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Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning.

Manchester United look at Edmond Tapsoba, Wolves ready to sell Adama Traore, Chelsea confident of signing Erling Braut Haaland, plus more.

South Africa has been warned against embracing a bystander syndrome when it comes to issues of women’s leadership and countering the scourge of femicide and other forms of violence against women. That was the message from the Executive Director of UNWOMEN as the world marked International Women’s Day this Monday, March 8.

CapeNature’s Petro van Rhyn said they’re being assisted by police in their search.

The prosecution are now treating the incident as a robbery with Nel saying the case must be treated as premeditated murder.

The South African Medical Research Council’s Professor Glenda Gray said while the aid while SA made promising strides, there were some lessons from the first phase.

The pontiff is expected to discuss inter-faith relations on the second day of his historic trip.

Theme parks and stadiums can accept visitors next month under plans to relax Covid restrictions.

For many of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, the bloodshed inflicted across the country’s towns and cities this week is a continuation of the oppression they have suffered at the hands of the military for decades.

Christiane Amanpour, the Chief International Anchor of the news channel CNN was interviewed by Oprah in 2005.

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.

Google has told customers that it will raise the rates for advertisements on its French and Spanish platforms by 2% from May to help offset the impact of a digital tax on profits.

Well-priced properties are selling much more swiftly than they were a year ago, Chas Everitt said.

It is hoped the wider rollout of workplace testing will mean more asymptomatic cases are detected.

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.

‘Agents’ working for Job Mokgoro allegedly tapped ANC and cabinet members’ phones

Swallows FC’s Virgil Vries has opened up about his time at Kaizer Chiefs and the mistakes he made during his short stint as their keeper.

Jacques Anouma of the Ivory Coast pulled out of the race to become the next president of the Confederation of African Football, throwing his weight behind South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe.

American Claressa Shields beats Marie-Eve Dicaire to make boxing history by becoming first unanimous champion in two weight divisions.

The British & Irish Lions’ board has rejected an offer from Australia to host this year’s series against the Springboks.

Exclusive: Document produced by university cited agency as secret funder of research

For an agency devoted to secrecy and surveillance, it is an embarrassing slip-up. An inadvertent disclosure on a university document has revealed that MI5 is partly behind what was meant to be a covert bug and drone research project.

Ostensibly, Imperial College’s research was to create a quadcopter system...

A teacher featured in a special Times audio series on Odessa High School shares her stresses during the pandemic.

Analysis: with schools and colleges returning Monday, experts say local Covid outbreaks are to be expected

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The ‘big bang’ reopening of all schools and colleges will start in England from Monday.

University students on practical courses can also return to face-to-face learning, while breakfast and after-school clubs, including...

PM will have anxious few weeks before Covid impact of return to classrooms in England is known

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Pubs may not open until April, nightclubs until June, but for millions of frazzled parents across England, Monday will be the most eagerly awaited landmark on the long road back to normal life, when schools reopen their doors to all...

Adam said the Royal Family’s handling of bullying claims against her is obscene.

Have you checked your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results?

All is well now between Paris Hilton and Sarah Silverman.

Bruno Mars really does have the Midas touch.

Lamar Odom let the world in on his reminiscing Wednesday.

The Tesla Inc. chief executive officer lost $27 billion since Monday as shares of the automaker tumbled in the selloff of tech stocks.

This is how much you will have to pay to import a Tesla car to South Africa.

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 […]