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Gabuza died at Hillcrest Hospital at 11:35 after being in Intensive Care Unit for a week battling the virus.

The “fiercely competitive” but “kind, thoughtful and caring” news executive has died aged 73.

An additional 25 players will have to spend two weeks in quarantine before the Australian Open, organisers said Sunday, as Covid-19 continues to disrupt preparations for the Grand Slam tournament.

The Western Cape Government Health Department has strongly condemned another armed robbery that took place at the Retreat Community Health Centre.

Catholic Archbishop Abel Gabuza of Durban has died at Hillcrest Hospital after a week in ICU battling with COVID-19.

Eskom says it will implement Stage 1 loadshedding from 11pm on Sunday until 5am on Monday morning. It says from 5am on Monday, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented.

The North West government says they are busy finalizing its plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccine to residents. Health workers and the vulnerable in society will be among the first to get vaccinated.

Some competitors must stay in their hotel rooms, following positive Covid cases on inbound flights.

Former climbing champion Lai Chi-Wai raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.

The troubled genius who transformed pop music and died while serving a jail sentence for murder.

Spector transformed pop music with his “wall of sound”, but in 2009 was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson.

He has not left his home since he went out to vote in the election on Thursday, and on Friday said he was under “siege” as soldiers and police surrounded his home, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

Fighting erupted after a man was stabbed in a row between two men from different ethnic groups.

The City of Windhoek issued a warning as the weather posed a risk to power supply and road conditions.

The wooden sarcophagi, which date back to the New Kingdom, were found in 52 burial shafts at depths of 10 to 12 meters.

The Trump Organisation and its namesake are going to be financially squeezed after the Donald Trump leaves office as President of the United States, says Timothy O’Brien.

A stronger U.S. dollar is proving to be an early test for emerging-market currencies on the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration.

President-elect Joe Biden’s massive plan to help the US economy didn’t shake Wall Street’s downbeat sentiment on Friday, with major indices losing ground in the last full trading week of Donald Trump’s presidency.

American civil rights lawyer and international activist Reverend Al Sharpton has praised the late Bapedi King Thulare Victor Thulare III as an economic freedom fighter for land and justice.

Tributes are pouring in for the late KwaZulu Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli.

Condolences are streaming in for KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Bheki Ntuli, who died at a Durban hospital on Saturday from Covid-19 related complications.

The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed shock following the death of the provincial executive member and MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli.

Tottenham climbed back into the Premier League title race as Tanguy Ndombele’s stunning strike sealed a 3-1 win against Sheffield United.

AmaZulu FC and Maritzburg United played to a 0-0 draw in the Kwazulu-Natal derby at Kings Park Stadium on Sunday.

Watch highlights as Chelsea knock Manchester United off the top of the Women’s Super League with a 2-1 win thanks to England forward Fran Kirby’s winner at Kingsmeadow.

Orlando Pirates suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to Black Leopards at Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday.

Higher education bodies tell Gavin Williamson little has been done to help disadvantaged students access remote learning

Tens of thousands of university students in England need urgent help to stop “digital poverty” from hindering their studies during lockdown, according to a group of vice-chancellors and higher education bodies.

While the government has provided laptops and other devices to...

Home education advocates call for urgent action to ensure independent students do not miss out on acquiring qualifications

Home education advocates have called on the government to act fast to ensure that private entrants to GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels do not face a second year of delays to obtaining crucial qualifications after summer exams were cancelled again.

Home educators were dismayed...

We’ve had endless reviews of policy. Now those who live each day in real hardship should be put at the heart of reform

The photo of two blackening bananas, a tomato, two potatoes, three apples, a loaf of bread, about 200g of pasta, two carrots, slices of cheese, two mini-malt loaves, a can of baked beans and three Frubes is one of the defining images of our times. Posted on Twitter by...

Only an event such as wartime evacuation can compare to lockdown. Plans for the young need to meet the challenge

During the war, my mum, like tens of thousands of other children, was evacuated. She left the terrace house she shared with 10 siblings and her parents and wound up in a beautiful convent perched on a headland near Conwy, north Wales, looking out to sea. It was heaven.

I sometimes...

The great pandemic of the 21st is being told in the greatest detail and in the digital age, as it happens. The bulk of this story is told through the words, voices and pictures of thousands of journalists across the world.

The SABC has sent deep condolences to family and friends on the passing of Motsweding FM’s Kabelo KB Molopyane.

The SABC has confirmed the passing of Kabelo KB Molopyane, who was working at Motsweding FM as a presenter since 2002.

The Soweto Tourism Association has called for the public’s support to help stop the total liquidation of the Mandela House Museum in Soweto.

As the 1970s progressed, Spector became increasingly reclusive and rumours of his eccentric behaviour became legend.

This after joking that the woman in the video in question did look a little bit like her.

After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, “Batwoman” announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to arrange that baton (or Batarang) pass mostly fizzle in the opening episodes, fueling a sense that this CW drama might be flying on fumes.

The actor died, aged 72, after a recent hospital stay.

Load-shedding will not be stopped tonight as planned, the power utility said.

Plenty of new models expected to flood the growing segment this year.

The chief executive of NHS England is optimistic about vaccinating all adults before Autumn this year.

The foreign secretary added there would be a crackdown on those failing to isolate after travelling abroad.

Lockdown has seen an increase in children under 11 seeking counselling according to the NSPCC.

Another 4,262 people have also been admitted to hospital with the virus, the government says.

The world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise this century, the United Nations said as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

Japan is hit by severe snow storms, killing at least eight and bringing some regions to a standstill.

Three Covid-19 vaccines have now been approved for use in the UK. The BBC’s Laura Foster explains which groups will get it first.

The palm cockatoo is thought to be the only bird to use tools musically to attract a mate.