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Teemu Pukki scores his 19th and 20th goals of the season as runaway Championship leaders Norwich secure a stylish win over Luton.

The Robben Island Museum says it has cancelled its annual bursary programme for 2021 due to financial strain caused by COVID-19.

Inkosi Melizwe Dlamini of the Nhlangwini Tribal Authority in Highflats in southern KwaZulu-Natal has passed away.

Four of six family members, who were murdered in Eshowe two weeks ago, have been laid to rest in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating 49 cases of alleged police heavy handedness against citizens during the first two months of the hard lockdown.

He was met by groups of people outside of Baghdad’s Saint Joseph Cathedral.

Pope Francis landed in Iraq on Friday for a historic tour of the war-ravaged nation, where he is meeting with members of the country’s dwindling Christian community and aiming to draw attention to their plight.

Thousands gathered for the event, which was scaled back over Covid-19 safety concerns.

Italian is the lingua franca of Malindi, which can be a culture shock when walking its old Swahili streets.

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been held in custody at a court hearing, two days after his arrest sparked the country’s worst violence in years.

Rwanda has began its Covid-19 vaccine campaign, becoming the first nation in Africato use pharmaceutical company doses that require ultra-cold storage.

Expectation that the next Caf president could be determined over the next 72 hours increases as Augustin Senghor withdraws from the race.

BMW is the most searched for car brand in South Africa, the Toyota Hilux is the most desired car model and online vehicle searches have grown by an impressive 54.1%, according to some of the findings contained in the latest bi-annual AutoTrader Car Industry Report.

Amid surge in treasury yields.

In Italy, a research lab has come up with an antibody treatment for Covid-19 that developers say will be 80 times stronger than the one given to ex-US President Trump in hospital.

As historic wealth gains unravel.

Parliament has dismissed claims by the EFF that it intends to retrench workers.

Its court application to force disclosure of donations to Cyril Ramaphosa may mask a bid to portray him as a capitalist puppet

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Parliament says it will be lodging a formal complaint with the SAHRC against the ANC and EFF for what it calls a race baiting by the two political parties.

The JCC has ordered that the Chief Justice apologise unconditionally and retract statements relating to South Africa’s stance on Israel that he made during a webinar hosted by the Jerusalem Post in June 2020.

Teemu Pukki scores his 19th and 20th goals of the season as runaway Championship leaders Norwich secure a stylish win over Luton.

A comprehensive wrap of all the kick-off times, results and match reports for the midweek English Premier League fixtures:

Southampton win for the first time in 10 Premier League matches as Che Adams’ spectacular strike helps Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side claim all three points at Sheffield United.

Rangers sweep aside St Mirren to move within a point of the Scottish Premiership title – and will be crowned champions if Celtic fail to win at Dundee United on Sunday.

Gavin Williamson’s department will have paid a total of £615m to the French company despite warnings about its capacity to deliver

Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, is facing criticism for awarding another £190m contract to a company blamed for the problems with a school meals voucher system that left families without food during the first lockdown.

The French company Edenred’s new...

California health officials set new rules on Friday that would allow Disneyland and other theme parks, stadiums and outdoor entertainment venues to reopen as early as April 1, after a closure of nearly a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

They couple, who have relocated to the United States, agreed last month they would not return to their roles as senior royals and said at the time ‘service was universal’

Kim Kardashian on Friday called out those who bully and body- shame others, recalling her embarrassment when she was attacked for gaining 60 pounds during her first pregnancy.

All is well now between Paris Hilton and Sarah Silverman.

Bruno Mars really does have the Midas touch.

Forty years after the mutant genes that cause the deadliest cancers were discovered, drugs that target them could be approved

In the early 1980s, Channing Der was just beginning his career as a scientist at Harvard Medical School when he happened upon a discovery that would change the course of cancer research. At the time, the holy grail of cancer biology was discovering so-called oncogenes...

A difficult pregnancy meant the only item I dared buy for my unborn child was a book. When she arrived we read it to her every day

Nine years ago, I gave birth to a little girl. And now that little girl has grown into a bookworm. It began, as all stories about books should really begin, in a bookshop. I was several months pregnant and I picked up an American picture book I had never come across...

With interest rates currently at a record low, one might assume that vehicle owners would have more money in their pockets.

Defender 130 will provide seating for seven but no mention of an open rear deck was made.

In U.S. counties without mask requirements last year, or in which restaurants reopened, infections and death rates rose.

Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment.

He set out to create an ice cream substitute for people who keep kosher. He created a phenomenon, also loved by vegans, diabetics and people with milk allergies.

Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment.

By Lusanda Gqaza and Yanga Mbatana (Environmental Education Officers, De Hoop Nature Reserve) On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), proclaimed 03 March (the day of adopting the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, in 1973), as World Wildlife Day. This is a day that […]

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March every year as an opportunity to highlight the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. The Western Cape is a very special place with an abundance of unique and irreplaceable […]

AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish with their car’s number plate and issue an automatic fine .

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 […]