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The Black Sash has slammed the use of force against social grant beneficiaries as they queued outside the Bellville Sassa office in Cape Town.

A former police sergeant attached to the Mangaung Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit (FCS) has been sentenced to seven years in jail for corruption.

Mpianzi drowned during a water activity on the Crocodile River in the North West province. This occurred while he was attending his school’s orientation camp.

Emergency staff tell the royal couple why there may be broken workers at the end of the pandemic

Police have launched a search for suspects who shot into a shack in Soweto, killing a little boy.

Many families in rural areas are still without proper housing 27 years into democracy.

The forum filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court on Friday to challenge the closure of churches and other places of worship.

Authorities were responding to a tip-off on Friday night about a house where illegal liquor concoctions were being sold.

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K2, almost the height of Everest, is the world’s last major mountain to be topped during winter.

Pfizer and BioNTech said they will limit the delays of their vaccine deliveries to just one week, after fears in Europe that shipments of the jabs could be slowed for up to a month.

National Guard troops from across the country descend on Washington DC amid tightened security.

Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under murderous tyrants, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa’s problems.

The country’s election commission announced that with 91.1 percent of polling stations reporting results, Museveni had 58.8 percent of votes, while former popstar Bobi Wine had 34.5 percent.

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni looked headed for a sixth term as president with election results Saturday placing him firmly ahead of his main rival, who has cried fraud and whose home has been put under heavy guard.

A third of the population of Madagascar will suffer from food insecurity due to ongoing droughts and a recession.

The Liquor Trader Formations want President Cyril Ramaphosa to allow offsite sales of alcohol sales with immediate effect.

 The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) has published its sales data for 2020, showing a steep decline in car sales in the country due to the pandemic.

Struggle stalwart Johnson Mlambo has been described as a steadfast Africanist by his son Nhlamolo Mlambo.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected the decision by government to delay the reopening of all public and private schools.

EFF deputy president, Floyd Shivambu says the party will table a Bill in Parliament next month to synchronise elections and postpone them to 2024.

West Bromwich Albion won for the first time under new boss Sam Allardyce as Matheus Pereira’s penalty double clinched a 3-2 Premier League victory at local rivals Wolves on Saturday.

Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango becomes the first athlete to triple jump beyond 18 metres indoors as he lands a 18.07m effort in Aubiere, France.

Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs are on track to record back-to-back victories in the DStv Premiership against Cape Town City.

The number of incidents reported to the child safeguarding panel in England rose by a quarter.

Thousands of 2020 students are still campaigning for justice after losing university offers and apprenticeships when their grades were wrongly reduced

The flawed advice to schools last May on how to grade students when exams were cancelled because of the pandemic has been withdrawn from the government’s website and the damage it did consigned to history. But out in the real world there is no...

Scrambling for devices and dashing naked from the shower: lockdown 2 has created new hurdles for families – and schools

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In lockdown 1 last year, social media was alive with parents complaining that they were being forced to homeschool with little more than an unfathomable worksheet and the occasional email from school. “British...

The cook and campaigner barely slept last week as the row raged over inadequate food parcels for kids. She discusses austerity, cronyism and why she’ll never stop fighting

I speak to Jack Monroe, cook, author and campaigner, towards the end of a tumultuous week in food poverty. On Monday, a Twitter user, @roadsidemum, posted a photo of a “hamper” she said was intended to replace her...

The agent of veteran actor, Sam Phillips, who died in the early hours of Saturday morning, says the arts industry has lost an icon.

Management at a Johannesburg-based radio station say they take seriously the sexual assault charges levelled against DJs Fresh and Euphonik.

“There’s nothing like making your own wine,” Eyre says while inspecting a glass of Savigny-les-Beaune premier cru aux Vergelesses, one of a half-dozen of her recent reds.

DJ’s Euphonik and Fresh have reportedly stepped aside from all public engagements until rape allegations against them have been dealt with.

After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, “Batwoman” announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to arrange that baton (or Batarang) pass mostly fizzle in the opening episodes, fueling a sense that this CW drama might be flying on fumes.

The actor died, aged 72, after a recent hospital stay.

“In light of the serious allegations levelled against us we’ve decided to step away from all public work engagements,” said the DJs.

Primedia welcomed their approach in this matter and expressed their appreciation for the manner in which the pair were managing “a challenging situation”.

Your internal monologue shapes mental wellbeing, says psychologist Ethan Kross. He has the tools to improve your mind’s backchat

As Ethan Kross, an American experimental psychologist and neuroscientist, will cheerfully testify, the person who doesn’t sometimes find themselves listening to an unhelpful voice in their head probably doesn’t exist. Ten years ago, Kross found himself sitting up...

The two major investigations into the origins of the pandemic are compromised by potential conflicts of interest. Those problems need to be fixed—fast.

Plenty of new models expected to flood the growing segment this year.

Another 4,262 people have also been admitted to hospital with the virus, the government says.

“There will be a period of epic withdrawal,” warned one addiction specialist, once schools, activities and social life return to normal.

Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed.

In the Middle Ages, Lichfield Cathedral was a pilgrimage for the sick – now it’s become a vaccination centre.

The world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise this century, the United Nations said as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

Japan is hit by severe snow storms, killing at least eight and bringing some regions to a standstill.

Three Covid-19 vaccines have now been approved for use in the UK. The BBC’s Laura Foster explains which groups will get it first.

The palm cockatoo is thought to be the only bird to use tools musically to attract a mate.