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Seven people have been arrested for allegedly hijacking a minibus taxi, and holding the driver and a passenger hostage on the N3 highway in Gauteng.

A Plumstead pastor at the River Word Church is doing God’s work by spreading what he calls “prosperity gospel”, which allows him to provide his congregants in need, with cars, money, food supplies, and very soon, even houses.

The US and its European allies urge Moscow to de-escalate, amid fears it could invade Ukraine.

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) have urged their members to get vaccinated.

Two weeks ago, several developed nations red listed travel between their countries and Southern Africa after the discovery of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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Iconic South African poet and author, Dr. Don Mattera has been hospitalised.

The justice department says there is “insufficient evidence” to back a writer’s claim a witness lied.

Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.

The social media giant is accused of fuelling violence against the persecuted minority in Myanmar.

The latest territorial gains claimed by Abiy’s government mark another sharp shift in the 13-month war that has triggered a desperate humanitarian crisis in the north of Africa’s second most populous nation.

Amelie Osborn-Smith says she’d expected to lose her foot, but doctors say she’ll be able to walk on it again.

A Zimbabwe court on Monday dropped a case against investigative journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono, charged with inciting public violence last year for supporting banned demonstrations on Twitter.

Professor Willem Hanekom says that the Omicron variant “is spreading extraordinarily fast in South Africa”.

Samsung Electronics Co is combining two of its three business divisions and appointing new leaders to replace its three co-chief executive officers in its biggest management shakeup since 2017.

FNB’s Chantal Marx talks trading updates from Grindrod and Thungela Resources. Nampak CEO, Erik Smuts, on results as the company moves back into profit. David Shapiro from Sasfin on 50 years in the stock market, do managers matter and do equities really create wealth?

Former International Relations Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim will be laid to rest at the Heroes’ Acre at Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The Constitution 18th Amendment Bill will be brought before the National Assembly on Tuesday. The Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution adopted the Bill which seeks to amend the property clause to facilitate land expropriation without compensation.

The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot

The Barberton Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga has granted R3000 bail to the former ANC councillor accused of murder. Lifa Nkosi was arrested last month, following the murder of an off-duty police officer and a friend in Barberton.

Abdul Ebrahim says a lack of communication from the PSL led to match officials arriving at FNB Stadium despite a no-show from Kaizer Chiefs.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is “disappointed” his side conceded in injury time to lose 2-1 against Everton and admits the Gunners were “inconsistent”.

Fee-paying Colston’s school to follow Colston primary and Colston’s girls’ school in ditching slave trader’s name

A fee-paying school in Bristol named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its name after a consultation attracted thousands of responses from the school and wider community.

Colston’s school was set up by the Bristol-born merchant in 1710 as Colston’s hospital and...

Demand for the Report Abuse in Education helpline means it will stay open, says NSPCC children’s charity

More than 850 calls, many alleging sexual abuse and harassment in schools, have been made to a national helpline set up after the Everyone’s Invited website revealed widespread sexism, misogyny and abuse in education.

A total of 150 were so serious that they have been referred to police and...

London-based ODEON Cinemas said on Monday it sold over 200,000 advance tickets of Marvel superhero movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in the first week, breaking a record held by “Avengers: Endgame” and indicating a good appetite for movie going this festive season despite Omicron concerns.

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The Roy family is rich in Critics Choice nominations.

Charlie Cox is here to stay.

It’s a wrap for two of the stars of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.”

Over 40 countries have now confirmed the presence of Omicron. And, in the UK, scientists have been increasingly expressing their concern about the new variant. Some have speculated there could be more than 1,000 cases here already, and that it could become the dominant variant within weeks.

To get an update on what we know about the Omicron variant, and how quickly it might be spreading,...

The chip maker’s Israeli subsidiary builds driver-assistance technology for major automakers and is now testing self-driving cars.

President Biden emphasized how the bill would lower prescription drug costs, an issue his administration hopes will build support for the broader package.

A survey of more than 80,000 physicians estimated that women make 25 percent less than men over a 40-year career.

The impotence pill could have effects in the brain that may help fight dementia, say US researchers.

High numbers of staff in self-isolation prompted the closure of Todholm Primary in Paisley.

Tally the Turtle is recovering in a UK zoo awaiting a flight back to the warm waters of Mexico.

Nirmal Purja’s record-breaking climb of the world’s highest peaks is the subject of a documentary.

The spacecraft is set to crash into an object called Dimorphos in September 2022.

For the first time, 3D-printed ‘meat’ is being served as a whole ‘cut’ – the BBC’s Emily Maitlis tried it.