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Several of Sunday’s papers carry details of the chancellor’s proposals ahead of the Budget.

The US is the first country in the world to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Police say 23 people have been arrested after disorder at an anti-lockdown protest.

In Saturday’s daily Covid-19 update, the health department said there had been 1 447 new infections, with South Africa’s total cases now standing on 1 512 225.

Another four people were shot dead in Mitchells Plain on Saturday afternoon, during a weekend of terror in the Cape Town suburb.

Matric learners have been encouraged to pursue re-writing the subjects they did not do well in instead of repeating the whole year.

KwaZulu-Natal police are continuing their search for a learner who was kidnapped from a school at Newlands West in Durban.

All inmates at Namur prison have been confined to their cells amid the virus outbreak, officials say.

Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, according to a reporter, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta.

There is no mystery in how Jamal Khashoggi died, it was cold-blooded and brutal.

Was he a joke, an oaf, a hero, or the evil dictator the West loved to hate? Decades after his death, his legacy is still a puzzle.

In early December, a gang abducted 344 boys from a boarding school in Kankara, in northern Katsina state, but released them a week later.

South Sudan captain Amy Lasu says women’s football in the country is “on the right track” following the start of its first women’s league.

Three gay Ugandans in fear of being deported from the UK tell their stories of torture and terror.

Which means changing what it means to be human.

Why it matters.

As new SUV brightens outlook.

Targeted at industrial consumers who’ve been slower to adopt the technology than utilities or homeowners.

The serious administrative shortcomings in the entire North West province have prompted some to call for a Commission of Inquiry into its affairs.

The African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus welcomes the judgment by the Western Cape High Court that has found ANC MP Adv Bongani Bongo not guilty of bribery accusations levelled against him. 

The party is accusing Dentlinger of practising anti-Black racism against Members of Parliament on national TV, within the Parliamentary precinct.

The ad hoc committee amending Section 25 of the Constitution resolved on Friday not to allow oral submissions from stakeholders who have already made written submissions.

Flying winger Rosko Specman was the Cheetahs’ hero with a hat-trick of tries in Saturday’s 34-33 win over the Stormers at Cape Town Stadium.

Ruben Neves earns Wolves a point at Newcastle as Steve Bruce’s side miss the chance to move further clear of the relegation zone.

The Bulls are planning to play the majority of the year without the star wing, who’s back full-time with the Blitzboks ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, but have a great replacement in Madosh Tambwe.

Jonathan Trott has warned England’s batsmen to maintain their patience and not become “too desperate” when facing in-form India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel.

Surge in cases expected as schools reopen and charities report 70% rise in demand for services

A surge in child mental health cases is expected to emerge as schools reopen next week, amid warnings of a “crisis on top of a crisis” hitting vulnerable children during the pandemic.

Paediatricians, psychologists and charitable groups providing mental health support all told the Observer they were...

Taylor Swift, Cher, and Apple’s CEO Tim Cook joined a growing list of celebrities and corporations by Friday calling on the US Senate to pass legislation that would expand federal legal protection from discrimination to LGBT+ Americans.

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The local actress admits to having impostor-syndrome moments while filming this big-deal sequel to an iconic Eddie Murphy film

In the 30 years Melissa Trueblood has worked in production, she’s seen it all — even if she claims she doesn’t have the coolest stories. But 2021 has dealt her one of her tallest orders yet: to help the Golden Globes put on, essentially, three shows in one night.

The two French bulldogs violently stolen from Lady Gaga’s dog walker have been returned safely, the Los Angeles Police Department said Friday.

The latest answers to the important medical questions about the vaccines and the pandemic

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The prospects of vaccines failing to trigger immune responses are dismissed as remote by scientists. “If a vaccine has not been properly refrigerated that might pose problems but doctors take great care to ensure that doesn’t happen,” said...

No V8 diesel or V6 petrol but rather the stalwart normally aspirated 1HZ 4.2-litre straight-six normally aspirated oil-burner.

A higher centre of gravity means SUVs are often much more unstable than sedans and small cars.

The authorization of a third Covid-19 vaccine will bring millions more doses within days. But health officials worry that some people will see the vaccine as the inferior choice.

At a federal compound in Connecticut, inmates in precarious health “are like sitting ducks,” one lawyer said.

A once-ignored derivative of hemp has become a hot seller for people looking for a loophole around marijuana laws.

A once-ignored derivative of hemp has become a hot seller for people looking for a loophole around marijuana laws.

On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace’s action is dangerous and illegal.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.