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Ruth Williams was strangled by her husband, whose five-year sentence for manslaughter sparked anger.

Unisa’s first female principal and vice-chancellor, Professor Puleng Lenkabula, says South Africa as a society must tackle gender inequalities in spaces of work and in family relations.

At the time of his passing, Matlare had been working as the Deputy CEO and Executive Director at Absa Group, tasked with overseeing the company’s business on the continent.

The call comes as the province prepares to hold School Governing Body (SGB) elections.

Eyewitness News understands that he passed away earlier on Sunday due to COVID-19 complications.

The Globe and Mail published opinion piece, ‘Lessons in living from Anne Frank,’ by Debra Dolan on Wednesday.

There have been fatalities and significant damage to property in Bata, state TV reports.

The facility has 150 guest rooms, gym pods, a Covid-19 testing centre, and meeting rooms with air-tight glass panels and separate ventilation systems.

A Stanford study suggests the close facial interaction on video-calling is more taxing than in-person communication, setting off a primal instinct.

Ghana celebrates independence day by beating Uganda 2-0 in Nouakchott on Saturday to win their first African Under-20 championship title in 10 years.

The BBC’s Girmay Gebru recounts his experience of being detained in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

Patrice Motsepe’s status as the next Caf president is all but secured after the final eligible candidate for the role pulled out of the race on Saturday.

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

The Covid pandemic has necessitated a number of key shifts in the needs of tenants says Seeff Property Group.

Tito Mboweni’s 2021 budget speech highlighted the deep financial hole the South African economy is really in – and warning lights are starting to flicker for South Africa’s wealthy taxpayers.

Former Durban Mayor Sipho Ngwenya has died. Ngwenya was the first mayor of Durban in democratic South Africa.

Calls from some political parties in the opposition benches are mounting for Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to step down before an impeachment by the National Assembly.

The Democratic Alliance says it will lodge a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission against the police and the National Forensic Science Laboratory (NFSL) over a backlog in DNA testing at their labs.

The ANC in Parliament is yet to comment on reports that Luthuli House has instructed the party’s Members of Parliament not to vote with the opposition in the envisaged inquiry into the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office.

World No 5 Elina Svitolina said the drop in WTA prize money has reduced her motivation at some events but added that players must learn to adjust.

Rangers fans gather at Ibrox to celebrate their side’s first top-flight title in a decade. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sent her congratulations but urged supporters to go home.

Sisters Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter add to Great Britain’s medal haul at the European Indoor Championships with silver and bronze in the 60m hurdles.

Harlequins hold off a Northampton fightback to move up to third place in the Premiership with a fifth win in six games.

The photos were taken at a campus party at the University of South Alabama in 2014. One professor wore a Confederate uniform. Two others posed with a whip and a noose.

Students on prestigious course will be back on campus at least a month before others are permitted to return

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The University of Oxford is exploiting a loophole in the government’s lockdown guidance to allow MBA students to receive face-to-face teaching at least a month before other students are allowed back on campus.

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ShareAmi scheme aims to combat the isolation felt by many older people during the pandemic

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After spending a third of his placement in France stuck in lockdown, modern languages student Elliot Bellman was worried his conversation skills might suffer. But his weekly chats with Mme Tolu, a Parisian care home resident in her 80s, have...

A Shallowater High School assignment meant to demonstrate medieval-era misogyny was scrapped after at least one parent objected.

The World Hindu Foundation held its first virtual global mass Maha Yajna prayer. People from around the world participated in the “unity prayer”,

The top bid on Saturday for Dorsey’s tweet — $2 million — came from Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, a platform for blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies. He also heads the BitTorrent streaming platform.

Police reports and documents provided to the National Prosecution Authority have brought grave allegations against Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) and its parent company, Kapsch TrafficCom.

Population immunity to non-Covid viruses could be lower owing to lack of exposure, says PHE official

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The UK should steel itself for a “difficult autumn” and “hard winter” of illnesses because people have lived for an unusually long period without exposure to respiratory viruses, one of country’s top medics has warned.

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Absa deputy CEO and former Vodacom executive, Peter Matlare has passed away after a battle with Covid-19.

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.

Let the good times roll, as old-school tabletop R.P.G.s have taken off online.

Ice ornaments reflect winter’s light, like momentary, sun-catching crystals.

This week, attend an art lecture, listen to a conversation with the novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen or celebrate Deaf History Month.

The existing recommendations are based on out-of-date evidence, the Royal College of Nursing says.

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 […]