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Robert Milkins throws his cue to the ground in disgust after missing a red during his World Snooker Championship first-round match against David Gilbert.

The UK is close to banning the import of wildlife trophies. A campaigner for wildlife conservation with royal support says it should let African countries decide for themselves.

The Information Regulator is close to finalising its investigation into FNB after a banking app glitch caused a security compromise last year which resulted in the personal information of home loan applicants being leaked.

The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but it says the move will only be viable as long as there is economic growth and sufficient tax revenue to fund it.

A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.

China’s foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a “downward spiral”, as the visiting secretary of state raised concerns on issues including support for Russia.

The megastar had been ordered to delete the track by the late rapper’s estate for “abusing his legacy”.

In Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.

The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.

Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.

Burkina Faso’s military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Implats is looking to retrench thousands of workers, adding to the major job cuts affecting those in the South African mining sector.

The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.

A slight boost to the rand won’t do much to prevent a petrol price hike next week – but diesel users should at least get some relief.

The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC

Steenhuisen warns South Africans not to be fooled by what he called load shedding manipulation

The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.

The IEC has disbursed R342 million to be shared among political parties in the national legislature.

With 950 matches over 19 years, 12 trophies and a world record, it isn’t an easy task for Stephen Baxter to select his favourite memories as Crusaders manager.

Sithebe’s contract with Kaizer Chiefs expires in June, but will he be amongst the casualties at Naturena in the next few weeks?

Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel won’t be ‘influenced’ by a petition urging him to remain at the club.

Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies

Only two in five children in England say they always feel safe at school, according to a government survey, and teachers from across Britain have told the Guardian they have seen pupils’ behaviour deteriorate over the last two years.

Teachers said violence and abuse aimed at school staff...

Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York

As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were...

Chrissy Teigen gave her palate-popping approval to Meghan Markle’s latest venture, in a mouthwatering endorsement,

Janet Jackson unveiled her near-casting as the iconic Storm in the X-Men franchise, a role eventually immortalized by Halle Berry.

Phat Joe and his family have reportedly been given the boot from a plush Sea Point apartment after he failed to pay his R40k pm rent.

The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.

Skyworth, KwaZulu-Natal’s largest electronics manufacturer, has successfully launched the award-winning Nex Playground motion games into South African retailers and announced that it has begun rolling out the first of its digital lifestyle products under a new brand, QVWi.

TikTok but without the algorithm? TikTok by Meta? A new law this week puts the platform on a death watch—and none of the potential outcomes look great.

The Eskom System Operator has explained how solar power is impacting to load-shedding, and how quickly the current situation can change.

Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.

The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.

The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.

More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.

Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.