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

Several countries including the UK, US and Rwanda have moved to ban southern Africans from travelling to their shores after scientists in South Africa identified the new variant which has since been found in several European countries as well.

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India has formally repealed three contentious farm laws that sparked more than a year of protests, nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushed into a rare policy reversal that saw the legislation withdrawn.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

The Shoprite Group has launched its first standalone pharmacy, MediRite Plus, in Cape Town.

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.

Legal expert Benedict Phiri says former State Security boss Arthur Fraser has himself to blame for the ruling of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Wednesday. Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo dismissed Fraser’s application to cross-examine witnesses that implicated him in State capture.

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.

World number one Novak Djokovic performed double duty to lead Serbia into the Davis Cup semi-finals for the fifth time with a come-from-behind win over Kazakhstan.

Springboks Sevens player Zain Davids is looking for more improvement from the team as they look to bag a second Sevens tournament in the United Arab Emirates on Friday and Saturday.

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.

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

Fancy having your meals berated by Gordon Ramsay? Just catch him on TikTok where he amuses 30 million followers with his rude food ratings!

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

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.

The South African market prefers OVEX because it is easy to use and offers a wide variety of investment opportunities.

The fourth industrial revolution is characterised by a fusion of tech that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, creating endless possibilities.

Experts discussed some of the hurdles in a webinar on technology-enabled healthcare delivery, hosted by Amazon Web Services in collaboration with ITWeb.

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.