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‘Disgusted’ Milkins throws cue after missed red
Robert Milkins throws his cue to the ground in disgust after missing a red during his World Snooker Championship first-round match against David Gilbert.
FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2024, 15:37
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Robert Milkins throws his cue to the ground in disgust after missing a red during his World Snooker Championship first-round match against David Gilbert.
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Defence to continue cross-examination of tabloid publisher David Pecker as ex-US president’s historic trial continues.
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The UK is close to banning the import of wildlife trophies. A campaigner for wildlife conservation with royal support says it should let African countries decide for themselves.
Top Stories
The Information Regulator is close to finalising its investigation into FNB after a banking app glitch caused a security compromise last year which resulted in the personal information of home loan applicants being leaked.
South Africa
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
South Africa
Mjwara’s departure bittersweet, says Minister Nzimande
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has described Dr Phil Mjwara’s farewell as bittersweet for both the department and the country’s science community. The Department of Science and Technology (DSI) hosted a farewell for Mjwara, the longest-serving DG in the country,...
South Africa
Stage 2 load shedding anticipated for winter 2024
Eskom anticipates that load shedding will likely be “maintained within Stage 2” this winter period.
This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane, who was speaking during the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing held at Megawatt Park on Friday.
He said the forecast was made on the...
South Africa
One of the four defendants on trial for the gruesome murders of Dan Brand, his wife, Breggie, and their daughter Elzabie on 26 July 2020 on a smallholding outside Hartswater, claims he only washed dust from Elzabie’s stolen Mazda CX5, and not blood.
World
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.
World
China’s foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a “downward spiral”, as the visiting secretary of state raised concerns on issues including support for Russia.
World
The megastar had been ordered to delete the track by the late rapper’s estate for “abusing his legacy”.
World
In Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than a million Palestinians have sought shelter and where aid groups have centralized operations, worries have grown over a possible Israeli military operation.
Africa
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.
Africa
Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.
Africa
Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.
Africa
Burkina Faso’s military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
Business
Implats is looking to retrench thousands of workers, adding to the major job cuts affecting those in the South African mining sector.
Business
The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.
Business
A slight boost to the rand won’t do much to prevent a petrol price hike next week – but diesel users should at least get some relief.
Business
Politics
The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC
Politics
Steenhuisen warns South Africans not to be fooled by what he called load shedding manipulation
Politics
The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.
Politics
The IEC has disbursed R342 million to be shared among political parties in the national legislature.
Sport
The American record producer and DJ Khaled has wished Sundowns well ahead of their CAF semi-final clash with Esperance.
Sport
With 950 matches over 19 years, 12 trophies and a world record, it isn’t an easy task for Stephen Baxter to select his favourite memories as Crusaders manager.
Sport
Sithebe’s contract with Kaizer Chiefs expires in June, but will he be amongst the casualties at Naturena in the next few weeks?
Sport
Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel won’t be ‘influenced’ by a petition urging him to remain at the club.
Education
Experts say high school seniors are more likely to go to college if they complete the financial aid form, but the state sees privacy issues with mandating it.
Education
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
Education
Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies
Only two in five children in England say they always feel safe at school, according to a government survey, and teachers from across Britain have told the Guardian they have seen pupils’ behaviour deteriorate over the last two years.
Teachers said violence and abuse aimed at school staff...
Education
Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York
As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were...
Lifestyle
Chrissy Teigen gave her palate-popping approval to Meghan Markle’s latest venture, in a mouthwatering endorsement,
Lifestyle
Janet Jackson unveiled her near-casting as the iconic Storm in the X-Men franchise, a role eventually immortalized by Halle Berry.
Lifestyle
Phat Joe and his family have reportedly been given the boot from a plush Sea Point apartment after he failed to pay his R40k pm rent.
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Entertainment
The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Science/Tech
Skyworth, KwaZulu-Natal’s largest electronics manufacturer, has successfully launched the award-winning Nex Playground motion games into South African retailers and announced that it has begun rolling out the first of its digital lifestyle products under a new brand, QVWi.
Science/Tech
TikTok but without the algorithm? TikTok by Meta? A new law this week puts the platform on a death watch—and none of the potential outcomes look great.
Science/Tech
The Eskom System Operator has explained how solar power is impacting to load-shedding, and how quickly the current situation can change.
Science/Tech
Sam Altman of OpenAI and the chief executives of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet are among technology-industry leaders joining a new federal advisory board focused on the secure use of AI within U.S. critical infrastructure, in the Biden administration’s latest effort to fill a regulatory vacuum over the rapidly proliferating technology. From a report: The Artificial Intelligence Safety and...
Motoring
Motoring
Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.
Motoring
Motoring
Health
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.
Health
There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.
Health
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.
Health
Facts and common misconceptions about some of America’s most widely used drugs.
Nature
The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.
Nature
The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.
Nature
More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.
Nature
Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.