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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the Department of Health’s director-general Sandile Buthelezi flagged the department’s contract with Digital Vibes.

Holding the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is akin to staging it in apartheid South Africa, according to the new chief executive of Kick It Out.

The second – and final – day of the third Test between India and England was simply chaotic. Here’s how it played out on social media.

The families of the three Lily Mine workers who were trapped underground when the mine collapsed five year ago, are calling for the intervention of the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy- Gwede Mantashe.

Police are looking for a 17-year-old who was allegedly kidnapped in Durban on Monday.

A Limpopo businessman, who is already accused of defrauding Eskom, appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday, on additional charges of tax evasion valued at R5 million.

Five people have been arrested for gathering illegally and one for discharging a firearm in public following unrest in Hillbrow after a security guard was shot and killed in a previous incident.

Supporters of the military clash with anti-coup protesters in Yangon, as turmoil grips the country.

The World Health Organization urged national authorities to make a priority of understanding the consequences of long-term coronavirus infections to help those suffering from worrying symptoms after many months.

Prosecutors accuse the man of sharing detailed plans of Germany’s parliament buildings in Berlin.

The tech giants are back on board after a string of last-minute concessions.

Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades.

The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on Covid-19 medicines and vaccines to speed up their rollout to poor countries, the head of its disease control body.

Liquid Telecom, majority owned by telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840 million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.

Gay sex is a crime punishable with up to five years in prison in the Central African country.

About 11,000 people will receive letters questioning whether they should have claimed the money.

World stock markets advanced Thursday after US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell down played interest rate hike concerns and traders took heart from positive vaccine developments.

Neo Dongwana’s retirement will end a nine-year stint on Barloworld’s board where share served in various roles before her appointment as chairperson last year.

The owner of the Ellesmere Port factory, which employs about 1,000 workers, is in talks with the government.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, is seeking a tough sanction from the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein against former party MP, Thembinkosi Rawula.

In a series of videos that have gone viral on social media, Lindsey Dentlinger can be seeninterviewing ignoring the fact that the White parliamentarians she was interviewing weren’t wearing masks, while reminding their Black counterparts to wear theirs before they can respond to questions posed to them.

Mathabatha outlined this and other plans to boost service delivery for the province during his State of the Province Address at the Lebowakgomo Legislative Chamber outside Polokwane.

North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, says his administration will establish a provincial forensic investigation unit to probe allegations of fraud, corruption, and maladministration within government departments and municipalities.

Former Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer says the Sharks are making the right call by not handing Siya Kolisi the captain’s armband.

The second – and final – day of the third Test between India and England was simply chaotic. Here’s how it played out on social media.

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has urged Six Nations chiefs to make sure their re-arranged fixture against France goes ahead at a time when he can select a full-strength side.

Rafael Nadal has announced that he was pulling out of next week’s ATP tournament in Rotterdam to recover from the back problems that hampered him in Australia.

What we know so far about the plan to replace in-person exams with teacher assessments

After cancelling this summer’s A-level, GCSE, BTec and vocation qualifications, the government in England has finally confirmed that teachers will award final grades.

Why has it taken so long?

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While country legend Garth Brooks has tested negative for Covid-19, his wife Trisha Yearwood has contracted the virus.

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The billionaire said he preferred to invest in “companies that make products” such as vaccines.

The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

During the pandemic, there was a dramatic increase in exposures to hand sanitizer reported among kids under 6, U.S. poison center data shows.

“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.”

Narrative medicine programs teach doctors and other caregivers “sensitive interviewing skills” and the art of “radical listening” to improve patient care.

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.

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