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Beyoncé praised for ‘impressive’ country album
Critics and fans have welcomed the singer’s new album Cowboy Carter, which was released on Friday.
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Critics and fans have welcomed the singer’s new album Cowboy Carter, which was released on Friday.
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Eskom and Russian state-owned nuclear company Rosatom have signed a training “action plan” that aims to increase employment for African graduates of Russian universities.
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Former president Jacob Zuma survived a car crash on Thursday night, News24 has confirmed.
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Andy Murray will not compete at April’s Monte Carlo Masters and BMW Open after he ruptured ankle ligaments at the Miami Open.
South Africa
“The provision of water is a basic human right and therefore the City is keeping to its end.”
South Africa
Zuma was on his way to a campaign event for that MK party.
South Africa
The power utility says it has noticed a disturbing pattern of meter altering.
South Africa
Four wanted murder suspects have been fatally wounded
World
Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.
World
The nation’s third-highest ranking diplomat retired this month. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Victoria Nuland about her career in diplomacy.
World
Wheelchair user says he felt less than human after he was told to leave the branch at Lagos airport.
World
It’s been a wild historic ride: The price of cocoa topped the all-time record before Valentine’s Day and has almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.
Africa
In the first three months of this year, about 190 schools have been closed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province.
Africa
Joseph Boakai tells the BBC he is trying to change the mindset of those who think government is a way to get rich.
Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Africa
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.
Business
An expert outlines the law regarding vehicle searches at police roadblocks and whether or not recording the interaction is allowed in South Africa.
Business
FSCA is issuing hefty fines in its hopes of addressing the issues that saw South Africa grey listed in the first place.
Business
Business Talk – Xero Country Manager Colin Timmis on how Xero’s cloud accounting software benefits South African entrepreneurs
Business
The Spiritual Crime Prevention Forum has advised churches in South Africa to increase security measures ahead of the Easter weekend.
Politics
MK head of elections in the province, Musa Mkhize says Zuma was a target.
Politics
Tselane says Pillay’s decision was taken to protect the integrity of IEC.
Politics
Zuma has suffered a sixth legal loss in his bid to privately prosecute Downer and Maughan
Politics
DA leader John Steenhuisen’s assertion that new political parties are political mercenaries displays his arrogance – the same arrogance that has cost the official opposition dearly in past elections, say analysts.
Sport
Chris Billam-Smith talks about his fight with former gym-mate Lawrence Okolie in new BBC One documentary series – Stable: The Fight Game
Sport
The Bulls made six changes to their match day 23 for the mammoth encounter against the table-topping Leinster in round 13 of the URC.
Sport
Kaizer Chiefs seem to be willing to make conditions for a transfer, a little bit easier for one of their key men at the end of the current season.
Sport
Sharks coach John Plumtree cautioned against Edinburgh’s United Rugby Championship game against the Sharks being a revenge mission for their coach Sean Everitt.
Education
With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission.
Education
Fundamental restructuring must happen, along with an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for
Imagine a beach before the tsunami. Out at sea, the wave is gathering force, yet on the sand people are still sunbathing, blissfully unaware. That’s how it feels, one professor tells me, to be working in higher education. Academics by their nature don’t look outwards...
Education
Union says cuts will make the ‘creative powerhouse’ unrecognisable and risk ‘unprecedented industrial unrest’
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies, a trade union has announced.
More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot...
Education
The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
Lifestyle
Zendaya dazzled at the Australian premiere of ‘Challengers’ in a custom Loewe gown adorned with sequins and a tennis-themed graphic.
Lifestyle
Dogs, like humans, can donate blood if they meet specific criteria, including weight, health, and age requirements.
Lifestyle
King Charles’ former butler, Grant Harrold, has revealed that Princess Eugenie is navigating the labyrinth of new royal responsibilities.
Lifestyle
Tammy Taylor made bombshell allegations against ‘Real Housewives van Pretoria’ stars Mel and Peet Viljoen.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Artists, music lovers, media colleagues and honoured guests got together for the unveiling of the Metro FM Music Awards 2024 nominees on Wednesday evening in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Entertainment
Winners of each category will receive R50 000. The Song of the Year winner will walk away with R150 000.
Entertainment
Ahead of the Easter Weekend, Spotify released figures that reveal that young people are big consumers of faith music.
Science/Tech
“Being a C.E.O. sucks. Elon was right. It is like looking into the abyss and chewing glass.”
Science/Tech
The deep pockets of the tech investor Garry Tan are valued by his allies, but his pugnacious online habits are creating plenty of enemies in the city he says he wants to save.
Science/Tech
New heat pumps easily fit over window sills, meaning they could replace clunky apartment air-conditioning units.
Science/Tech
Remgro values CIVH, which owns Maziv, and in turn, Vumatel and DFA, at R22.9 billion. Here is how this valuation compares with listed telecommunications companies.
Motoring
Same engine moving bigger bakkie through the air will result in slower sprint time.
Motoring
Motoring
There were several international and local factors that contributed to the increases in petrol and diesel prices
Motoring
Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Starlet the Japanese carmaker’s top three used models.
Health
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.
Health
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Health
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
Health
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
Nature
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
Nature
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nature
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
Nature
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.