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Lewis Hamilton sets second fastest time in practice at the British Grand Prix to encourage his struggling Mercedes team at his home race.

The former deputy chief whip will no longer sit as a Conservative MP, after allegations he groped two men.

Military equipment is pouring into Ukraine, but President Zelensky says more is needed to stop Russia.

The broadcaster and DJ’s longstanding midweek afternoon slot will be filled by Radio 1’s Scott Mills.

To kick off Mandela Month, the Nelson Mandela Foundation is making an announcement regarding this year’s Mandela Day.

The police investigation on site at the Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park where 21 people died on Sunday morning is complete, and the investigating team has withdrawn.

He and MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are facing assault charges after allegedly attacking a police officer at the funeral of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 2018.

That’s the word from CEO André de Ruyter who on Friday during a briefing stated the power utility would be able to lift load shedding if workers returned to their posts.

Judges in Florida and Kentucky have moved to block those states from enforcing bans or restrictions on abortion after the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision.

Russia said its troops had left the island as a “gesture of goodwill.” Ukraine said their missile campaign drove them out.

The group proposed that students compare “journeys to America,” including the “involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times.”

Some 60% of the country’s population faces starvation amid food aid cuts, aid workers say.

Italian Serie A side Inter Milan sign Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana on a free transfer from Dutch giants Ajax.

We talk to the Afro-Italian artists hoping to make a change.

The Eswatini government has declared activist and journalist Zweli Martin Dlamini a terrorist, and condemned his online publication Swaziland News.

The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the merger between Virgin Active South Africa and Kauai.

Russian missiles struck an apartment building and a recreation center near the Black Sea port of Odesa early Friday.

A recent labour case in South Africa dealt with a senior executive at Transnet who was dismissed for inappropriate comments circulated on a WhatsApp group.

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa has billions in unclaimed assets that comprise of savings, investments, risk policies, annuity policies and accounts in Collective Investment Schemes portfolios.

EFF Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has testified that that he felt his rights had been fundamentally violated when he was refused entry into the Fourways Memorial Park to bury struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela Mandela in April 2018.

The assault trial of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and Member of Parliament Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resumes in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

ANC Deputy President David Mabuza has urged party members to emulate the selfless leadership of the former ANC Youth League leader Peter Mokaba.

The justice minister, who is angling to become the party’s deputy president, was quick to add that there should be a generational mix in leadership

DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley has launched a scathing attack on the players who threatened legal action unless their sanctions for competing in LIV Golf are removed.

Mohamed Salah ended speculation over his Liverpool future on Friday by signing a new contract that will reportedly run until 2025.

As rolling blackouts continue to grip the nation, sports lovers – particularly rugby – may find themselves in the lurch with a mouth-watering feast of rugby on the cards.

Pupils at the school thank the singer for his generosity in helping to create a “beautiful place”.

Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise is inadequate, and has instead recommended 5%

Teaching unions have warned that strikes may still be called in England despite reports of an improved offer being considered by the Treasury.

Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), welcomed suggestions of a 5% pay rise but feared it still amounted to a pay cut after...

Graduates respond to the scrapping of Sheffield Hallam’s degree and the governments stance on ‘low-value’ courses

This week, the news that Sheffield Hallam University is to scrap its standalone English literature degree from next year triggered an outcry, following the government’s decision to end funding for degrees where less than 40% of graduates find “highly skilled” employment within...

‘Ignorant fools acting stupid’: A travel agent who witnessed an hour-long fight involving roughly 60 people on a Carnival cruise spills the beans.

Show me the honey! See how Mzansi’s biggest stars are prepping for a weekend of partying at the Durban July…

Music star Taylor Swift is engaged to her actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn, Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.

A hotel without walls probably won’t work in SA because of the country’s crime rate. It is however raking in thousands in Switzerland.

If she hasn’t already, Kate Bush may want to send Netflix a muffin basket.

“Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert is remembering her late co-star Michael Landon, more than three decades after he died of pancreatic cancer at age 54.

Millie Bobby Brown will star in a new Netflix film from the Russo brothers, called “The Electric State.”

“Stranger Things” has taken the idea of playing the long game to heart a bit too literally, capping its super-sized fourth season with two sprawling episodes that total nearly four hours. Whether that’s a reward to fans or self-indulgence by the producers rests in the eye of the beholder, but after this, it’s hard to imagine many concluding that ending things with season five qualifies as...

Spec is unchanged from the standard Expression model, bar the removal of the rear seats.

Model that gave rise to the Toyota Urban Cruiser has been redesigned with standard mild-hybrid system, plus a new automatic gearbox.

Free Practice sessions will be screened on SuperSport Channel 215 and F1 TV. Here’s when to tune in.

About 2.3 million people are thought to have the virus – up half a million from the week before.

Alan Titford and Sarah Jane Lloyd-Jones are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Kaylea.

Almost all of the UK’s Covid rules have ended, two years after they were introduced.

Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of humans and mice they infect, researchers say.

As resources are depleted on Earth, many scientists suggest the asteroid belt could be mined instead.

The biggest freshwater fish ever documented, weighing in at 300kg (661lb), is found in the Mekong river in Cambodia.

Across the UK, volunteer harvesters are helping to fight food waste by sending produce to food banks.

Women from across Australia will present a visual petition to MPs, calling for urgent action.