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The Cure, Yungblud and FKA Twigs are the first British winners on the night in Los Angeles.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that rich people, who are the whites, must pay for services for poor South Africans.

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

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

Nearly a month after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Caracas is settling into an uneasy normal, with major changes and lingering questions about what lasts and what comes next.

Hezbollah is being squeezed in Lebanon as Iran’s economic crisis limits support, and the U.S. presses Beirut to force the group to disarm while Israel keeps bombarding Lebanon.

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

American Nelly Korda wins the weather-affected Tournament of Champions after “probably the hardest holes I’ve ever played in professional golf”.

Arsenal will only have themselves to blame if they do not win the title as title rivals stumble in a perfect weekend for The Gunners, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Arsenal hope to have midfielder Mikel Merino back before the end of the season after specialists say he will need a foot operation.

Dissent was in the air among Tottenham fans at half-time against Manchester City. At full-time they were singing “Oh when the Spurs go marching in”.

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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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.