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Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s minor daughter has been granted clearance to travel to Kenya for medical attention.

The warrant of arrest has been stayed until his next court appearance, says National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesperson Luxolo Tyali.

The Bonteheuwel parents arrested in November on charges of killing their eight-month-old son made a brief appearance in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Thursday.

The Gauteng Department of Health will close and decommission the Nasrec Field Hospital at the end of February, says Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi.

Police say the 42-year-old mother of five attempted to kill two of her children after being fired from work on a farm in Groblersdal.

John Geddert, who headed the 2012 women’s gymnastics team, had also been accused of human trafficking.

Alexei Navalny’s aides suggest the anti-corruption activist may have been sent to a prison camp.

Police in Cameroon have arrested nine people on suspicion of homosexuality, most of them at an HIV/AIDS care centre, an LGBT rights lawyer said.

Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades.

The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on Covid-19 medicines and vaccines to speed up their rollout to poor countries, the head of its disease control body.

Liquid Telecom, majority owned by telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840 million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.

‘If you don’t have passion as your backup, I don’t believe you are going to survive’: Bheki Ngema, award-winning jewellery designer and founder of Ben & Co.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest with assets of $1.3 trillion, said Thursday it had last year, for the first time, divested from companies it believes had dubious tax reporting practices.

Parks Tau, Gauteng MEC for Economic Development outlines how Gauteng is doing its bit to reignite its economy in terms of SA’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan.

Television news broadcaster, eNCA says its reporter’s action during the coverage of Budget Speech was not racially motivated or with malicious intent.

The guidelines must be ‘timeless, uniting and not capable of being abused,’ says ANC veteran

Former president Jacob Zuma will only meet ANC leaders if deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo recuses himself from the state capture commission

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, is seeking a tough sanction from the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein against former party MP, Thembinkosi Rawula.

Chris Morris said he wants to follow in his father’s footsteps by playing for the South African province that dad Willie represented for 12 seasons.

The Cheetahs did their homework before offering former Springbok flanker Jacques Potgieter a contract, which is expected to be officially announced on Friday.

The International Cycling Union unveiled its new set of rules aimed at making the sport safer with punishments in one-day races extending to an immediate ‘red card’.

Bundesliga stars have taken part in a hard-hitting, multi-language video which draws attention to the problem of hate messages on social media platforms.

Minister says neither tests nor masks will be compulsory and it will be up to parents to decide

Headteachers fear that the reopening of England’s schools could be undermined because parents will not consent to Covid testing for their children and because guidance on the wearing of face masks in classes is unenforceable.

The warnings came after a slew of education announcements from the...

A-level and GCSE students give their verdict on the new system announced for results in England this year

How will teachers decide exam grades in England this summer?

The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced on Thursday that teachers would get sweeping powers to decide exam grades in England this year. The move, which covers A-level and GCSE students, has raised concerns about grade...

What we know so far about the plan to replace in-person exams with teacher assessments

After cancelling this summer’s A-level, GCSE, BTec and vocation qualifications, the government in England has finally confirmed that teachers will award final grades.

Why has it taken so long?

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Pop superstar Lady Gaga is offering a$500 000 reward for the return of her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav that were stolen in Hollywood, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, after reports that her dog walker was shot.

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The first season of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia ended on a dramatic cliff hanger.

The Golden Globes are celebrated as a star-studded party, but this year they’ll air under a pair of clouds — one due to the difficulty in staging a free-wheeling awards show during a pandemic, the other lined by fresh allegations about questionable ethical practices involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the trophies.

The current Spider-Man and directors of “Avengers: Endgame” reunite on “Cherry,” but that’s the only conspicuously super thing about this grim adaptation of the bestselling book. Tom Holland’s kinetic performance is impressive, but it’s in the service of an uneven film that too self-consciously works at mirroring the form of a novel.

Jill Biden offered Kelly Clarkson advice amid her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.

Two new studies are being hailed as proof that vaccinated people can doff masks and pod-hop worry-free. But not so fast.

Some are calling David Dobrik’s new photo app, Dispo, the next Instagram.

The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

During the pandemic, there was a dramatic increase in exposures to hand sanitizer reported among kids under 6, U.S. poison center data shows.

“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.”

Narrative medicine programs teach doctors and other caregivers “sensitive interviewing skills” and the art of “radical listening” to improve patient care.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.

The health of on estuary is a description of the condition of an estuary and are driven by two key drivers, water quality and quantity. Rain falling on the land eventually makes its way to a lake, river, stream, estuary, or ocean. Some rainwater flows slowly, in a thin layer called sheet flow across the […]

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