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England “know Australia are beatable in Australia”, according to fast bowler James Anderson.

Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell ask whether it’s the end for Ben Roethlisberger after another poor performance saw his Pittsburgh Steelers dominated by the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

In an exclusive interview, Dr Albert Bourla says jabs have saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars.

Gauteng residents can expect scattered thundershowers with cloudy conditions to persist over the next few days.

As chairperson of the South African National Aids Council (Sanac), Mabuza delivered a keynote address in Limpopo on Wednesday to commemorate World Aids Day.

Deputy Health Minister Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo and infectious diseases specialists briefed Parliament’s Health Committee on Wednesday night about the new variant and the country’s preparations to deal with the fourth wave of infections.

Record high prices kicked in on Wednesday, pushing the petrol price above R20 per litre.

Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant variant of the coronavirus in South Africa less than four weeks after it was first detected there, and the United States on Wednesday became the latest country to identify an Omicron case within its borders.

India has formally repealed three contentious farm laws that sparked more than a year of protests, nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushed into a rare policy reversal that saw the legislation withdrawn.

Mr Tudge’s ex-staffer said she had experienced bullying during their consensual affair in 2017.

A network based in China amplified claims that the US was meddling in the Covid origins search.

Boat accidents are tragically common on Nigerian waterways mostly due to overcrowding, bad weather and lack of maintenance.

In its official response to the commission’s findings released last month, Lagos State government said it accepted only one person was shot and killed in the Lekki incident as confirmed by the state’s pathologist.

Ziane was a prominent government lawyer in the early 1990s and human rights minister between 1995 and 1996. 

Lesotho is ranked as one of the 30 poorest countries in the world, with a Gross National Income of US$2 740 per capita.

Mineral Resources and Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has warned that South Africa’s petrol price will increase if the government moves ahead on plans to scrap the controversial e-toll system.

South Africa is in talks with Pfizer and Merck to gain access to their Covid-19 treatment pills as the omicron variant spreads across the country and cases almost double.

Even lockdowns and omicron can’t derail the strategists’ optimism.

The Biden administration’s restrictions on travel from southern Africa because of the omicron coronavirus variant will be temporary, Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday after health officials identified the first US case of the mutated virus.

The Modimolle-Mookgophong hung council in Limpopo will resume with its sitting to elect a new Mayor on Tuesday. The council sitting collapsed for the fourth time on Monday after voting for the Mayor ended in a stalemate.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande has lashed out at the Democratic Alliance (DA), saying it is using the Language Policy Framework of Higher Institutions to attract Afrikaans speaking voters.

Former Ekurhuleni Mayor, Mzwandile Masina has poured cold water on allegations that he drove a state blue-light vehicle without authority and whilst under the influence of alcohol in August last year.

The Free State ANC Youth League has reaffirmed that municipalities that are led by young people will have quality leadership. This comes after they managed to close ranks and have young people as mayors in four municipalities in the province.

Liverpool thrashed local rivals Everton 4-1 to pile the pressure on former Reds boss Rafael Benitez on Wednesday, while victories for Chelsea and Manchester City ensured the Premier League top three remain separated by just two points.

In the third episode of Born To Brawl visits Dennis McCann and his family at home in Kent, before his fight against Juan Jose Jurado on Saturday.

Bulls coach Jake White believes the current national approach to picking overseas-based players is proving detrimental for franchise strength.

A comprehensive wrap of all the collated fixtures, scores and match reports from the Premier League:

Prosecutors said they were reviewing “a mountain of digital evidence” and were also considering charges against the suspect’s parents.

Academics share stories of job insecurity and poor working conditions on first day of industrial action

“I do not feel secure at all,” said Mattia Dossi, a third-year PhD student, on the picket line outside the University of Leeds on the first of three days of a strike by staff over pensions changes, low pay and precarious working conditions.

“The only thing I can do is to hope that I will...

Sandra Bullock opened up to Jada Pinkett Smith about the societal struggles she faces having two different race kids.

Jub Jub spilled the beans on his former lovers, Amanda du Pont, Kelly Khumalo and discussed life in prison on ‘Podcast and Chill with MacG’

The new restaurant promises to be an enormous amount of fun, and then some.

Alec Bladwin told ABC News he never pulled the trigger of the gun that shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.”

Slash says the recording of his latest album was “quite an adventure” and “a memorable experience.”

Jacqueline Avant, a philanthropist and the wife of music icon Clarence Avant and mother-in-law to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, was fatally shot in her home early Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for Netflix.

Square, the payments company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is changing its name to Block.

MultiChoice has stepped in to help a DStv subscriber who was swindled out of R20,00 by a non-accredited installer.

Sore, blurry eyes, decaying teeth, spreading feet – the strange, difficult years of coronavirus have changed us physically. Will we ever get back to our former selves?

This year, out of nowhere, my left heel has started hurting. Is it the onset of some degenerative condition, a normal byproduct of ageing, or simply pandemic life, I wonder. After all, living through this period has had...

Jack Dorsey’s digital-payments company, Square, is being renamed to Block.

Researchers in Cardiff and the US discover how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots.

Many public health experts were opposed to a boosters-for-all approach. The new variant is changing some minds.

Much remains unknown about the new variant of the coronavirus. But with cases being detected in more countries, experts had said it was only a matter of time before the variant showed up in the United States.

The agency said it was “issuing this directive to prevent the importation and spread of a communicable disease of public health importance,” an apparent reference to the new Omicron variant.

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.

An annual migration of red crabs has covered roads and bridges on an Australian island.