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The Bournemouth forward reported racial abuse during his side’s Premier League game at Liverpool.

Babita Deokaran was assassinated outside her Johannesburg home four years ago.

Construction started in 2023 but the project was marred by labour disputes

Blaauw found guilty of murdering Dion Rudy and leaving his body in a field near Petrusville

Arrests occurred between1-7 of this month, during its intensified festive season safety operation.

There has been pushback to the term used by France’s first lady to describe activists who interrupted comedian Ary Abittan’s show.

The group say adopting a gesture used by protesters helped to defuse tensions during a 2020 demonstration.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her “life depends on how our guys at the front hold on.”

US lawmakers could withhold Pentagon travel funds until unedited video of a controversial incident is made public.

Plotters misjudged the national mood and Benin’s neighbours learnt from past errors, says analyst Paul Melly.

Nigeria denies the violation saying the aircraft made an emergency landing due to a technical issue.

There is a large police presence in major cities and the authorities have encouraged people to stay home.

Drone attacks on a kindergarten and hospital killed 114 people, the World Health Organization says.

Bank of England deputy governor Clare Lombardelli said inflation would be brought down by measures cutting energy prices and freezing rail fares.

Nomvula Mokonyane declined to comment on the ongoing proceedings at the commissions of inquiry.

Vote on KZN Premier Thami Ntuli’s no-confidence motion set for Monday in Pietermaritzburg.

Swana welcomes the recent decisions as a step in the right direction.

The ANC is holding their National General Council in Boksburg on the East Rand.

Tottenham’s LGBTQI+ supporters group criticises Champions League opponents Slavia Prague after the Czech club requests the relocation of a flag.

Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has explained why Tshegofatso Mabasa has not been playing at the moment.

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi becomes the first player in MLS history to win back-to-back Most Valuable Player awards.

Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has urged his players not to go for a holiday in Morocco but to fight.

Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’

Staff at a London academy instilled a “climate of fear” among pupils, with a drive for academic success likely to have harmed vulnerable children including those with special needs, according to a damning independent investigation.

The report by Sir Alan Wood, one of the country’s...

South Africa has unexpectedly pulled a proposal that was set to tighten international trade rules for its abalone.

Oscar-winner Judi Dench has said sight loss due to macular degeneration means she can no longer see faces clearly, calling the condition a “crusher” as she marked her 91st birthday on Tuesday. The veteran star of stage and screen, whose role as “M” in eight James Bond films shot her to global fame, has suffered […]

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The PIF source said the Gulf monarchy wanted to sign the Egyptian winger in January.

A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser’s departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.

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Conservationist who devoted his life to the study and preservation of the African elephant

The British scientist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who has died aged 83, became the world’s leading authority on the behaviour of African elephants and played a vital part in ensuring their conservation.

His efforts to save the African elephant began in 1965 when, as an Oxford zoology graduate who had also just...

At least 16 cars have been discontinued in South Africa this year.

Many South African Uber drivers cannot afford to buy their own vehicles.

GP Dr Oscar Duke explains the different symptoms you might experience.

Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating.

Frimley Health NHS Trust is the latest to reintroduce masks as UK hospitals come under strain.