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The funeral on Saturday will be a “tremendous celebration” of the duke’s life, the head of the Army says.

The Judicial Service Commission continues with interviews to fill vacancies in the judiciary. The focus of the interviews on Friday is to fill vacancies in the Northern Cape Division of the High Court.

The man allegedly killed his wife in Lusikisiki and fled the scene.

When the Titanic sank, six Chinese men were rescued – but their ordeal didn’t end there.

Amid a punishing third wave, people across India are finding drugs, oxygen and beds in short supply.

The country’s vaccination rollout is one of the fastest in the world, so why are Covid cases surging?

Opposition newspaper owner Jimmy Lai was arrested under Hong Kong’s new national security law.

In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?

Malawi’s once-ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday called for President Lazarus Chakwera’s election to be annulled after the country’s electoral commissioners were removed from office.

Fewer than 20 companies worldwide have been able to achieve becoming aligned with the EU’s Good Manufacturing Practice standards.

Many Africans who have received their first Covid-19 vaccine do not know when they will get a second shot because deliveries are delayed, the continent’s top public health official said on Thursday.

In an iOS update expected this month, Apple will start asking users for permission to track their data across apps.

Trend-Forward founder Dave Nemeth says bricks-and-mortar retailers are losing tenants and need to do longer-term planning and start doing ‘things never done before’.

It requires doing some basic due diligence, says Wiehann Olivier, digital asset lead and partner at Mazars.

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has disputed Tony Leon’s claim about Mmusi Maimane being an “experiment gone wrong”, saying Maimane was the right fit for the DA and she saw him as an “alternative” to EFF leader Julius Malema.

Magashule’s group and ANC outsiders have made moves to get the president and others to also stand aside

African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to lead a by-election campaign in Hammersdale in the west of the eThekwini municipality later on Thursday.

City of Tshwane Mayor Randall William says the city will continue with efforts to restore its financial health. The City is currently operating on a deficit of over R4 billion.

Spain’s Alejandro Canizares carded a gutsy 67 to take a one shot lead after the opening round of the Austrian Open.

Former Western Province skipper Chris van Zyl talks about retiring on his own terms and how the players have dealt with off-field dramas at the historic union.

Maxi Bagnasco says he knows Diego Maradona’s features by heart after painting portraits of the soccer star almost daily since the Argentine World Cup winner died last November.

Cameron Smith blitzed Harbour Town Golf Links for a nine-under par 62 to grab a one-stroke lead in the RBC Heritage over former British Open champion Stewart Cink.

The estranged brothers will be separated by their cousin Peter Phillips — in line with the queen’s wishes.

Soweto primary school teacher and musician Vusumuzi Cele is leading by example to his learners.

Thuli Phongolo thought her acting dreams were being cut short when the “Generations 16” was axed in September 2014, but a higher power had bigger plans for her.

Afrihost has slashed the price of its Pure DSL packages with uncapped, unshaped broadband prices now starting at R297 per month.

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Turkey’s central bank has banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services, citing “irreparable” possible damages and significant risks in such transactions.

Politicians complain that only three NHS scripts have been issued since the law changed in 2018.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said he hoped for a decision “quite soon” on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as local governments shifted to more complicated two-dose vaccines for marginal populations.

The group will assess the prescription of puberty blockers for under-16s, NHS England says.

Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus. But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies.

Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin’s return to Earth 60 years ago.