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Watch some of the best shots as Rishabh Pant hits a “brilliant” century on day one of the fifth Test at Edgbaston.

Derby County are brought out of administration by David Clowes after the local property developer completes his takeover of the Rams.

A community leader and activist, says cases of kidnapping are often not taken seriously by Mahikeng police. Thato Molosankwe, says a syndicate that kidnaps’ children for possible trafficking, is operating in the area.

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the Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park where 21 people died on Sunday morning is complete, and the investigating team has withdrawn.

The department came under fire last year after it announced it wouldn’t be renewing the permits of almost 200,000 Zimbabwean nationals who fled the neighbouring country over a decade ago.

Russia is the world’s second-largest gold miner, with $15.5 billion in annual exports, and the goal is to dry up funding for the war in Ukraine.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Friday he was made to sit for hours under a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he described his daily routine in his new prison.

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.

With under six weeks before Kenya goes to the polls on 9 August, the United States and other international partners are pulling out all stops to see the east African country hold peaceful and credible elections.

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations returns after a four year absence, expanded to 12 teams and with World Cup qualification at stake.

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.

It has been a week since the South African minister of health repealed regulations pertaining to, among other things, the wearing of face masks, notes legal firm Bowmans, South Africa.

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 Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it is yet to decide whether to go ahead with an investigation into police conduct in the alleged cover-up of the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm.

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 Springboks might be missing an array of world-class players but drew praise for their rich depth. Jacques Nienaber is looking in from the outside at the magical world of the Springbok talent factory.

Police have warned that lives could be put in jeopardy after receiving “credible intelligence” that protests are set to target Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

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.

But she also wants to be known as more. At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.”

Tim Atkins derides the cultural and human vandalism in higher education, and Susan Anderson defends the choices made at Sheffield Hallam University

Your editorial on the threat to the arts and humanities (29 June) hits the nail on the head in its analysis of what’s wrong with both government and university policy. However, while it discusses Sheffield Hallam University closing its English...

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...

‘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...

There can be no one unifying theory, writes Prof Jonathan Bard, while Nicholas Maxwell looks to the role of purposive actions and Pete Bibby says the fittest theory will survive

Stephen Buranyi misses some key points in his article (Do we need a new theory of evolution?, 28 June). Darwin saw novel speciation as resulting from natural selection acting on anatomical variants, but that simple...

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.