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A cannabis company based in the high mountains of Lesotho will begin exporting their produce to Germany in June.

The man allegedly killed his wife in Lusikisiki and fled the scene.

Mavhunga took an overdose of medication hours after she arrived home from school on Monday, following an incident in which she was assaulted by another learner earlier that day.

A Free State man who conspired with a bank employee to steal R1 million from a client has been sent to jail.

When the Titanic sank, six Chinese men were rescued – but their ordeal didn’t end there.

Amid a punishing third wave, people across India are finding drugs, oxygen and beds in short supply.

The country’s vaccination rollout is one of the fastest in the world, so why are Covid cases surging?

Opposition newspaper owner Jimmy Lai was arrested under Hong Kong’s new national security law.

In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?

Malawi’s once-ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday called for President Lazarus Chakwera’s election to be annulled after the country’s electoral commissioners were removed from office.

Fewer than 20 companies worldwide have been able to achieve becoming aligned with the EU’s Good Manufacturing Practice standards.

Many Africans who have received their first Covid-19 vaccine do not know when they will get a second shot because deliveries are delayed, the continent’s top public health official said on Thursday.

Record fuel price increases are grabbing headlines at the moment, but home sellers should be even more concerned about the increases in municipal tariffs that will be implemented in just a few months’ time, says Gerhard Kotzé, managing director of the RealNet estate agency group.

Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says that South African tourism businesses have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic because of their focus on international travellers.

At least a third of French wine production this year, representing almost two billion euros in sales, will be lost due to a bout of unusually cold early spring weather, a federation said Wednesday.

Magashule’s group and ANC outsiders have made moves to get the president and others to also stand aside

African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to lead a by-election campaign in Hammersdale in the west of the eThekwini municipality later on Thursday.

City of Tshwane Mayor Randall William says the city will continue with efforts to restore its financial health. The City is currently operating on a deficit of over R4 billion.

Herman Mashaba announced outside the Durban City Hall that Action SA will — in addition to Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni — also contest for power in eThekwini.

Maxi Bagnasco says he knows Diego Maradona’s features by heart after painting portraits of the soccer star almost daily since the Argentine World Cup winner died last November.

Cameron Smith blitzed Harbour Town Golf Links for a nine-under par 62 to grab a one-stroke lead in the RBC Heritage over former British Open champion Stewart Cink.

Proteas coach Mark Boucher has given every indication that superstar batsman AB de Villiers could still be central to his T20 World Cup plans.

As he prepares for Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Leicester, Southampton winger Nathan Redmond tells BBC Sport about the role his mother has played in his career.

Lopez and Rodriguez said they would largely remain mum about the split out of respect for their children from previous relationships.

Toni Jaye Singer weighs in on the debate about Duchess of Sussex missing out on this solemn event

Thuli Phongolo thought her acting dreams were being cut short when the “Generations 16” was axed in September 2014, but a higher power had bigger plans for her.

“Forgive me for not being the celebrity that you think I should be. I am the mother I want to be,” the ‘Idols SA’ judge said.

Afrihost has slashed the price of its Pure DSL packages with uncapped, unshaped broadband prices now starting at R297 per month.

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Turkey’s central bank has banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services, citing “irreparable” possible damages and significant risks in such transactions.

Politicians complain that only three NHS scripts have been issued since the law changed in 2018.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said he hoped for a decision “quite soon” on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as local governments shifted to more complicated two-dose vaccines for marginal populations.

The group will assess the prescription of puberty blockers for under-16s, NHS England says.

Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus. But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies.

Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin’s return to Earth 60 years ago.