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Three psychiatric reports found Olga Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness.

England men’s home summer will start with a two-Test series against New Zealand, the best Test side in the world.

Chelsea are set to sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge.

Residents of the coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea and surrounding informal settlements in the Eastern Cape are concerned about their health following years of complaints about an inadequate sewerage system.  

The US will reinstate travel restrictions, with South Africa added to the list of banned countries.

The man accused of shooting and killing a 50-year-old petrol station owner Kobus Fourie at Church street at Klerksdorp in the North West has been remanded in custody by the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court. 

President Biden and UK leader Boris Johnson spoke Saturday night by phone, and discussed their love of train travel, according to The Telegraph.

The discovery comes a day after 11 miners were rescued after two weeks trapped under ground.

Democracies are fragile entities that are often captured and exploited by populists, to the detriment of all concerned

The African Continental Free Trade Area could transform Africa’s economic prospects and end its dependence on commodity exports

A father tells the BBC his tragic story of fleeing the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

The two countries have rolled out China’s Sinopharm vaccine, but data issues are likely to keep some countries from doing the same

If you sign up to MTN Fixed LTE through Axxess today, you will receive free bonus data that is equal to the monthly data allocation you choose.

Asian markets mostly rose Monday, rebounding from a sell-off at the end of last week as investors keep tabs on the progress of Joe Biden’s new US economic rescue package.

The acts introduce major changes which every day South Africans should be aware of.

The late Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu has been remembered as a humble servant of the people by media practitioners and his subordinates in government.

President Cyril Ramaphosa called on ANC leaders to continue the work of minister Jackson Mthembu.

The late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu’s memorial service at the Government Communication and Information System Auditorium in Hatfield, Pretoria.

Former Chairperson of the High-Level Review Panel into the State Security Agency (SSA), Sydney Mufamadi will testify at the State Capture Commission on Monday.

Watch the best plays from Patrick Mahomes as he leads defending champions Kansas City Chiefs back to the Super Bowl with a 38-24 win over the Buffalo Bills.

England men’s home summer will start with a two-Test series against New Zealand, the best Test side in the world.

Chelsea are set to sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge.

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff reveals he contracted coronavirus in January – and that contract negotiations continue with Lewis Hamilton.

The slow vaccine roll out, and local fights between districts and unions, could make it hard for the president to fulfill his promise.

Urgent question on issue to be heard in Commons after complaint of ‘slight sense of defeatism’

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Boris Johnson is facing increased pressure to set out a plan for the return to schools in England, amid worries from MPs and children’s advocates about the government’s refusal to commit to them reopening even after Easter.

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The alternative Black history of a deep-sea civilisation has planted the seed for proposals to memorialise the 1.8 million Africans who died in the Atlantic

Somewhere in the dark, vast abyss of the Atlantic Ocean, deep beneath the waves, lies a civilisation. For centuries the Drexciyans have lived in peaceful isolation on the seabed, occupying their bubble metropolis, unaware of the land-based...

The drink has the tongue-in-cheek name of TRIP and has been flying off the shelves at the royal farm shop in Berkshire in the UK.

Along with food prices and the fuel cost, it appears as though the cost of accommodation is also still on the rise.

Controversial media personality, Kuli Roberts, says she is unfazed by comments about her weight loss after years of being bullied.

Marsibil Erlendsdottir runs a farm and provides weather reports from a remote outpost in eastern Iceland. The job requires vigilance and an unfailing resolve.

Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are to vote next month on whether to unionize, the largest and most viable effort of its kind involving the technology giant.

A comparison between the number of cases and deaths in the first and second coronavirus waves in South Africa reveals a concerning trend.

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Short of a total lockdown, universal mask-wearing is the most effective way to slow the relentless rise in hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19.

Experts advise families to avoid blaming themselves and to look for opportunities to congratulate children for healthy behaviors and good decisions.

From denialism to death threats, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci describes a fraught year as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump on the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new, upbeat ‘Sleeves Up, NOLA’ campaign deftly uses local personalities and the Carnival dance culture to encourage citizens to get a Covid shot.

By Nicole Horn and Alexis Olds Migration is a widespread but highly complicated and diverse component to many fish species lives.  Migration can be strenuous and often consists of extremely long journeys. The life history stages of certain species rely heavily on migration. Fish will migrate for several reasons including escaping unfavourable conditions, moving to […]

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has asked the management of the Isimangaliso Wetlands Park Authority to justify its decision to breach the St Lucia estuary mouth.

Scientists, using a wind tunnel and high-speed cameras, have captured the butterfly’s flying skill.