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A law would require parent company ByteDance to sell off US operations of TikTok by January 19 or face a ban.

One of the wives of AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini, who the king is in the process of divorcing, has filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to interdict the king from marrying Queen Nomzamo Myeni, who will be his third wife.

In an effort towards enhancing privacy and accessibility for matriculants, the Gauteng government has launched an app that will allow pupils to access their results in private.

The State is to face off in the Supreme Court of Appeal with legal representatives of Eswatini-based brothers accused of being involved in the murder of South African rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, chef and entrepreneur Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.

The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials and increased to $25 million the reward it is offering for the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro on the day of his inauguration.

Authorities in northern Nigeria’s largest city have begun evacuating more than 5 000 street children seen as a “security threat” and a growing concern as an economic crisis forces more to fend for themselves.

Amabutho (regiments) of the Zulu nation have postponed their planned peaceful protest, which was scheduled for Friday morning outside the Ingonyama Trust Board premises in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.

World number one Jannik Sinner said Friday he did not know when the highest court in sport will deliver its verdict as ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi stressed the Italian’s doping case was “run by the book”.

[The Herald] Wallace Ruzvidzo — President Mnangagwa has implored students on Government-to-Government scholarship programmes outside the country to fly the Zimbabwean flag high as they are not just going to study, but represent the country as its ambassadors.

[Vanguard] The Management of the University of Ilorin has said that it was fully aware of the change in leadership of the institution’s Alumni Association with the election of a new Executive Committee, led by Prof. Abdulrazaq Olubusuyi Kilani, on August 24, 2024.

[Namibian] Minister of education, arts, and culture Anna Nghipondoka says collaboration between teachers and parents should be prioritised in the 2025 academic year.

Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone operators after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian CL-415 firefighting plane combating the Palisades Fire, causing damage that grounded the aircraft and temporarily halted all aerial firefighting operations. CNN reports: The specifically designed CL-415 firefighting planes are used to scoop up more than 1,500 gallons of ocean...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: JPMorgan Chase is summoning all staff back to the office, becoming the latest corporate giant to call time on era of remote and hybrid working sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The US’s largest bank, which has some 316,000 employees worldwide, announced on Friday that all workers on hybrid work schedules will be required to return to the...

Scientists have identified a gene that causes production of a substance in some citrus that interferes with many medications.

When he was 25, he learned that he had multiple sclerosis. He coped with the disease throughout a long career at several networks, recalled in a best-selling memoir.

He was a neuropsychiatrist who was studying consciousness when a patient explained what had happened to him, and he realized the phenomenon was real.

Dr. Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist, assembled anecdotes from more than 300 people in his book “The Truth in the Light.” Here are some of them.

German authorities confirmed the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on Friday, in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin.

What would be a flag-ship project for the Indian conglomerate will now start its EIA process afresh for the fourth time.

Two non-profits have launched a legal application against government’s decision allowing Eskom to deviate from basic air pollution standards for eight of its power stations.

Balcony solar is taking off as Germany seeks to switch to renewables.