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Despite the establishment of her office 10 months ago, the children’s commissioner in the Western Cape has not presented a concrete plan to deal with the scourge of violence against children.

Mpumalanga police are looking for a man who escaped through a window while under police guard at a local hospital.

Broadcaster and Journalist Karima Brown has passed away on Thursday morning from COVID-19 related complications.

During a Hawks sting operation in Midrand, Gauteng, six people have been arrested for dealing in pangolin.

Andrew Cuomo says he will fully cooperate with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill banning controversial police tactics and easing the way for lawsuits against officers violating constitutional rights.

A new five-year plan may signal a switch from fossil fuels, but economic worries could limit change.

Australia’s prime minister has thrown his support behind a senior minister accused of rape, and rejected mounting calls for an independent investigation into the allegations.

Amid the economic gloom of the coronavirus disaster and associated negative growth, one sector is shining brightly for Zimbabwe.

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.

At least 10 people, including the two pilots, have died when a plane crashed at an airstrip in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the region’s governor and the airline has said.

The virus has so far infected more than 28,500 in Sudan and killed nearly 1,900, according to official data.

Delivering a sign of confidence even with the continent’s vaccine plans at an early stage.

Better than expected revenue collection means that South Africa has managed to pull itself back from the fiscal cliff in its latest budget, but the warning signs are still there.

The regulator said its decision was in accordance with section 57 of the Protection of Personal Information Act.

The ANC in Johannesburg wants criminal action instituted against former City of Johannesburg manager Dr Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni.

DA MP Phumzile Van Damme has slammed EFF MP Nazier Paulsen for allegedly threatening to beat her in parliament.

The President’s office has told the State Capture Commission’s legal team that President Cyril Ramaphosa will wait until after Brian Molefe has completed his testimony before responding to allegations levelled against him.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding consequence management against officials allegedly involved in mismanagement and corruption related to the awarding of tenders in the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality in Limpopo.

England’s Tyrrell Hatton defends his title this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where victory launched a roller-coaster year that included two wins in the past five months.

AmaZulu FC head coach Benni McCarthy believes his side will soon eclipse some of the big boys in the league after promising performances of late

The Sharks have honoured their legendary former coach ??Ian McIntosh by naming the main entry gate to Kings Park stadium in his honour.

Buckingham Palace is ‘very concerned’ about allegations that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, bullied staff while living at Kensington Palace.

That’s our weekend viewing sorted, then: The highly-anticipated Oprah Winfrey interview with ostracised Royals Harry and Meghan will be broadcast in South Africa!

Talk about peculiar: Angela Anderson is making a killing by selling vagina-scented face masks in New Jersey, USA.

Hits are elusive in the entertainment industry, and the fact Disney+ has conjured two with “The Mandalorian” and now “WandaVision” speaks to a certain kind of Disney magic. Yet as the latter prepares to end its run, lessons have emerged about translating “Star Wars” and Marvel into this relatively new medium, as well as the spells they have cast for Disney+.

Maria Bello is moving on.

Solange Knowles is opening up about her health while making her last album.

Don’t look for Jennette McCurdy to appear in the planned reboot of “iCarly.”

Numerous Standard Bank customers have in recent days complained about duplicate transactions going off on their debit and credit cards.

Software and subscription-based models have staked their claim as the de facto tools to enable and facilitate digital transformation.

Is it possible to have more than five very close friends? A miscellany of modern research reveals the life-saving power of our relationships

“There is nothing to which nature seems so much to have inclined us, as to society,” wrote Montaigne in “Of Friendship”, an essay celebrating and mourning his BFF, Etienne de La Boétie. According to research cited by the evolutionary psychologist...

We asked Melissa Kirsch to talk about ways she keeps her spirits up and her day meaningful. For her, it starts with a movie night.

Rapid approval without lengthy tests can happen if new vaccines are needed to fight variants, say regulators.

Doctors are reporting additional, minor symptoms that appear several days after people have received their shots.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s donation of his 3-D virus model to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History comes as museums are working to document the Covid-19 era.

By Lusanda Gqaza and Yanga Mbatana (Environmental Education Officers, De Hoop Nature Reserve) On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), proclaimed 03 March (the day of adopting the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, in 1973), as World Wildlife Day. This is a day that […]

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March every year as an opportunity to highlight the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. The Western Cape is a very special place with an abundance of unique and irreplaceable […]

AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish with their car’s number plate and issue an automatic fine .

On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]