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A third win in a row for Michael Carrick highlights the failures of Ruben Amorim’s time at Manchester United

Reports in January had said he was due to be executed after his arrest in connection with anti-government protests.

Police say the search for the persons swept away by flood waters will resume on Monday.

Winde says below-average requires a holistic approach to secure water resources.

Shikwambana says the twins are successfully delivered and both are currently stable receiving care

KZN Police respond to Hawks Head’s claims of office removal and device seizure

It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the owners of Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, where a fire in the early hours of Jan. 1 killed dozens.

Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.

The Zulu king was trying to calm anti-migrant feelings but ended up using a highly derogatory phrase.

The president’s son, notorious for explosive remarks on X, has ambitions to succeed his father.

Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Rusty Labuschagne was a millionaire before being wrongfully imprisoned for 10 years in Zimbabwe’s harshest prisons.

Apex Education, a private school offering blended learning, charges R780 per month for school fees.

India’s budget focuses on infrastructure and defence spending and tax breaks for data-centre investments.

Defining the middle class in South Africa is widely debated, but data from various authorities gives us a good idea of how much it takes to be included.

The IEC has been registering voters in ward 22, in the Abaqulusi Municipality

Malema says people cannot demand services from government if they do not participate in elections

On the 18th of March the wards became vacant after the resignation of councilors

Defender Zak Vyner has sealed a move from Bristol City to Championship rivals Wrexham.

Dominic Solanke scores twice, including a spectacular scorpion kick, as Tottenham come from behind to draw against Manchester City with a rousing second-half performance.

Manchester United avoided Fulham’s late comeback due to a Benjamin Sesko goal in stoppage time to give United three points and continue head coach Michael Carrick’s perfect start.

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures

Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money.

The changes will raise the...

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Siya Kolisi and Black Coffee – who are both separately going through high-profile divorces – have shown each other praise and respect.

Black Coffee has praised his Venezuelan girlfriend, Victoria Gonzalez, who he began dating shortly after his split from ex, Enhle Mbali.

DJ Black Coffee has clapped back at claims he financially and physically abused his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa…

“It was an aimless chase… to get a try from that, it showed what it means for the group,” said Sharks interim coach JP Pietersen.

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We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis

We have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or surgery – have never been so available,...

The Eastern Cape will soon be home to the longest and tallest bridges in South Africa.

Many South Africans may use quick fixes to cover up scratches and dents, but that may be a bad idea.