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Two University of the Free States students have been killed and two others critically injured after robbers demanded money and their electronics.

Brian Laundrie’s parents have released a brief statement following confirmation of Gabrielle Petito’s death by homicide.

Three provinces have exited the third wave, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed.

Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi says AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini is expected to meet with all major houses of the Zulu Royal Family in Ulundi, in northern KwaZulu-Natal(KZN), next week.

The  Student Representative Council (SRC) at the University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa campus has expressed shock and anger over the attack of students. Two students were shot and killed and another two seriously wounded at the university’s off-campus students’ residences at Botjhabela village near Phuthaditjhaba on Wednesday.

It looks like Digital Vibes boss and former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s associate Tahera Mather turned the communications company’s bank card into a personal piggy bank.

Taiwan has warned that its application into the CPTPP could be affected should China join first.

The move applies to Americans over 65 who were vaccinated with Pfizer, and those at high Covid risk.

More than 30 people have died because a health workers’ strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has put in place special measures for wielding legislative and executive power, the presidency said, without elaborating.

Francine Niyonsaba is lauded by a large crowd as the athlete returns to Burundi after her Diamond League title and world record.

The United States has condemned the coup attempt in Sudan and warned against ‘external interference’, as the nation transitions to democracy.

The Clicks Group has announced the resignation has announced that its chief executive officer and executive director Vikesh Ramsunder has resigned from the group with effect from 31 December 2021.

The return of South African Airlines (SAA) to the skies will benefit consumers as it will bring more competitive pricing to the sector.

President Cyril Ramaophosa has called on the UN to put the issue of reparations for victims of the slave trade on its agenda.

The Congress of the People (COPE) has introduced its mayoral candidates for the three Gauteng metro municipalities.

The Freedom Front Plus has nominated Lennit Max as its mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town and Erica Botha-Rossouw as his deputy.

Former president Jacob Zuma is threatening to lay a criminal charge against Advocate Billy Downer following the alleged leak of a doctor’s letter on his health to a journalist.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson asks Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to ease coronavirus quarantine rules so that families of England cricketers can travel for this winter’s Ashes.

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Data also shows that school exclusions for girls are growing at higher rate than for boys

Black and minority ethnic girls in England are more than twice as likely to be excluded from school as their white counterparts, according to a report.

Equality campaigners have raised the alarm at the findings, which show that the number of girls excluded from education is growing at a significantly...

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The South African Union Council of Independent Churches (SAUCIC) is expected to call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to allow congregants to gather at 50% capacity when it holds a media briefing at the Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church in Johannesburg on Thursday morning.

Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89.

Kim Kardashian West is set to make her “SNL” hosting debut.

“The Wire” creator David Simon won’t be filming an upcoming HBO series in Texas due to a controversial abortion law passed in the state, he announced on Twitter.

Early ’90s TV is hitting the refresh button this fall, in the case of “The Wonder Years,” delivering an impressive and ambitious ABC dramedy. Coming on the heels of Disney+’s “Doogie Howser, M.D.” reboot, the two shows join the earlier “One Day at a Time” in proving it’s possible to nostalgically recycle titles and still produce distinctive and captivating series.

As financial authorities and governments around the world start to see the inevitability of crypto-currency, could SA still become a hub of crypto-currency innovation?

The Competition Commission has approved the R245-million deal for Altron to acquire Lawtrust.

Cabinet has adopted a more ambitious emissions reduction target ahead of a United Nations climate conference in November.

The cost of the intractable semiconductor shortage has ballooned by more than 90%, pushing the total hit to 2021 revenue for the world’s car makers to $210-billion.

Headlines have focused on teenagers and booster doses – but millions still haven’t had a first jab.

But his plans face a tough road as pressure grows for big pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccine technologies with poorer nations.

Regulators said that people over 65 or at high risk of severe Covid-19 were eligible for an extra shot, setting up a staggered national booster campaign.

Scientists at Imperial College London are now researching a link between Covid-19 and new allergies.

It is time for humanity to grow up on climate change, Boris Johnson has said in a speech to the United Nations in New York.

All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.

John Cossham wants more people to take up composting to encourage a circular economy.

The quartet of civilian astronauts lands safely in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida.