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Late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan end Aston Villa’s resistance as Manchester City move top of the Premier League for the first time this season, for a few hours at least, with a hard-earned victory.

Naidoo’s Lancaster Group laid a R12 billion claim against Steinhoff in 2019.

Online audiences for singalongs in the Llangollen church have “exploded”, Father Lee Taylor says.

The fiancée of a man initially thought to have committed suicide has appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder.

There’s been concern that loadshedding and power cuts are fatal for patients that are on oxygen at their homes.

Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya is overseeing the disinfecting of taxis and ranks across the province in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

I hereby confirm the sad passing away of Kgoshikhulu Mampuru the third.

President Donald Trump arrived Wednesday at his resort home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, after leaving the White House for the last time, AFP observed.

Amanda Gorman’s powerful reading of her poem was one of the memorable moments at Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Investigators probing Trump’s finances have got hold of some of his tax records, letting them move ahead even without a court order that would give them 8 years of his returns.

France, Mali’s former colonial ruler, first intervened in the country in 2013 to help drive back jihadist forces advancing on Bamako. 

United Nations officials report a worsening humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province, urging development.

After pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2019, the jihadists escalated attacks, sometimes carrying out beheadings and abducting women and children.

The cardiologist, who works in Cape Town, once headed the apartheid-era secret germ warfare programme.

Holidaymakers in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Saga says.

And what stance will the new administration adopt on trade and foreign-policy?: Alexander Forbes chief economist, Isaah Mhlanga.

Organisations can now decommission their IT assets with their workers working remotely, where issues like data security are critical: Bridgette Vermaak – ITAD specialist, Xperien

Agrees to buy Glencore’s majority stake, taking on R22.3bn in debt to do so.

Former security branch police officer, Martin Naudé, has conceded that it’s possible that anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett may have been assaulted a month before he died at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, in the early 1980s.

Some disgruntled residents of Taung village in the North West, have expressed concern at the process of recruitment for the Extended Public Works Programme.

Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku will on Thursday attempt to convince the high court in Pretoria to declare the Special Investigating Unit’s findings against him unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.

The Democratic Alliance has rejected the appointment of Deputy President David Mabuza as head of the inter-ministerial committee to oversee the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme.  

It must run in the family.

Elrigh Louw’s ceiling is perceived to be so high that the rising Bulls star is now being compared to at half-a-dozen legendary flankers.

Swallows were held to a 1-1 draw by Chippa United in their DStv Premiership encounter at Dobsonville Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Orlando Pirates were held to a goalless draw with Golden Arrows in the DStv Premiership on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors accused Robert Zangrillo of conspiring to pay a bribe so that his daughter would be admitted to the University of Southern California.

Advanced Placement tests will take prominence as the college entrance exam phases out subject tests and the optional essay.

Dr Tim Bradshaw says Russell Group universities are working hard to provide a high-quality learning experience

It is wrong to suggest that universities have not put the interests of students at the heart of their response to the pandemic (The government has failed thousands of students in England. They deserve a refund, 14 January).

From the start, Russell Group universities have worked hard to...

Edexcel initially defended decision to cut British jazz artist Courtney Pine from course

An exam board has admitted it was wrong to drop the work of the British jazz artist Courtney Pine from its A-level music course, thereby leaving no black composers on the course’s syllabus.

The Guardian revealed this month that Edexcel had cut Pine’s compositions from the works in its jazz and popular...

An emotional Lady Gaga performed a dramatic version of the US national anthem, Garth Brooks sang a cappella, and Jennifer Lopez gave a shoutout in Spanish at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday

Durban snake rescuer Nick Evans told the spine-chilling story of a constricting Mamba and how he managed to get out of its clutches.

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Much has been written about Donald Trump’s “TV presidency,” and how the former reality-TV star sought to produce his time in the White House. Throughout his presidential campaign, however, Joe Biden’s team — in its adherence to Covid protocols — has been shaped through the language of television, creating crowd-pleasing TV moments minus the crowds.

Sorry fans of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” but Cole Sprouse has moved on.

Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez are among the artists scheduled to perform at Wednesday’s inauguration.

Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos taken from the insurrection on January 6.

Members of the far-right group, who were among Donald Trump’s staunchest fans, are calling him “weak,” in a sign of fraying support.

Experts say automated bots are buying up the stock for resale.

With a top speed of 230 km/h, the Taycan will travel between 431 and 484 km depending on the battery chosen.

Bar a revised front and rear facia, the EQA differs little, on the outside, from the GLA.

Pregnant women with blood pressure readings above 140/90 had deficits on tests of mental agility 15 years later.

A hospital apologises to Rachael Foley after she undergoes a hysterectomy following the error.

He predicted the “worst is yet to come” in the pandemic and expressed frustration with the politicization of mask-wearing and mitigation efforts.

High-intensity workouts get a lot of attention and can be great for health. But moderate physical activity may have metabolic advantages.

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.