. You can also play PowerBall on selected banking apps (T’s & C’s apply). Visit www.nationallottery.co.za and go to the How to Play section to find out more.

The Stormers erased a first-half deficit on their way to a grinding 29-15 victory over Connacht in Galway on Friday night. MARIETTE ADAMS reports. Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry may be over, but the United Rugby Championship is back and so are the Stormers. John Dobson’s side opened their 2026/27 campaign with a hard-fought 10-12 victory over Connacht, but they didn’t get to there without a couple of setbacks in the lead-up to kick off. The Cape side lost the services of power men Evan Roos (hamstring) and Marcel Theunissen (calf) at the 11th hour, presumably to soft tissue injuries suffered on Connacht’s synthetic 4G pitch. Luckily for the Stormers, that double blow mattered little in the broader context of the contest, as they came away with the maximum log points on offer. While it was the firepower and physicality of the forwards that eventually got the job done, the Stormers – coaching staff and players alike – will be first to acknowledge there’s a lot more to be done ahead of a gruelling campaign. That said, the Stormers didn’t perfection in their opening encounter, they just had to get the desired result and that they did. FIRST HALF RECAP: CONNACHT TURN IT AROUND TO SNATCH THE LEAD The opening half was a typical Stormers display. They dominated possession and had a fair few 22m entries thanks to linebreaks; but they squandered several scoring opportunities and played too much rugby inside their own half of the field. Despite going up 10-0 in a dominant opening half-hour performance, their wastefulness, failure to convert, ill-discipline and all-round poor game-management led to their lead evaporating in a 10-minute burst from Connacht. In a remarkable turnaround, the hosts, inspired by Mack Hansen and Josh Ioane, rose from their slumber to score two late tries for a surprising 12-10 at the break. Wasted three line breaks, typical Stormers display, losing control at crucial time, handling, didn’t have a perfect start, ill-discipline, they have the patience, but need to convert better, played too much rugby in their own half, played too much rugby in their own half. SECOND HALF RECAP: STORMERS TBC The poor conversion rate trend followed the Stormers into the second half, much to their own detriment. Dobson and his men were left disappointed as they made all the running in the first five minutes after the restart, but had nothing to show for it as first Seabelo Senatla was help up over the line and then Jurie Matthee pulled what should have been a regulation penalty right in from the poles. By contrast, Connacht made the a point of converting their scoring opportunities and soon they led 15-10 thanks to a penalty off the boot of Sam Gilbert. But then there was an almost inevitable concession of a penalty and a yellow card by the hosts as the Stormers marched them 30m up field with a devastating driving maul. The Stormers set a lineout, but lost the ball at the set-piece which allowed Connacht to clear their lines. That was how the game ebbed and flowed, until the Stormers – through their rumbling forwards – wrestled back the ascendancy. Through the sheer power and aggression of their pack, the Stormers started playing with newfound energy, enterprise and dynamism, all of which Connacht failed to match. Replacement prop Sazi Sandi burrowed over from close quarters to level the scores and Matthee knocked over the conversion to put them in front again. With the scoreline at 17-15 heading into the final 10 minutes, the game was finely poised and set up for a grandstand finish. But the Stormers not only shut up shop defensively, they ran in two late tries to secure a bonus point win and end all Connacht’s hopes of potentially getting something out of the game. SCORERS: CONNACHT VS STORMERS Connacht – Tries: Mack Hansen, Josh Ioane. Conversion Sam Gilbert. Penalty: Gilbert. Stormers – Tries: Warrick Gelant, Sazi Sandi, Vernon Paulo, Ezekiel Ngobeni. Conversions: Jurie Matthee (2), Yaqeen Ahmed. Penalty: Matthee. TEAMS: CONNACHT VS STORMERS Connacht – 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 John Devine, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Finn Treacy, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 Paul Boyle (c), 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 6 Seán O’Brien, 5 Josh Murphy, 4 Niall Murray, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Eoin de Buitléar, 1 Francois van Wyk.Bench: 16 Matthew Victory, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Fiachna Barrett, 19 David O’Connor, 20 Max Flynn, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Seán Naughton, 23 Shayne Bolton. STORMERS – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 André Warner, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Riley Norton, 6 Louw Nel, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Riley Norton, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Vernon Matongo.Bench: 16 Vernon Paulo, 17 Olly Reid, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Adré Smith, 21 Wandisile Simelane, 22 Ezekiel Ngobeni, 23 Yaqeen Ahmed.

Here is what the weather has in store for KZN, the Free State, and the North West on Saturday 26 September 2026. KWAZULU-NATAL Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers in the extreme south, otherwise isolated except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly in the south in the morning and evening, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly. The UVB sunburn index will be high. DURBAN Durban will be partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly in the morning and evening, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly. Temperatures will range from 21°C to 25°C. The UVB sunburn index is going to be high. FREE STATE Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the east to the central parts but widespread in the south. BLOEMFONTEIN Bloemfontein is going to be partly cloudy and windy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Temperatures will range from a minimum of 14°C to a maximum of 25°C. NORTH WEST North West is going to be partly cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west. MAHIKENG Mahikeng is going to be partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Temperatures will range from a minimum of 15°C. to a maximum of 30°C. Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.

Solly Malatsi has withdrawn the Woan spectrum reservation, leaving Icasa free to license the idle frequencies.

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced Mteto Nyati will stay on as Eskom chairman.