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A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.

Watch highlights as Vitinha’s long-range strike gives Wolves victory over gutsy non-league side Chorley to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The Tshegofatso Pule murder trial in the Johannesburg High Court has again been postponed to February 19.

The tax acts were published in the government gazette this week and give effect to tax proposals outlined in the February 2020 budget.

The South African Weather Service is advising of severe thunderstorms in some parts of the country, in what is forecast to be a mostly warm to hot Saturday.

The decision by the Labour Court to validate the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s turnaround consultations heightens tension between the broadcaster and unions.

Canadian officials said Friday they are working with the Biden administration to close what they describe as a travel “loophole” and to get more symmetry with Covid-19 safety protocols between the two countries.

The death toll from Covid-19 in the United Kingdom hit 95 981 on Friday after the country recorded another 1 401 fatalities, while official data showed medics set a new high for vaccinations carried out in the last 24 hours.

The 18-month old niece of Bobi Wine’s wife has been safely evacuated from their residence, where she had been under house arrest with the Ugandan politician and his wife, Wine told CNN’s Becky Anderson Friday.

A powerful storm nearing Mozambique is expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone on Friday, according to forecasts, dumping rain onto already swollen rivers in an area devastated by Cyclone Idai less than two years ago.

Counting was slow across Uganda as a result of the internet shutdown, which affected some of the biometric machines used to validate voter registrations.

The DRC has recorded 21,597 cases of coronavirus, of which 647 have been fatalities, according to the latest figures, published on Friday.

Three Malian troops were killed and five wounded by a roadside bomb in the centre of the country on Thursday, military sources said, in the latest attack in the Sahel state.

Abu Dhabi’s giant Yas Mall isn’t the most obvious location for embracing nature.

The Department of Health has now set up a task team to look at operational issues.

And what about the new mutant strain?

The beginning of a new year is always a good time to rethink your travel rewards strategy — but never more so than in 2021.

A former police sergeant, who saw anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett just hours before he died, says she couldn’t protect him because those accused of his assault and torture were her seniors.

Michael Mthembu, a brother to the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, has described as “tough” the passing of his brother.

The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg’s High Court ruling dismissing an application by the French arms company Thales in which the company was challenging the racketeering charge against it.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu will be honoured with an official funeral at his home in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, this Sunday.

The Tour of Andalucia is the latest cycling race to be postponed due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic, organisers told AFP.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United could move for Declan Rice, Liverpool prioritise new Van Dijk deal, Arsenal weigh up Bertrand move, plus more.

Tottenham Hotspur coach Jose Mourinho said Dele Alli missed last weekend’s win at Sheffield United through injury rather than an impending transfer.

The leader of the board at the 150-year-old San Francisco Art Institute said she is confident the college has a plan to address its financial problems, but critics have suggested otherwise.

Seven districts, seven very different experiences of pandemic learning.

Discussion of the definition’s adoption by British universities should reflect the lived realities of Jewish students, say 94 leaders, officers and members of university Jewish societies

The commentariat’s analysis of the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism by British universities (Letters, 7 January) does not resemble the reality we have...

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The ending of the letter from Dr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group (Letters, 20 January), tells you all you need to know about the marketisation of UK universities. He claims that universities remain focused on “delivering high-quality learning outcomes for their students”. Why not focus on...

With only 25 bottles for sale, the significance of the year 1964 is paramount in this exceptionally rare 31-Year-Old Black Bowmore DB5 1964 as it represents a truly defining era of evolution for both Bowmore and Aston Martin in that year.

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Dakota Johnson’s latest role in the poignant film “Our Friend” taught her life lessons she plans to carry with her.

Selena Gomez is putting it on all the line — including her fingers — in the new season of “Selena + Chef.”

According to Moeng, he had the idea of the show since 2014, posting emails and communication between Somizi and BarLeader production CEO and producer Legend Manqele.

Somizi Mhlongo had a very outburst regarding questions towards his personal life with husband Mohale Motaung-Mhlongo.

Australia hit by shortages of contraceptive pills and antidepressants

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has called on the federal government to allow pharmacists to be able to substitute medicines for same drugs of a different brand to address shortages of government-subsidised drugs.

The move comes amid significant shortages of the most widely prescribed antidepressant.

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New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson; World’s poor need action, not Covid ‘vaccine nationalism’, say experts; Germany’s Covid death toll exceeds 50,000

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The 169 kW 2.0 TSI engine from the Golf 7.5 GTI continues unchanged.

A new study found that high school students aren’t getting enough produce.

The Communist Party’s success in reclaiming the narrative has proved to the world its ability to rally the people to its side, no matter how stumbling its actions might be.

Eating fried foods increased the risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure and premature death.

The chief medical officer warns that in some ages groups Covid cases may still be going up.

By Nicole Horn and Alexis Olds Migration is a widespread but highly complicated and diverse component to many fish species lives.  Migration can be strenuous and often consists of extremely long journeys. The life history stages of certain species rely heavily on migration. Fish will migrate for several reasons including escaping unfavourable conditions, moving to […]

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has asked the management of the Isimangaliso Wetlands Park Authority to justify its decision to breach the St Lucia estuary mouth.

Scientists, using a wind tunnel and high-speed cameras, have captured the butterfly’s flying skill.

Scientists have discovered ‘dwarf giraffe’ in Nambia and Uganda. The shortest was 2.4 metres tall, half the expected average.