News South Africa

In 2024, the Road Accident Fund’s accumulated deficit is projected to breach half a trillion rand.

The Cape Winelands District Municipality has said its Fire Services and teams from CapeNature were fighting a blaze in the Banhoek area and Berg River Dam, Franschhoek.

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

The Estcourt Regional Court has sentenced the bookkeeper to 10 years’ imprisonment on more than 500 counts of fraud.

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers, used extensively to curb the spread of Covid-19, have a new set of standards which determine minimum alcohol content and prohibited ingredients.

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

Facebook said deadly violence in Myanmar had brought about the need for the ban on the military.

The domestic helper from Myanmar was reportedly tortured and starved before her death.

Kelsey Grammer, who played Frasier Crane, will return but it is not known if other cast members will too.

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?

How to master Xhosa tongue-twisters as South Africa’s city of Port Elizabeth changes its name.

Ghana has received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free.

As higher metals prices and a weaker rand exchange rate boosted its profit.

In the middle of its forecast range.

Provinces or municipalities not spending their allocated grants from national government – or not complying with grant conditions – could find the fund transfers withheld or allocated elsewhere.

As rising yields curb demand.

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.

Veteran batsman Martin Guptill returned to form with a blistering 97 as New Zealand held on for a nail-biting win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international in Dunedin.

Two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt was named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame class of 2021, along with the Original 9 of the women’s professional tour.

Martin Guptill falls three runs short of a third Twenty20 international century as New Zealand claim a four-run win over Australia in Dunedin.

England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot has insisted all is well within the Six Nations champions’ squad after cricket great Ian Botham said they “don’t look a happy camp”.

Children’s commissioner says moves to better regulate home education have been slow and ineffective

The Welsh government is failing in its legal duty to protect the rights of home-educated children a decade after a boy who was being taught by his parents slipped under the radar of education and health officials and died of scurvy, an official report has concluded.

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

The American actress Zendaya has revealed she is keen to become a filmmaker and has been offered lessons by director Sam Levinson.

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.

Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he imbibed alcohol at New Jersey’s Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, despite knowing it was prohibited.

African e-commerce pioneer Jumia said on Wednesday its cost cuts helped it reduce fourth quarter losses by 47% from a year ago, even as revenues continue to slide, showing that its path to profitability was on course.

Woolworths delivered a more than 58% improvement in headline earnings per share in the 26 weeks ended 27 December 2020, with the retail group benefiting, in part, from a big focus on e-commerce.

SpaceX’s Starlink service will show radical improvements in performance as it reaches near-global availability in 2021.

Nvidia forecast better-than-expected financial first quarter revenue on Wednesday, with its flagship gaming chips expected to remain in tight supply for the next several months.

Reported styling inspiration for the next generation Everest will remain a no-no despite being offered with RHD in the UK.

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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