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Widow denied RAF support after court rules husband’s death was not crash-related

Officials say the train had been transporting military personnel home for Eid when it was attacked by armed separatists.

Towa says one person was injured was transported to Thebe Hospital in Harrismith.

The municipality says flood damage has slowed electricity restoration efforts.

Professor Kayode Fayemi was speaking at the Thabo Mbeki Annual Lecture in Cape Town on Saturday.

Mashatile says the government is outraged by the killing of Thato Molosankwe.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people.

The 39-year-old was fatally injured while swimming out at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland.

Twenty-one people have been injured, including a 15-year-old boy, with damage reported across all districts of Kyiv.

Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

This Victorian-era town in South Africa is famous for some of the biggest diamonds ever discovered.

The vast majority of South Africans are underpreapared for retirement, but Ninety One says that there are several methods to improve your retirement outcomes.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Watch highlights as Oleksandr Usyk beats Rico Verhoeven to retain his world heavyweight titles in Egypt following a controversial 11th-round stoppage.

The Cynon Valley club was saved by a fundraising effort that brought together local residents who raised around £15,000 to secure its future.

Hearts captain linked with Rangers as Celtic manager expects meeting with major shareholder.

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen admits it “hurts too much” at present to watch back the missed shot which ultimately cost him a place in this year’s World Championship final.

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

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Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

An SAA Airbus A320 landed, rather miraculously, in Gqeberha after storm diversions left the aircraft with critically low fuel reserves.

Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…

MaMkhize has distanced herself from a popular Facebook profile in her name, known for posing controversial comments…

Kaya FM presenter Sizwe Dhlomo has been accused of bragged about his whopping petrol receipt – take a look…

Huseyidin Mohamed Esa won the men’s race in a course record 2:04:55 and Dera Dida Yami secured the women’s title in 2:23:18.

Woman making semaglutide injection pen in her stomach. Picture: iStock

“I need energy, I need power. Without energy. It will be difficult to continue,” said Ouaddou.

The matter relates to evidence before the Madlanga Commission.

It’s time to prep your kit ahead of the summer season. These tools will do the job.

Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs. Diallyl disulfide, it turns out, deserves the credit.

Twin of the Indian-market Renault Duster, also coming to South Africa this year, will make its world premiere on 9 July.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.