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Eastern Cape police have made a breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of an e-hailing taxi driver in New Brighton. Three people have been arrested.

The Cape Town bust uncovered an illegal abalone drying facility at Willow Creek in Brackenfell.

He urges his supporters to gather in the capital Yerevan, after the army says he must resign.

EU leaders will meet under pressure to speed up Europe’s coronavirus vaccine rollout, border closures, and what introducing vaccine travel certificates could mean.

The social platform was previously implicated as a tool in the military’s persecution of the Muslim minority Rohingya population.

Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign minister has flown into Thailand, as Myanmar’s neighbours intensified efforts to resolve the coup crisis.

After months of claiming prayer had fended off Covid-19, Tanzanian President John Magafuli has urged citizens to follow precautions.

Video evidence showed as many as 14 bodies, some not wearing military clothes, and including a woman and a child, the group said.

Zimbabwe’s 71-year-old Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Wednesday refuted accusations of sexual misconduct by an online news outlet, saying he is the victim of “political machinations”.

Do real-life couples face the same difficulties as those depicted in the Bollywood-Nollywood crossover?

Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthetwa has announced a number of name changes in the Eastern Cape, including the key city of Port Elizabeth which will now be known as Gqeberha.

The High Street-only retailer says it has lost £1.1bn in sales due to the recent lockdown.

One of the key focus areas of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan is boosting education and skills development, says president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Former chairperson of the Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba says the parliamentary study group system needs to be re-looked at.

The African National Congress (ANC) says Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is innocent until proven guilty. This comes after reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) was probing a complaint about a multi-million-rand tender that was awarded to a communications company in KwaZulu-Natal.

The minister urged communities to avoid destroying infrastructure during protests as this sets the government back in its endeavours.

The DA on Wednesday said it believed the reshuffling of the Mpumalanga cabinet was a clear reflection of the political factions at play in the province.

Swallows FC head coach Brandon Truter is aware of the unique differences between the GladAfrica Championship and the DStv Premiership.

The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has died after drowning in a lake near his holiday home in Brazil.

The Stormers will take steps at employing a more fluid style of play during the upcoming preparation series.

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We would like to hear from school and college students on how they feel about teacher assessed grades replacing most exams

The education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that algorithms will not be used to decide exam results in England this year. Instead, A-level, GCSE and vocational grades will be teacher assessed, however exams and external assessments will continue in...

Just over a week after revealing his new mystery man, Lasizwe Dambuza has opened up about how the relationship went sour.

Until Wednesday, rumors about the title of the third Spider-Man film have been a web of lies. But the truth has been revealed.

A Texas shelter badly damaged by last week’s winter storm is getting help from an unexpected donor.

The 11-month-old audio social network is compelling. It also has some very grown-up problems.

An idea that seemed like a real plus when streaming was newer has fallen into cliché.

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The hijacking of couriers is more prevalent and dangerous than ever, according to SAEPA CEO Garry Marshall.

“We want to really focus on a portfolio that’s more precise and consumer-oriented”.

The supercharged V8’s 386 kW is a considerable step-up from the 132 kW produced by the old 3.9 Rover V8 powered Defender.

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, but vaccines should still be effective, scientists said.

Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found.

F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals.

A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 infection have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome.

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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