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Lines have been drawn in the sand in the battle of Clifton as two wealthy trustees of one of the most upmarket apartments on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard are accused of misappropriating funds by a neighbour.

Senior executives of five state-owned agencies, including four under the Department of Transport, pocketed R48.4 million in the past financial year.

Manhattan prosecutors renewed their opposition to US president-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to quash his hush money conviction, but accepted pausing the case while he is president.

A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people on Monday, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said Tuesday, in a war marked by claims of atrocities on all sides.

Former president Edgar Lungu cannot run for another term of office or any future presidential election, Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday, closing the door on his planned challenge to incumbent Hakainde Hichilema in 2026.

The EFF has set its sights on undoing apartheid’s legacy by dismantling associated symbols and transforming the sports, arts and culture space – and the party views “Die Stem” as one of the symbols it would remove if it ascended to government.

The National Council of Provinces passed the Special Appropriation Bill on Tuesday with the DA’s “reluctant” support, while the ideologically unlikely duo of the MK Party and FF Plus objected.

[Premium Times] Governor Zulum says the out-of-school children rates in the state have reduced by about 70 per cent in the last five years.

[SAnews.gov.za] With five days left before the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) application process for the 2025 academic year closes, Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, has encouraged eligible students to submit their applications on time.

[Leadership] The Joint Consultative Forum (JCF) of Katsina State-owned tertiary institutions has declared a 14-day warning strike, beginning from December 9 to demand for the implementation of all approved salary structures by the National Salaries, Income, and Wages Commission.

[Nile Post] Staff say there is an attempt by the university management to overturn a Senate recommendation for the appointment of Prof Anthony Mugisha as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration.

Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office.

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

Fine particle air pollution killed nearly 240 000 people in the European Union in 2022, a five percent fall on the previous year, the European Environment Agency said in a report published Tuesday.

Natural disasters have caused an estimated $310 billion in economic losses around the world this year, swelling six percent from 2023 as the climate crisis takes its toll, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday.

The US government said Tuesday it was “disappointed” after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic waste failed to reach a deal, blaming a “small group” of countries and producers for blocking progress.

Climate impacts are already impacting children globally, with children in the Global South experiencing the harshest climate impacts due to limited resources. They bear little responsibility but disproportionate risk, writes Bryony Fox.