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Athletes from Russia and Belarus parade behind their nations’ flags at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics as the 50th anniversary edition of the Games officially gets under way.

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley is banned for two years for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.

The Duchess of Sussex will run As ever independently, after a partnership with Netflix helped to launch the brand last year.

Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge.

Heavy rainfall is expected over the weekend and drivers are advised to exercise extreme caution.

Some towns have seen dramatic improvements almost overnight.

Soldiers will be deployed in GP, EC and the WC to help police fight gangsterism and illegal mining

Cato Manor Violent Crime Unit been accused of killing members of the KwaMaphumulo Taxi Association,

Nearly a week into a new and widening war in the Middle East, some of the U.S.’s closest allies in the region and beyond are trying to contain it.

The move followed Wednesday’s sinking of another Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine. Australia confirmed three Australians were on that submarine.

Some residents in the Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid ongoing air strikes by Israel.

Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

Some opted to remain in Iran, even after their government offered to bring them home.

The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is postponed just 12 days before the finals were due to kick off in Morocco.

The council earmarks £1m to pay for the vouchers as part of a new Crisis and Resilience Fund.

The South African Reserve Bank is now expected to keep interest rates on hold this month following Israel and America’s attacks on Iran.

The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

Various MPs have been given prison sentences over the years.

Gen. Sangweni says President Ramaphosa can lawfully use legislation to deploy SANDF when needed.

This is according to former Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Anton Ackermann

Carrim’s lawyer says he received death threats before testifying at the Madlanga Commission Monday.

A “solid team performance” sees Loughborough Lightning strike down Leeds Rhinos in round two of the Netball Super League season, while London Pulse edge out Dragons.

Emma Raducanu makes an impressive start at Indian Wells as the British number one records a straight-set victory over Russian Anastasia Zakharova.

“It’s a Grand Slam or disappointment” for France, writes Tom English as fellow risk takers Scotland bid to keep their own title hopes alive at Murrayfield.

World Cup co-hosts Mexico plan to deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel to protect fans at this summer’s tournament, amid ongoing cartel violence in the country.

Elon Musk has clapped back at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dismissal of ‘white genocide’ and comments calling President Trump ‘uninformed’…

Demand for weight-loss drugs is surging in SA, with Mounjaro set to exceed R1.3bn in sales as Aspen eyes expansion into Africa.

The Department of Home Affairs has given the cold shoulder to public scrutiny about a Nigerian family that was deported from Ireland to SA.

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

‘We have a well-established history of a minister who defies accountability.’

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Known as the “Blue Machines”, off-duty officers chased and apprehended a suspect, saving a mother and baby.

From cast-iron pans to mechanical watches, we’ve rounded up products that are made to last for decades.

Here’s a guide to all the models—plus Pixel case recommendations and smart software tricks to try.

These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic.

A health campaigner says women’s relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.

England’s top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.