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European giants Real Madrid are handed a humiliating Copa del Rey last-32 defeat by third division side Alcoyano.

Police have arrested four suspects following the shooting of a SAPS Special Task Force member and the hijacking of a state vehicle.

South Africa has been careful to make “quick judgements” in the aftermath of Ugandan elections, which the opposition says was rigged.

The fiancée of a man initially thought to have committed suicide has appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder.

There’s been concern that loadshedding and power cuts are fatal for patients that are on oxygen at their homes.

Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya is overseeing the disinfecting of taxis and ranks across the province in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The new president starts dismantling his predecessor’s legacy by signing a raft of executive orders.

Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said.

Joe Biden on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States with a call to unity, vowing to bridge deep divides and defeat domestic extremism two weeks after a mob attack tried to undo his election victory.

France, Mali’s former colonial ruler, first intervened in the country in 2013 to help drive back jihadist forces advancing on Bamako. 

United Nations officials report a worsening humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province, urging development.

After pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2019, the jihadists escalated attacks, sometimes carrying out beheadings and abducting women and children.

The cardiologist, who works in Cape Town, once headed the apartheid-era secret germ warfare programme.

Praesidium and Imagina FX were placed in liquidation last year after clients’ demands for refunds went unanswered.

Large multi-asset funds lose ground.

China set to dominate this market.

Vehicle repair association wants insurers to give consumers access to the vehicle write-off register.

Former security branch police officer, Martin Naudé, has conceded that it’s possible that anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett may have been assaulted a month before he died at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, in the early 1980s.

Some disgruntled residents of Taung village in the North West, have expressed concern at the process of recruitment for the Extended Public Works Programme.

Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku will on Thursday attempt to convince the high court in Pretoria to declare the Special Investigating Unit’s findings against him unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.

The Democratic Alliance has rejected the appointment of Deputy President David Mabuza as head of the inter-ministerial committee to oversee the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme.  

After India ended Australia’s 32-year unbeaten streak at Brisbane’s Gabba ground to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series, we look at the injury-hit team’s unlikely heroes.

Bernardo Silva fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League for the first time since August 2019 as his late strike inspired a 2-0 win against Aston Villa.

European giants Real Madrid are handed a humiliating Copa del Rey last-32 defeat by third division side Alcoyano.

Arsenal make move for Odegaard, Smith Rowe to be offered new deal, PSG plan swoop for Man City’s Garcia, plus more.

Federal prosecutors accused Robert Zangrillo of conspiring to pay a bribe so that his daughter would be admitted to the University of Southern California.

Advanced Placement tests will take prominence as the college entrance exam phases out subject tests and the optional essay.

Dr Tim Bradshaw says Russell Group universities are working hard to provide a high-quality learning experience

It is wrong to suggest that universities have not put the interests of students at the heart of their response to the pandemic (The government has failed thousands of students in England. They deserve a refund, 14 January).

From the start, Russell Group universities have worked hard to...

Edexcel initially defended decision to cut British jazz artist Courtney Pine from course

An exam board has admitted it was wrong to drop the work of the British jazz artist Courtney Pine from its A-level music course, thereby leaving no black composers on the course’s syllabus.

The Guardian revealed this month that Edexcel had cut Pine’s compositions from the works in its jazz and popular...

An emotional Lady Gaga performed a dramatic version of the US national anthem, Garth Brooks sang a cappella, and Jennifer Lopez gave a shoutout in Spanish at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday

Durban snake rescuer Nick Evans told the spine-chilling story of a constricting Mamba and how he managed to get out of its clutches.

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Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate, challenged Americans Wednesday to “leave behind a country better than the one we were left” and unify together as she delivered a stirring inauguration poem.

Much has been written about Donald Trump’s “TV presidency,” and how the former reality-TV star sought to produce his time in the White House. Throughout his presidential campaign, however, Joe Biden’s team — in its adherence to Covid protocols — has been shaped through the language of television, creating crowd-pleasing TV moments minus the crowds.

Sorry fans of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” but Cole Sprouse has moved on.

With a top speed of 230 km/h, the Taycan will travel between 431 and 484 km depending on the battery chosen.

Bar a revised front and rear facia, the EQA differs little, on the outside, from the GLA.

The Biden administration has yet to name a permanent chief of the Food and Drug Administration, amid a deep review of potential treatments and vaccines against the coronavirus.

As alcohol consumption increased, so did the risk of the potentially fatal heart rhythm disorder.

Pregnant women with blood pressure readings above 140/90 had deficits on tests of mental agility 15 years later.

A hospital apologises to Rachael Foley after she undergoes a hysterectomy following the error.

By Nicole Horn and Alexis Olds Migration is a widespread but highly complicated and diverse component to many fish species lives.  Migration can be strenuous and often consists of extremely long journeys. The life history stages of certain species rely heavily on migration. Fish will migrate for several reasons including escaping unfavourable conditions, moving to […]

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has asked the management of the Isimangaliso Wetlands Park Authority to justify its decision to breach the St Lucia estuary mouth.

Scientists, using a wind tunnel and high-speed cameras, have captured the butterfly’s flying skill.

Scientists have discovered ‘dwarf giraffe’ in Nambia and Uganda. The shortest was 2.4 metres tall, half the expected average.