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Nestlé is accused of violating health guidance by selling baby food with added sugar in low and middle-income countries, including South Africa, while selling sugar-free alternatives with the same name and branding in Western markets.

Volunteers wished the Prince of Wales well as he helped out in a food charity kitchen.

e Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has blamed impeached Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s erstwhile office for delays in the hearing of her urgent challenge to the non-payment of a R10 million gratuity she says she is owed – and ordered it to pay her costs on a punitive scale.

Mkhwebane’s legal action for a gratuity payment removed from the urgent court roll.

Gouws has been under cross examination at the High Court in Pretoria.

Service delivery protests have blocked several Johannesburg roads, including Eben Cuyler Drive, Mooki Street, and roads in Noordgesig, Orlando East, and Pennyville, leading to heavy traffic disruptions in the city.

Harare residents are still traumatised after the area was plagued by three shooting incidents

Schools and businesses were closed across the United Arab Emirates after about a year’s worth of rain fell in a single day. Flooding has also disrupted travel at Dubai International Airport.

Italy’s prime minister hits back at Spanish criticism of a bill allowing anti-abortion groups in clinics.

A juror has been excused from duty in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York.

The prosecution sought 12-year prison sentences for the founders of a now-defunct law firm at the centre of the so-called “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal.

The United Kingdom’s push to send migrants to Rwanda this week again faced resistance from the House of Commons and House of Lords.

Trhas Tesfay was a champion cyclist in Ethiopia but came to the UK last year to seek asylum.

West Indies legend Courtney Walsh will be a coaching consultant as Zimbabwe’s women bid to reach a first T20 World Cup.

Cubana Chief Priest is the latest celebrity to fall foul of a crackdown on “abusing” banknotes.

Three South African airports have been ranked among the best in the world in the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards.

The IMF has warned that unemployment in South Africa is expected to deteriorate in 2024 – and prospects look bleak for next year as well.

Online retailer Takealot has penned a R150 million partnership with the Gauteng provincial government to help train and build up local businesses.

The City of Joburg has added 50MW to the grid by recommissioning an open gas turbine in Fordsburg.

ActionSA vows to speed up in-sourcing of security guards in Durban

Mda briefed the media today at Constitution Hill on her elections manifesto.

ActionSA says municipalities need to start replacing ageing water pipes to avoid wasting water.

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

Dundee are fined £66,000 because of issues with the Dens Park pitch, with a further £120,000 suspended until the end of next season.

A very tasty Nedbank Cup match is heading to the Western Cape province. Stellenbosch FC will host Mamelodi Sundowns.

Newcastle Falcons sign flanker Cameron Neild from Sale Sharks on a two-year deal to begin this summer.

Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny

In the middle of night, students at Utah’s Kings Peak high school are wide awake – taking mandatory exams.

At this online-only school, which opened during the pandemic and has seen its enrollment boom ever since, students take tests from...

A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision

Sure Start did change the lives of children, a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) told us last week. It not only improved educational outcomes for children, particularly kids from deprived areas, but also reduced later need for education, health and care plans...

Zahara’s band members and manager are not happy with her older sister Bandezwa Mkutukana-Febana ahead of the concert.

Watch this viral pet video that will leave you in “awes” and “lols”. Buckle up, you are not ready for this cuteness overload!

Piping Rock, born from a visionary quest to disrupt, embodies innovation, empowering individuals on their paths to improved health

While Oscar Pistorius is doing odd jobs at a church, the former star athlete’s murder trial has been turned into a ‘bite-sized’ opera.

The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award.

Lerole, the SA deputy chairperson of the National Men’s Forum called out some of his close friends who were making advances on his daughter.

Gauteng Premier Panyazi Lesufi said that Takealot is investing R150 million into township e-commerce, laying the foundation for 20,000 jobs.

A super-simple, hands-free action sports device that takes the hassle—and smartphone—out of on-the-go active chat.

Twitch’s upcoming discovery feed, which resembles the TikTok live stream layout, has been greenlit and will roll out this month.

Updated Opel Corsa and Jeep Wrangler, turbo Citroen C3 and electric Fiat 500e introduced in 2024.

CX-80 will be positioned above the CX-60, though at present, final spec plus a date of arrival remains unknown.

Step below the C9 will incorporates similar styling, but will likely do without the bigger 2.0 T-GDI engine.

Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.

Sustainable Energy Africa is helping municipalities across the country build their capacity to register rooftop solar PV.

Corporate climate lobbying is recognised globally as a threat to effective climate change policy, the private and public sectors in SA do not perceive closed-door engagements to be problematic, write Caroline James and Emma Schuster.

While battery electric vehicles have dominated the transition conversation in transport, it’s looking increasingly likely that other technologies will also have a role to play.

South Africa is among 175 countries negotiating on a global treaty to end plastic pollution.