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Vredehoek residents have been evacuated as a fire continues to blaze across Table Mountain.

Former England wing Ugo Monye hopes that as chair of a new RFU advisory group he can help everyone feel rugby “is a game for them”.

A woman who had just survived an accident was a short while later run over by a passing car.

The City of Cape Town has called on people living on the slopes of Table Mountain to evacuate their homes when asked to do so.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said that he hoped that law enforcement agencies could get to the bottom of both incidents.

For the first time, the German Greens have announced a candidate to run in Germany’s federal vote.

Uganda and Tanzania have signed a $3.5bn oil pipeline deal which is to create up 10,000 jobs.

Everyone views each other as a person they can get something from, Tsitsi Dangarembga says.

Chakwera also ordered the arrest of scores of civil servants implicated in plundering $7.8 million of Covid-19 funds.

Police block major roads in the capital Nairobi to enforce an overnight ban on movement.

The provisional liquidators of South African Express are still waiting for “a realistic buyer” of the state-owned regional airline.

Domestic tourism will be South Africa’s ‘bread and butter’ for the foreseeable future as the country continues to face international restrictions, says South Africa Tourism chief executive Sisa Ntshona.

The upgrade which geared to elimating bottlenecks at the port and is expected to expand capacity for container handling from 2.9 million units to more than 11 million units.

Shoppers flocked back to the High Street last week to treat themselves after non-essential stores reopened.

The Democratic Alliance has launched an online petition opposing the timing of the renaming of Johannesburg’s William Nicol Drive to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Drive.

Parliament’s Presiding Officers, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces Chairperson Amos Masondo are on Monday expected to appear before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg.

State Capture Commission Spokesperson Mbuyiselo Stemela says Monday hearings will not be affected by this weekend’s break-in at the commission’s offices in Parktown in Johannesburg.

Hundreds of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members gathered at KwaDukuza’s sports field in Ward 5 on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The party is campaigning ahead of Wednesday’s by-election.

Royal Challengers Bangalore rescued Glenn Maxwell from the Indian Premier League doldrums and now the big-hitting Australian has repaid their faith with the runs that have taken them to the top of the table.

The PSL have announced that the Free State Stadium has been chosen as host of this year’s Nedbank Cup final, to be contested by Chippa United and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.

The news of plans for 12 of Europe’s top football teams to break away and form a European Super League has shocked and outraged the footballing and wider world.

Football fan groups have reacted angrily to the prospect of the European Super League, calling it the “ultimate betrayal” and “cynical greed.”

British scientists on Monday launched a trial which will expose participants who have already had Covid-19 to the coronavirus again to examine immune responses and see if people get reinfected.

The 93rd Academy Awards will mark the first time Tinseltown’s finest have assembled in over a year, for a three-hour show that co-producer Steven Soderbergh said is “not going to be like anything that’s been done before”.

The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.

Ingenuity successfully takes flight, hovering at height of 3 metres before touching back down

Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has completed the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet, the space agency has announced.

The small helicopter successfully took flight on the red planet on Monday morning, hovering in the air at around 10 feet (3 metres), before descending and touching...

While most followed restrictions, one in seven admitted to decreasing levels of compliance

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People under 30 were less compliant with Covid rules over the past year, according to survey data from more than 50,000 adults in the UK.

While the still to be peer-reviewed analysis suggests most people followed lockdown and social distancing...

Nearly two-thirds of surveyed global supply chain professionals say they require better technologies and data to optimise their processes, says IHS Markit.

Cases are being found in the UK and the changes the virus is undergoing are concerning.

It’s the neglected middle child of mental health, and can dull your motivation and focus. It may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

A comparison across demographic groups over two decades offers some clues, and there has been a particular rise in misuse among women during the pandemic.

Young people experiencing the body changes of puberty without being in school are facing a unique set of challenges. Here’s how parents can support them.

Sir David Attenborough fronts a new documentary on lockdown’s effect on the natural world.

There are warnings that, with ground drying out, more landslips and rockfalls could happen.

Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.