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Stephen Bear ordered to pay £27k over sex tape
The 34-year-old is told to pay back the money he made from illegally sharing sexual footage.
THURSDAY, 28 MARCH 2024, 18:49
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The 34-year-old is told to pay back the money he made from illegally sharing sexual footage.
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Bankman-Fried, 32, sentenced for stealing $8bn from customers of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
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Gang violence has eroded the rule of law and brought state institutions close to collapse, report finds.
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Tatyana Heard and Megan Jones will form a new centre partnership for England in their Women’s Six Nations game against Wales at Ashton Gate on Saturday.
South Africa
Gauteng MEC suspends two Soweto taxi associations’permits due to deadly violence
South Africa
Transport authorities carry out integrated operations on various national roads over Easter weekend
South Africa
Two arrested by Zeerust for possession coper cables worth R650 000 in North West.
South Africa
Dr. Phathokuhle Zondi, Clinical Lead: Unu Health Few realise the extent of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) or know how many people still succumb to this disease every year. The Centres for Disease Control in the United States estimates that two billion people – a quarter of the world’s population – may be infected… Read More »Harnessing Technology To Improve Tuberculosis Outcomes
World
MPs vote in favour of a bill that will penalise workplace discrimination based on hair.
World
Additional traffic camera footage captured the moments just before the collapse of the Baltimore bridge.
World
Dozens of people are still unaccounted for, with relatives attempting to track down their loved ones.
World
When a Democrat ousted Republicans from a district in deeply conservative Alabama this week, she won hearts and minds with a pitch about repealing the state’s no-exceptions abortion ban and protecting reproductive rights.
Africa
In the first three months of this year, about 190 schools have been closed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province.
Africa
Joseph Boakai tells the BBC he is trying to change the mindset of those who think government is a way to get rich.
Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Africa
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.
Business
Gauteng’s freeway network will become non-toll routes from 11 April 2024.
Business
Eskom’s price increases for its direct customers will come into effect over the easter weekend.
Business
Euromoney has crowned the winners of its Private Banking Awards for 2024, with two banks scopping up 70% of the local awards.
Business
El Niño could see food inflation increase in the coming months, despite the current slowdown.
Politics
Sivuyile Ngodwana removed as mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni during a vote of no confidence.
Politics
DA challenges Mashatile on Mapisa-Nqakula no confidence motion brought by the DA
Politics
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
Politics
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has endorsed objections to former president Jacob Zuma’s nomination to stand for parliament.
Sport
Former Bafana Bafana striker Thamsanqa Gabuza’s court case was withdrawn after the complainant agreed to a ‘mediation agreement.’
Sport
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino says it is important the club’s fans and players ‘move on’ after Raheem Sterling was booed by supporters.
Sport
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Gladiators star Bionic to make predictions for this weekend’s Premier League games.
Sport
Former Celtic captain Scott Brown talks hair, Ayr and choosing “to be horrible”.
Education
The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
Education
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA — Japan needs to expand and deepen its diplomatic and economic relations with Ethiopia through education and people-to-people ties, the country’s ambassador said.
Education
The national debate about so-called woke campuses does not reflect what most college students care about.
Education
Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe
Plans for mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London, have been called a “horrifying act of cultural and social vandalism” and the “biggest assault on jobs at any UK university in recent years”.
The job cuts, which are now subject to a consultation, are the latest in a series of...
Lifestyle
Watch this viral pet video that will leave you in “awes” and “lols”. Buckle up, you are not ready for this cuteness overload!
Lifestyle
Staunch Kaizer Chiefs supporter and BOSA president Mmusi Maimane has impressed many with his football skills.
Lifestyle
New EFF member Carl Niehaus clapped back at a troll who criticised his wife over their age difference and interracial marriage.
Lifestyle
Discover daily furry fun facts. Whether adorable or kind of gross, our pets never cease to amaze us. Join us in exploring their world!
Entertainment
Winners of each category will receive R50 000. The Song of the Year winner will walk away with R150 000.
Entertainment
Ahead of the Easter Weekend, Spotify released figures that reveal that young people are big consumers of faith music.
Entertainment
Former Gagasi FM on-air personality Penny Ntuli revealed that she was offered a salary of a measly R2,800 by the station.
Entertainment
Someone, unbeknown to the MK Party, created an impression that singer Lira was endorsing the MK and was a member.
Science/Tech
A government gazette from Sanral has revealed the shutdown date for Gauteng’s much-abhorred e-toll scheme.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shares a report: According to the Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, ‘consonance’ — a pleasant-sounding combination of notes — is produced by special relationships between simple numbers such as 3 and 4. More recently, scholars have tried to find psychological explanations, but these ‘integer ratios’ are still credited with making a chord sound beautiful, and deviation...
Science/Tech
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8-billion.
Science/Tech
Mr. Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, faced a maximum sentence of 110 years.
Motoring
Motoring
There were several international and local factors that contributed to the increases in petrol and diesel prices
Motoring
Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Starlet the Japanese carmaker’s top three used models.
Motoring
Health
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Health
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
Health
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
Health
The gamer, Tyler Blevins, said a mole removed from his foot during a recent checkup with a dermatologist was found to be a melanoma.
Nature
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
Nature
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nature
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
Nature
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.