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The first tower will have 560 residential apartments with one to three bedrooms, while its eighth floor will host retail space and restaurants with indoor and outdoor seating.

Match of the Day 2’s Dion Dublin, Danny Murphy and Mark Chapman discuss the chances of newly promoted teams succeeding in the Premier League.

There were hints of the controversial shoot-to-kill rhetoric from Police Minister Bheki Cele on Sunday when he addressed angry Kagiso residents.

Former Gloucester lock Ed Slater says he takes “each day as it comes” after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

The City of Cape Town says it has various plans in place to repair and replace critical water infrastructure that will assist with retaining water.

More than a hundred suspects have been arrested during a multi-disciplinary operation that started on Friday around the eThekwini Municipality.

The E-Hailing Driver-Partner Community told Eyewitness News on Sunday that they were in the middle of talks with employers.

Police Minister Bheki Cele, along with the departments of Home Affairs and Mineral Resources, have joined forces in an effort to eradicate illicit mining and the ruthless criminal syndicates which control them.

Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath was allowed to play in the gold medal win over India in the Commonwealth Games women’s T20 cricket final on Sunday despite testing positive for Covid-19 only hours before the toss.

President Gustavo Petro is demanding a new global strategy to tackle his nation’s drugs industry.

The BBC tracks the crucial issues facing Kenyans as the country chooses a new president on 9 August.

Anti-abortion Gen-Z activists think their fight isn’t at odds with the generational theme.

Police impunity heightens risk of violence as Kenyans go to the polls

The chair of the Horniman Museum said it was “moral” to return items taken by “force” years ago.

Blinken will hold talks on Monday with International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor.

Kenyatta’s motives or future plans remain unclear but many believe he will build on the diplomatic legacy crafted since his re-election in 2017.

A Durban High Court judge has slammed Standard Bank and its lawyers for a shoddy application against a defaulting homeowner.

The American motor industry giant announced last year that it would close its Indian car factories.

Low-fare carrier JetBlue said it is a necessary policy when recruiting, as the industry re-starts.

The pandemic turned some people into savvy entrepreneurs but how many have ditched their day job?

Economic transformation is vital in addressing the economic crisis faced in the country. This is according to South African Communist Party (SACP) General-Secretary Solly Mapaila.

The Section 194 Parliamentary inquiry into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office entered its fourth week with four witnesses testifying.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) is celebrating its one hundred and first anniversary at the KaNyamazane Stadium east of Mbombela in Mpumalanga. The party’s general secretary Solly Mapaila is expected to deliver the main address. The SACP national organiser Mhlekwa Nxumalo says Mapila will outline the outcome of the party’s congress that was held […]

Opposition parties in KwaZulu-Natal have responded with concern to the news of outgoing premier Sihle Zikalala’s resignation. Yesterday, Zikalala addressed the media where he confirmed this and took stock of his time as Premier. IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa says they hope Zikalala’s resignation will not cause further instability in the provincial government. Hlabisa says there […]

The Springboks produced their most dominant performance against the All Blacks in recent memory to record their first victory against the visitors on home soil in eight years.

The 37-year-old Impey, who missed out on this year’s Tour de France due to COVID-19, finished the race in a time of 3hr 28min 29sec behind race winner Aaron Gate of New Zealand. Scotland’s Finn Crocket finished in third.

The 27-year-old Australian downed 96th-ranked left-hander Nishioka 6-4, 6-3 for his first ATP title since capturing the 2019 Washington crown.

South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai survived a disastrous 15th hole to claim a “life-changing” victory in a marathon play-off against Chun In-gee in the Women’s British Open at Muirfield on Sunday.

Government seeks to reassure pupils taking GCSEs and A-levels after sharp rises in grades during pandemic

The government has sought to allay pupils’ fears over GCSE and A-level results, which are expected to be lower in England this summer after two years of record increases, reassuring them that universities will “adjust accordingly”.

The schools minister Will Quince said it was important to...

New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits of his intelligence to the test

I don’t see how it can harm me now to reveal that I only passed math in high school because I cheated. I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I...

There’s a Faustian element to Linacre’s £155m deal with a Vietnamese billionaire

We are assured by officials at Oxford’s Linacre College that heaps of due diligence mean it’s fine for this proudly sustainable establishment to rename itself, in exchange for £155m, after a Russian-educated Vietnamese airline billionaire, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao. The Department for Education is now similarly...

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‘Britain’s most tatted woman’ Becky Holt has spent R704k on tattoos and has covered her whole body – vagina included.

Beauty, brawn and brains! The women of Banyana Banyana will be furthering their academic dreams with a generous offer from Unisa.

Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin on the 1980s hit show “Magnum, P.I.,” died Sunday, his daughter announced. He was 83.

The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it ran off the road and collided with a residence, Los Angeles police said.

Ellen Pompeo has played the lead role of Dr Meredith Grey since 2004 on the high popular medical drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by an early adopter of its Workspace cloud productivity software who claims the company reneged on a promise to provide it with free access to the program for life.

Responding to a thread initiated by another user, Musk said the deal to buy the company “should proceed on original terms” if Twitter would provide their method for sampling accounts and confirm them to be genuine.

Karpowership will reapply for environmental approvals to supply South Africa with power capacity equal to over a stage of load-shedding.

A major cyber attack is delaying response times on the NHS 111 telephone service in the UK that’s used for medical emergencies, the Telegraph reported.

Current generation will bow out in 2025 and will have a plug-in hybrid replacement the following year.

Pole-sitter Johann Zarco was the big loser as the French rider crashed on the fifth lap while leading as he chased his first victory in the top category.

South Africa’s fastest track showed its claws more than once over the weekend.

The health secretary says hospitals could face “very serious challenges” this autumn and winter.

In 2015, Andrea Sheardown was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer and given just six weeks to live.

A new report highlights a significant risks to patient safety at the Denbighshire hospital A&E.

Information and medications needed to end a pregnancy are increasingly available outside the health care system.

In the past year the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought.

Fire crews are tackling a fire in Hankley Common in Surrey and Thamesmead in south-east London.

Tiangong or Heavenly Palace is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2022.

The incident follows a spate of action where environmental activists have targeted famous artworks.