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Mosebenzi Zwane described former president Jacob Zuma as one of SA’s greatest leaders, saying he was being persecuted instead of celebrated.

Some of the veteran parliamentary journalists refer to the NCOP as Shady Pines – the old age home in the 1980s television series The Golden Girls – because the institution rarely compares to the National Assembly in terms of vitality.

There are two newbies at the Orphan Bear Rescue Centre: Two small cubs. When it became clear that their mom won’t come back for them, the people who found the bears reported it to the centre. The centre has already rescued 230 bears.

Detectives arrested three suspects on Thursday for the killing of David Mbazwana in Khayelitsha earlier this month.

The constable was shot while responding to a house robbery on a farm on Wednesday evening.

Over the last 10 years, women have been under-represented in the provincial executive.

Critics say the social media giant has allowed its platform to be weaponised during elections on the continent.

South Africa’s banking industry would be able to withstand a default by Eskom, but the impact on pension funds is a concern for the central bank, Governor Lesetja Kganyago said.

The country is ‘a small, open economy which grows by selling into the global demand,’ central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago told reporters in Pretoria on Thursday.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was possibly Monday’s share price drop by more than 4% after reporting a 3% increase in revenue to R4bn.

Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic has backed his side to continue improving next season.

Wannabe animators from across the world are now flocking to Middlesbrough.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has reportedly reached a provisional $44 million settlement with alleged victims and creditors.

As long as it spreads the message of love, peace and hope, that is as “gospel” as it should be

Harvey Weinstein, women who accused him of sexual misconduct, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a tentative $44 million deal to resolve lawsuits and compensate alleged victims of the Hollywood producer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people it said were familiar with the matter.

Keeping your online accounts secure does not need to be difficult.

Just about any company that wants its smartphones or other computer devices to connect to the internet needs to pay Qualcomm licensing fees for its patents, even if they don’t buy Qualcomm’s components.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., a maker of server computers, raised its profit forecast for the year on deeper cost-cutting measures, but lingering trade worries tempered investor optimism.

What if everyone, everywhere, looked exactly the same as everyone else?

Do you know why we need folic acid – and that not having enough of it can increase our risk of anaemia?

Smoking’s not the only thing that can compromise the lungs.

The morning of Saturday, 18 May dawned bright, clear and cold as stakeholders, local community members, members of the media and general conservation enthusiasts converged to plant Clanwilliam cedar seedlings on a rock-strewn mountainside in the Cederberg Wilderness. The occasion was the Clanwilliam Cedar (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis: Cupressaceae) tree planting event, a partnership between...

Please be aware of the advisory from the Cape Town Weather Office that heavy rain and flooding is expected in places over the Cederberg, Hexriverberg and Boland mountainous areas, as well as the Overberg and Cape Metropole in the Western Cape on Monday. If you’re out and about in any of these areas please be […]

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