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MVP come to the UK with a stacked card – with Caroline Dubois, Terri Harper, Chantelle Cameron and Ellie Scotney all in world title fights.
BBC Sport looks at Manchester City’s evolution and why the January window has offered renewed belief.
“Border tsar” Tom Homan said about 2,000 would remain, and the US government is equipping more officers with body-worn cameras.
Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government’s proposals.
The British skeleton team appeal after their new helmets for the Winter Olympics are ruled unsafe.
Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland had on Wednesday become the latest figure in the spotlight over reported links to convicted sex offender, the US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Grain SA’s mission is to support grain farmers, so some skeptics may see this as alarmist. But Grain SA is not known for hyperbole. And commercial farming is an extremely risky and capital-intensive business that can be stressed by structural factors and flaws.
The chaos of the parliamentary debate about the former Labour minister is just one sign of how quickly the mood in the party has soured this week.
The National Consumer Commission announced a recall of 1,393 Renault Kwid vehicles in South Africa, following a notice from Motus Vehicle Distributor
The City of Joburg issued a cease notice to a luxury boutique hotel allegedly owned by Mayibuye Afrika Movement’s treasurer-general, Tshepo Mahanuke.
One councillor hopes this is an opportunity for supermarkets to support Cornish more directly.
A woman accused of shooting five-year-old Obakeng Minyuku in Chris Hani, Temba, Hammanskraal, appeared in the Temba magistrate’s court seeking bail.
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Amid speculation surrounding Patrice Motsepe’s potential candidacy for the ANC’s top job, mining analyst Peter Major says he has what it takes to save the country’s economic backbone.
Severe thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
Ellis Genge believes bookmakers’ odds and recent results do not reflect Wales’ threat to England in Saturday’s Six Nations game at Twickenham.
Aberdeen are to inspect the Pittodrie pitch at 16:00 GMT to assess whether Wednesday’s Scottish Premiership game against Celtic can go ahead.
Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express rail routes are severely disrupted after a derailment.
Despite residents citing a deteriorating provision of services, Mogale City spent an average of R20,718 per day over three months on travel, conferences, and catering – a figure the municipality describes as a “drop in the ocean.”
Despite residents citing a deteriorating provision of services, Mogale City spent an average of R20,718 per day over three months on travel, conferences, and catering – a figure the municipality describes as a “drop in the ocean.”