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Two men lost their cool during a school fundraiser at the Maccauvlei Golf Club in Vereeniging. They exchanged blows after one man allegedly hid the other’s phone.

Rebecca Bostock’s case went undiagnosed for 16 months before an emergency operation saved her life.

Facebook users will now be able to ask the company’s independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, not just content that has been taken down, in a key expansion of the panel’s scope.

Two officials from the Ncome Correctional Facility in KwaZulu-Natal have been summarily dismissed. This follows a sexual video involving a correctional services official and an inmate which went viral on social media last month.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is expected to visit Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape on Thursday to assess the state of healthcare.

Government announced earlier this week that it had put a temporary hold on the vaccine implementation study following six reported cases of rare blood clots in women who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States.

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe acknowledged that the party was destabilised by calls for Zuma to step down after the Guptas landed a plane at Waterkloof airbase but he maintained that whilst members of the party were captured by the Guptas, the ANC itself wasn’t.

The Biden administration may place sanctions on more than 30 Russian entities as soon as Thursday.

Thousands have fled their homes on the Caribbean island of St Vincent as a volcano continues to erupt.

President Biden’s proposal for a summit with Russia’s leader means the risk of an escalation has faded.

A BBC team meets the Taliban, a group that clearly sees itself as Afghanistan’s government-in-waiting.

Malawi will destroy over 16 000 expired coronavirus vaccines donated to the impoverished country by the African Union three weeks before their use-by-date, a health official said.

Fourteen people died and four others were wounded when the minibus they were travelling in ran over a landmine on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a regional official said.

Twenty people were killed on Wednesday in Egypt when a bus collided with a truck carrying petroleum products, the health ministry, medical and security sources said.

The DR Congo will kick off a Covid vaccination drive next week, the government said on Wednesday, despite persistent public wariness over potential side effects from the drugs.

Just how risky it is to travel during the pandemic?

Almost all organisations polled said they are planning for a future involving hybrid work.

Zuma has refused to say what he thinks an appropriate sentence would be for him should he be found guilty of contempt of court for violating an order of the Apex Court, which compelled him to appear before the commission investigating claims of state capture.

He was giving evidence at the State Capture Commission in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]

Some residents in Thabazimbi in Limpopo, have stopped construction on Eskom’s multi-million rand power line.

Watch all of Chelsea’s goals from their journey to the 2020-21 FA Cup semi-finals.

Watch all of Manchester City’s goals from their journey to the 2020-21 FA Cup semi-finals.

Phil Foden’s second-half winner at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday sealed a 2-1 away win in the quarter-final, second leg to claim a 4-2 aggregate victory and set up a semi-final clash with Paris Saint Germain.

Mohamed Salah and Georginio Wijnaldum were guilty of wasting glorious opportunities to get Klopp’s men back into the tie as they failed to replicate a remarkable recovery from 3-0 down to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate at the semi-final stage two years ago.

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When it comes to baking, the devil is in the details. Follow these simple tips to make it less finicky and more fun.

Jaco Smit’s new shop in Joburg’s 44 Stanley specialises in sourdough and uncommon sips

Eyewitness News brings you the winning Lotto results. Are you a winner?

Colton Underwood is returning to reality TV — but this time on Netflix.

Amid a global pandemic, shuttered movie theaters and after a two-month delay, Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards are already poised to feel very different than previous years.

The ninth installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise has a new release date set for June 25.

The former Intelligence Minister has allegedly illegally spied on Jacob Zuma critics. Anton Harber was one of these critics, and he shared his experience.

Why do we scream? Whilst past research has largely focused on using screams to signal danger and scare predators, humans scream in a much wider range of contexts – from crying out in pleasure to shrieking with grief. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Prof Sascha Frühholz about his new study identifying what emotions humans communicate through screams, and how our brains react differently to...

Analysis rebuts claim by Boris Johnson that jab was developed ‘because of greed’

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At least 97% of the funding for the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been identified as coming from taxpayers or charitable trusts, according to the first attempt to reconstruct who paid for the decades of research that led to...

An advisory committee debated the very few cases of a rare blood disorder and worried about the suspension’s effect on global needs for a one-shot, easy-to-ship vaccine.

A study of 59 people compared the drug with a conventional antidepressant.

There had been concerns that large numbers would have to self-isolate after a false positive result.

Lawrence Dixon, 30, signed up to the reserve list in the morning and received a jab that evening.

Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin’s return to Earth 60 years ago.

She told the BBC she was concerned about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on attendance at COP26.