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Britain’s Mark Cavendish will not ride the Tour de France, despite equalling the all-time record for stage wins last year.

The Eastern Cape health department has asked families of five of the 21 victims who died at Enyobeni Tavern in East London to come forward and identify their bodies.

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has raised questions over whether the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality had approved the initial structural plans for the Enyobeni Tavern.

The process of identifying the bodies of the 21 people who died in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in East London is underway. The tavern remains closed while the investigation continues.

Many TikTokers are making such offers under the guise of inviting people over for camping trips or sightseeing vacations.

Rudy Giuliani said he felt like someone had shot him, and claimed that he could have “hit the ground” and cracked his skull.

As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile – long one of Latin America’s most conservative countries – is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.

There are concerns that separatist leaders in English-speaking areas of Cameroon might be losing control of their forces, as grave human rights violations are on the rise, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report.

The Africa Energy Outlook 2022 report charts how the continent can get electricity to everyone by 2030.

A well at a site operated by local Nigerian firm Eroton Exploration and Production Limited has been spilling oil and gas into the Niger Delta for more than a week, the company and an agency responsible for detecting oil spills said.

A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances — a case that has sparked widespread outrage.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa said while it did not plan protests at Eskom’s operations, the protests resulted from Eskom’s bad faith negotiating.

Civil society Outa has called for an extension of South Africa’s R1.50 petrol tax relief as the country faces another steep fuel increase in July. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the heroism of South Africans following the lifting of the last COVID-19 restrictions and the release of the State Capture Report last week.

The 14th ANC Gauteng Provincial Conference has elected Panyaza Lesufi as the new provincial chairperson in the early hours of Monday morning.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, has called for free and decolonised education in the country.

During his address in Kliptown, Soweto on Saturday, where the party observed the 67th commemoration of the adoption of the Freedom Charter in the area, EFF leader, Julius Malema rejected the findings of the State Capture report.

South African MotoGP rider Brad Binder registered his best result of the 2022 season at this past weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

Spanish coach Pablo Franco Martin is reportedly one of the coaches to have applied for the vacant position at SuperSport United.

Fears grow for job losses in arts and humanities departments after government crackdown on ‘low value’ courses

Concern is mounting about the fate of the humanities in higher education after Sheffield Hallam University announced that it would be suspending its degree in English literature.

A university spokesperson confirmed that English literature is among a small number of courses which are...

Are parents to blame for the Enyobeni tavern tragedy as per comments made by Minister of Police Bheki Cele, or is it a shared responsibility?

‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera has gone missing from a Florida rehabilitation centre – not for the first time.

DJ Sumbody has allegedly obtained a court order against Cassper Nyovest over R147k unpaid royalties for their track, ‘Remote Control’.

The new mother gave birth three months ago to a baby girl fathered by Bandile Mbere from Major League DJz.

Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.

Commercial public Wi-Fi services have struggled to survive in South Africa.

“Disciplinary processes will commence once the situation is under control,” Eskom said. “At this point in time our efforts and resources are directed at keeping the lights on.”

F1’s owners want a race on every continent where people have cars.

Demand for medication abortion is surging, setting the stage for new legal battles.

He wrote extensively on gay identity and history, but New Yorkers knew a different side of his work: his campaigns on H.I.V. and other health issues.

In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates from all sides of the issue have called for men to be part of the conversation. The Times heard from hundreds who wanted to share their stories.

What do these cases really tell us about the virus, which hasn’t spread in the UK for decades?

Across the UK, volunteer harvesters are helping to fight food waste by sending produce to food banks.

Women from across Australia will present a visual petition to MPs, calling for urgent action.

The UK government says that nuclear is critical to its climate plans, but can it deliver?

Gnanli Landrou has invented a special powder that turns earth into a greener version of concrete