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Watch highlights of Crystal Palace’s goalless draw against Fulham in the Premier League at Selhurst Park.

The health secretary says it is “a magnificent achievement” and “the vaccine is our route out”.

England will not make an official complaint to World Rugby over the refereeing in Saturday’s 40-24 defeat against Wales.

Fulham miss the chance to move within a point of fellow strugglers Newcastle and Brighton after being held to a goalless draw at Crystal Palace.

The National Commissioner of the Police Service, General Khehla Sitole, has conveyed his condolences to the families of two police officers who were killed while on duty at Kraaifontein in the Western Cape on Sunday morning.

Doctors say they were making headway in ensuring they worked through the doses, as a third batch is expected to arrive over the next two weeks.

He made the remark while speaking at the funeral of a constable who was shot dead while attending to a gender-violence complaint in the Durban Metro.

South Africa is still currently under adjusted lockdown level 3 restrictions.

Information provided by whistleblowers suggest Swiss-based Afriland’s Congo bank did business with risky clientele, including Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler and firm believed to be a subsidiary of a sanctioned company linked to a financier of Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Russia launched its space satellite Arktika-M on Sunday on a mission to monitor the climate and environment in the Arctic amid a push by the Kremlin to expand the country’s activities in the region.

Seven immigrants re-live the terrifying moment when they saved two boys from a burning flat in Grenoble.

Human rights violations have taken place in Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Was he a joke, an oaf, a hero, or the evil dictator the West loved to hate? Decades after his death, his legacy is still a puzzle.

In early December, a gang abducted 344 boys from a boarding school in Kankara, in northern Katsina state, but released them a week later.

Specialist professional recruitment firm Robert Walters has published its annual salary survey for 2021.

The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting economic crises have severely hit the financial wellbeing of many across the globe, the impact of which is likely to be felt for the long-term. Even before the pandemic, many South Africans were already facing significant constraints in saving enough for their retirement.

Eskom, described by Goldman Sachs as the biggest threat to the South African economy, has become mired in over R480bn debt. With the majority of its bonds being government guaranteed, the state is obliged to step in when Eskom anticipates payment pressure

The pandemic changed the employment market in 2020, and the effects of the global health crisis will continue to be felt for many years across many sectors, says specialist recruitment firm Michael Page.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation Sunday evening at 20h00.  The address will be broadcast live on the SABC television News channel and digital platforms.  

Political analyst Lukhona Mnguni says the country needs to start talking about a future beyond the African National Congress (ANC) as the party has decided to sink the entire country into a discourse of division that goes against the common good.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm on Sunday night on the latest Covid-19 developments in SA.

The committee says it has instructed the department to furnish it with a progress report at the end of next month.

Mamelodi Sundowns made it two wins in as many matches in CAF Champions League Group B after beating a 10-man Algeria side CR Belouizdad.

England will not make an official complaint to World Rugby over the refereeing in Saturday’s 40-24 defeat against Wales.

Mexico’s Alvarez dominated underdog Yildirim from the opening bell and sent the Turk crashing to the canvas with a crisp left-right combination in the third round at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

Fulham miss the chance to move within a point of fellow strugglers Newcastle and Brighton after being held to a goalless draw at Crystal Palace.

Free rapid tests to be provided to households under plans to reopen schools from 8 March

Families with children in school or college will be able to test themselves for coronavirus twice a week from home under plans for schools to safely reopen in England from 8 March.

Free tests will be provided to pupils’ households, as well as those in their childcare or support bubbles, regardless of...

Nationalist leaders tried to exploit what they had in common with their racist oppressors: the colour of their skin

In February 1921, newspapers in London began to publish stories about how military lorries in Ireland were carrying prisoners as hostages in the hope of deterring attacks by the IRA, the guerrilla army fighting British rule since 1919. Within a year, negotiations would lead to...

Tom Ammiano, a well-known gay leader in San Francisco, believed his effeminate mannerisms led his New Jersey high school to deny him his letter.

Company will launch London project to encourage more diverse intake of young people with no industry connections

Elisabeth Murdoch’s company is to fund a new London school designed to get young people from different backgrounds into the television industry. Murdoch, the daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and her production company Sister are to set up the Ghetto Film School, already...

The Golden Globes will be handed out under pandemic conditions on Sunday on a night that could see big wins for streaming service Netflix, honours for late actor Chadwick Boseman, and a smattering of celebrities in pajamas.

The ex-naval officer completed his solo transatlantic ocean crossing on his boat “Ratel”, from SA to Brazil in a record 70 days, covering a total distance of 7,200km.

Art can be a way to promote and support mental health in children. It’s especially important right now to create a nurturing space for children to make art.

The Time’s Up Movement on Friday launched a campaign criticising the lack of diversity in the organisation that hands out the Golden Globes for film and television.

When the pandemic hit, the song of birds offered joy and hope. The author of a new book recalls that glittering spring and explains the science behind bird calls and how to identify them

It’s six in the morning and still dark, 24 March 2020. I wake early and, knowing the children will soon be up, decide to steal half an hour’s solitude in the park. From the dense latticework of trees and...

At first I felt relieved that my symptoms aren’t too grim. Then I felt bad about my relief, as if I’d failed a basic solidarity duty

It started with a text that was doing the rounds from Lambeth council’s director of public health: the South African variant of Covid had been discovered in a tiny box of postcodes that included our house, and we were all encouraged to get tested. I forwarded it...

From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite video game escapes for the Switch and Switch Lite.

Section 230 faces countless reform efforts. But a look back reminds us that categorical content bans often come at the expense of marginalized groups.

Higher centre of gravity means SUVs are less stable than sedans.

No V8 diesel or V6 petrol but rather the stalwart normally aspirated 1HZ 4.2-litre straight-six normally aspirated oil-burner.

A higher centre of gravity means SUVs are often much more unstable than sedans and small cars.

A day at one mass site in Connecticut shows both the promise and the shortcomings of the approach, which is at the center of President Biden’s plan to bring the pandemic to an end.

Tea might be the perfect drink for the pandemic winter malaise. Here’s how to start your own ritual.

Online tutorials for TikTok and music-video routines can help prove you wrong. The “WAP” dance is within your reach.

Concerned about a friend or a loved one who may be feeling the winter doldrums? Try writing them a gratitude letter.

On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace’s action is dangerous and illegal.

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.