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Disaster Risk Management says no heat-related emergencies have been reported thus far.

Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi is under cross-examination.

Close to 55 000 cattle have been vaccinated in the Ugu District.

Two firefighters from a private company have been hospitalised after a blaze in Edenvale.

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

The purchase is part of wider plans to prevent major artworks from being bought by private collectors.

Iranians in Tehran and Karaj tel the BBC they are exhausted and struggling to sleep after 10 days of Israeli and US attacks.

Col Randrianirina, who seized power last year, did not give a reason for dissolving his government.

Cellou Dalein Diallo accuses the junta-leader-turned-president of erasing political threats.

Four soldiers were injured but all are now in a stable condition, Ghana’s army says.

Flights in and out of Nairobi Airport have been disrupted while some roads in the capital are submerged.

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has urged the government to provide relief to motorists and the broader economy as South Africa braces for a sharp increase in fuel prices next month.

“I believe that they were executed, and I believe that they used maximum force to shoot to kill.”

Lekota, who once served as ANC national chairperson, later left the ANC to form his own party.

508 political parties have shown an interest in participating in the forthcoming polls.

Lieutenant-General Hilda Senthumule is appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee.

According to the former Kaizer Chiefs captain Morgan Gould, the club’s current crisis will reveal who the real fighters are inside the dressing room.

Wales number eight Aaron Wainwright in line to face Italy in the Six Nations despite an early exit against Ireland.

Basketball Africa League is bringing the game back to the SunBet Arena at the end of March.

Cristian Westemaier Ribera becomes Brazil’s first ever Winter Paralympic medallist, finishing second in the Para-cross-country skiing men’s seated sprint.

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.

It’s an effort to reconnect them to the bodily experience...

Fans of the Mselekus know that Abongwe has always been touted as the one family member who bears the closest resemblance to Gog’ Flo.

A well-known Hermanus estate linked to Markus Jooste and the Rupert family has been sold in a major property deal.

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

Tiffany Nicole Meek’s case is postponed to 25 March as she signals possible guilty plea in son Jayden-Lee’s death.

The total prize purse for the T20 World Cup (R219-million) was the highest in the 19-year history of the biennial tournament.

The bodies of the two toddlers were discovered near a river, with visible injuries.

The Trump administration has awarded Event Strategies several contracts—including one that could be worth up to $100 million—with little competition, according to federal filings.

Delivery apps are glitching and navigation routes are changing abruptly thanks to electronic warfare disrupting the satellite signals that power everything from missiles to your ride home.

The 600kg Van Allen probe A will re-enter Tuesday evening, with most of it burning before reaching Earth’s surface

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Parts of a giant Nasa satellite will crash to Earth on Tuesday evening, the US space agency is warning – but the chance of being struck is extremely low.

According to the US military’s Space Force, the...

Three Chinese car brands saw incredible sales growth in the used market last year.

Flights from Joburg to Durban are relatively cheap at the moment, but prices are set to go up considerably towards the end of the month.

South Africa has some of the worst traffic in the world, with motorists spending an average of 10 days staring at the car in front of them.

Petrol station owners have warned of a potential fuel shortage in South Africa.

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Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum.