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A 38-year-old man is taken into custody after being arrested in the early hours of Sunday.

Anthony Joshua says he “is not a sulker” and “will bounce back” after his world heavyweight defeat by Oleksandr Usyk.

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has hailed the implementation of different schemes across the university and TVET system that support students to obtain digital devices and data to support learning and teaching. 

Major roads exiting and leading to the Gauteng province are expected to be heavily congested on Sunday as holidaymakers make their way back.

It’s understood the ministerial advisory committee together with some South African scientists and Department of Health representatives will meet virtually with UK counterparts.

Khaya Somgqeza was killed in a crash near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Friday. Details surrounding the crash are unknown.

Dozens of people are injured after several carriages of the Amtrak train came off the tracks.

Ethiopian and Eritrean food is well known globally, but this is your chance to discover Somali cooking.

Reality Check takes a look at the facts and figures behind the world’s nuclear weapons

Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water

Sudan is in talks with protesters to lift a port blockade that has halted the shipment of South Sudanese oil and threatens the two nations’ economies.

Rwanda is selected as the first country in Africa to host the UCI Road World Championships, which it will stage in 2025.

Several thousand Libyans packed a Tripoli square late on Friday for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of transitional Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the eastern-based parliament.

The Cape lifestyle with its natural scenic attractions, wide-open spaces and good schooling, retains an emphatic stamp of approval from ‘semigrators’ seeking a more appealing and healthy way of life, which this region offers in spades, says Annien Borg, MD of Pam Golding Properties in the Boland and Overberg.

While Buffett put Omaha on the map for investors, Scott was in many ways the city’s leading patron. He parlayed the money he made in the construction, telecommunications and energy industries into civic amenities, including the zoo and the local campus of the University of Nebraska, which was named after him.

A delegation of seven South Africa officials will meet with UK scientists on Monday (27 September) to discuss South Africa’s continued inclusion on the UK’s Covid red list for travel, the Sunday Times reports.

African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President David Mabuza says the party will overcome the financial problems affecting the payment of salaries of the employees.

The country’s third-biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), will be launching what it calls a people-centred manifesto on Sunday at Gandhi Square in the Johannesburg CBD.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape has welcomed the decision of the ANC in the province to apply the step aside rule to candidates who are facing criminal charges.

It has been confirmed by the Justice Ministry that a car crash has claimed the life of another government official. Khaya Somgqeza was killed in a crash near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

Argentina coach Mario Ledesma launched a scathing attack on Rugby Championship bosses, claiming his side were “disrespected” after a captains photoshoot went ahead without anyone from the Pumas.

Star striker Samir Nurkovic is set to undergo surgery, Kaizer Chiefs confirmed on Sunday morning.

It sure is one horrible Sunday feeling for Cristiano Ronaldo and all Man United fans. After yesterday, Villa fans are now going viral for their antics.

The world champion Springboks have pledged to stick with their kicking game, despite being on a three-match losing streak.

Adam Oakes, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Commonwealth University, died in February after being told to drink a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, family members say.

The rulings were the second and third the last two weeks to suspend Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order after parents sued, charging that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.

New intake of undergraduates could feel like frauds, says study, because they didn’t sit A-level exams

New students are more likely to suffer “impostor syndrome” because they have won their place at university on the back of teacher-assessed A-level grades and not exams, a new study has warned.

Undergraduates arriving on campuses this week may “feel like a fraud” as they have not had the...

Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal says he is denouncing his celebrity status and wants to be known for his kindness

Tesla founder Elon Musk is worth nearly $200 billion – does this mean ex-girlfriend Grimes will be raking in the big bucks?

“You’re one of many millions who landed us with this rubbish. You don’t just get to walk away,” he told those ‘disillusioned’ with the ANC

Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man’s struggle to be accepted by his family and country, saying it was blasphemous and an affront to the constitution.

Telkom is offering a great combo deal on two Huawei routers.

Adolescents always liked hanging out together, as new evidence of human activity from more than 20,000 years ago reveals

The White Sands of New Mexico have been a popular tourist attraction for a remarkably long time. Modern travellers come to gaze at the vistas of glistening, pure dunes of gypsum that stretch for miles in all directions.

But previous visitors had very different goals....

The ANC has been working on plans for a new South African smart city which it said will reduce unemployment and promote tourism.

Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.

Charles Ogilvie-Forbes is a volunteer in a clinical trial at King’s College Hospital, London.

The prizes are given annually, and many winners often go on to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Scientists describe a familiar armoured dinosaur but there’s something very unusual about it.

It is time for humanity to grow up on climate change, Boris Johnson has said in a speech to the United Nations in New York.

All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.

John Cossham wants more people to take up composting to encourage a circular economy.