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Klopp likes the way Slot’s Feyenoord play football
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he likes the way Feyenoord manager and potential successor Arne Slot’s team play football.
FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2024, 14:55
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he likes the way Feyenoord manager and potential successor Arne Slot’s team play football.
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David Gilbert needs one more frame to move into the quarter-finals of the World Championship as opponent Robert Milkins struggles.
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Earlier this month, Eskom issued a tender for a 75MW solar plant at its Lethabo power station in the Free State, which will form part of the utility’s just energy transition strategy.
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Two homes have been destroyed and four damaged at a Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility staff housing precinct in Pretoria.
South Africa
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
South Africa
Mjwara’s departure bittersweet, says Minister Nzimande
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has described Dr Phil Mjwara’s farewell as bittersweet for both the department and the country’s science community. The Department of Science and Technology (DSI) hosted a farewell for Mjwara, the longest-serving DG in the country,...
South Africa
Stage 2 load shedding anticipated for winter 2024
Eskom anticipates that load shedding will likely be “maintained within Stage 2” this winter period.
This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane, who was speaking during the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing held at Megawatt Park on Friday.
He said the forecast was made on the...
South Africa
One of the four defendants on trial for the gruesome murders of Dan Brand, his wife, Breggie, and their daughter Elzabie on 26 July 2020 on a smallholding outside Hartswater, claims he only washed dust from Elzabie’s stolen Mazda CX5, and not blood.
World
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.
World
China’s foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a “downward spiral”, as the visiting secretary of state raised concerns on issues including support for Russia.
World
The megastar had been ordered to delete the track by the late rapper’s estate for “abusing his legacy”.
World
In Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.
Africa
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.
Africa
Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.
Africa
Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.
Africa
Burkina Faso’s military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
Business
The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.
Business
A slight boost to the rand won’t do much to prevent a petrol price hike next week – but diesel users should at least get some relief.
Business
Business
The firm says BHP’s bid to create one of the world’s biggest mining groups is “highly unattractive”.
Politics
The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.
Politics
The IEC has disbursed R342 million to be shared among political parties in the national legislature.
Politics
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa will first visit Botshabelo and then wrap up in Bloemfontein.
Politics
The IFP in the North West voiced concerns regarding the removal of its election posters.
Sport
Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel won’t be ‘influenced’ by a petition urging him to remain at the club.
Sport
Kaizer Chiefs are starting to prepare for the 2024/25 season. A striker that arrived in August 2023 will be leaving in June.
Sport
Rhulani Mokwena and his Esperance counterpart, Miguel Cardoso, painted a grim picture of what football will look like if its ruling bodies continue to pile on the load of players without thinking about their welfare.
Sport
German Nico Hulkenberg will leave Haas to join Sauber at the end of the ongoing Formula One season, the two teams announced.
Education
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
Education
Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies
Only two in five children in England say they always feel safe at school, according to a government survey, and teachers from across Britain have told the Guardian they have seen pupils’ behaviour deteriorate over the last two years.
Teachers said violence and abuse aimed at school staff...
Education
Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York
As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were...
Education
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has for many years been a strong player in several areas of world-class research. Some of the country’s researchers have made major contributions in areas like the biomedical sciences, palaeontology and astronomy
Lifestyle
Janet Jackson unveiled her near-casting as the iconic Storm in the X-Men franchise, a role eventually immortalized by Halle Berry.
Lifestyle
Phat Joe and his family have reportedly been given the boot from a plush Sea Point apartment after he failed to pay his R40k pm rent.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Limpopo comedian Mashabela Galane couldn’t hold back tears at his best friend DJ Peter ‘Mashata’ Mabuse’s tribute concert on Thursday.
Entertainment
Entertainment
The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Science/Tech
Zoom Fibre is making significant strides beyond merely delivering high-speed internet to homes and businesses.
Science/Tech
These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee picks right to your door—each with its own twist.
Science/Tech
The car manufacturer believes it will prevent several problems for owners who want to install the technology.
Science/Tech
Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zone
Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.
The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty...
Motoring
Motoring
Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.
Motoring
Motoring
Health
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.
Health
There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.
Health
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.
Health
Facts and common misconceptions about some of America’s most widely used drugs.
Nature
The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.
Nature
The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.
Nature
More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.
Nature
Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.