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This follows his election to chair Parliament’s Impeachment Committee

Steenhuisen says 14 million more doses of FMD vaccinations have been secured.

Four people, including a 15-year-old passerby, were killed in a tavern shooting in Kanana.

Two trucks and a light motor vehicle collided side by side at Crown Interchange.

Iran says it is suspending all talks with the U.S. due to Israel’s expanding occupations in Lebanon and Gaza.

Huge crowds formed outside a shopping centre in China to see Pursuit of Jade’s Zhang Linghe.

American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend, including Qeeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. And, Trump’s anti-weaponization fund faces scrutiny in Congress and the courts.

The outbreak remains focused in Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

According to media reports, the team’s departure for Mexico on Sunday has been delayed due to an “administrative bungle”.

The AI company behind Claude is set to offer the public shares of stock sometime this year.

The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the official changes to the salary tables for teachers in South Africa for 2026.

IEC has announced plans to meet with Rise Mzansi to seek clarity on the terms of its loan.

ANC members gather in protest after conference postponed and nullified over voting irregularities.

Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse

Parliament’s Impeachment Committee is meeting this Monday afternoon.

Chelsea reject multiple approaches for promising young defender Josh Acheampong who the club consider one of their ‘untouchables’.

SAFA’s administrative shortcomings threaten to overshadow the hard work of Bafana Bafana players and the technical team.

Former England and Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood is a key transfer target for both Fenerbahce’s presidential candidates

Northern Ireland midfielder Isaac Price expresses delight at Michael O’Neill remaining as manager of the international team and credits him with being a major influence on his career to date.

About 20 students report anonymous late-night phone calls from men who ‘intimidated, demeaned and belittled’ them

The University of Manchester has launched an investigation after about 20 female medical students complained of receiving anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night from male callers who intimidated and sexually harassed them.

The calls have been going on for at least three...

Dream of nature, yet find it surprisingly difficult to switch off outdoors? Here’s why connecting with nature can be hard.

Higher petrol prices and longer commutes are changing home-buying habits, boosting demand in these well-located property hotspots.

Experts say a number of factors are now driving South African home-buyers towards smaller, more well-located properties.

Bafana Bafana finally left South Africa for the Fifa World Cup after a visa snag delayed the National team’s departure.

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The warrant officer testified that he was treated as a suspect in the case.

Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs

Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.

As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping...

Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problem

When it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to stop searching for a different restaurant to try every night, or to visit the first place you love on repeat.

Now researchers have found that the late physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman devised a mathematical...

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.

Women tell the BBC presenter how endometriosis affects their lives, as she challenges ministers to take action.