Japan's government is set to extend on Friday a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas by about three weeks until the end of May to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.

Two Gqeberha men facing animal cruelty charges allegedly tortured Meisie, a crossbred female dog snatched from her owner’s yard, before crushing her skull and hanging her body from a pole.

Shoba is accused of masterminding the murder of his eight-month pregnant lover Tshegofatso Pule last June.

The Libyan coastguard on Thursday fired on three Italian fishing boats, injuring the captain of one of the vessels, Italian authorities said.

The tourism minister and her IT businessman husband Sihle have split, the couple announced on their Twitter accounts.

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The provincial memorial service of late regent of the Zulu nation Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu will be held on Friday at KwaKhangelamankengane Royal Palace in KwaNongoma.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday there was no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend.

SpaceX achieved the first successful touchdown of its prototype Starship rocket during the latest test flight of the next-generation launch vehicle in south Texas on Wednesday, after four previous landing attempts ended in explosions.

Three college students between the ages of 19 and 21 have been arrested for house robbery in Johannesburg.

Avian flu has been detected at a broiler breeder farm in the Worcester area, sparking a call for Western Cape farmers and producers to be vigilant.

Twitter Inc suspended several accounts this week that were set up to share statements from a new part of former US President Donald Trump's website, saying they broke its rules against evading an account ban.

Somalia said on Thursday it was restoring diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya almost six months after severing ties, accusing Nairobi of meddling in politics.

France and Britain deployed maritime patrol vessels to the waters off the Channel island of Jersey on Thursday as a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights escalated.

Somali forces who back the opposition have agreed to return to their barracks or posts elsewhere in the country after reaching an agreement with the prime minister, a spokesman for the loose alliance of opposition forces said on Thursday.

A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. Intently focused on plastic mats printed with chess boards, the children thoughtfully move pieces on the board as supervisors observe their moves.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that police from the Oromiya region are holding a large number of detainees, including babies and children, without charge, in "unhygienic and overcrowded" police stations across the region.

Western Cape car chase and shoot-out ends with one killed, one arrested.

Egypt and Turkey on Thursday held talks on the conflict in Libya, where they back competing factions, on Syria and the security situation in the eastern Mediterranean, in a push to rebuild their fractured relations.

The European Union will consider sending a military training mission to Mozambique to help the government withstand a growing insurgency, and Portugal is already sending troops, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday struck a heavy blow against his predecessor and political rival Joseph Kabila as his allies ousted the governor of Tanganyika province.

Kenyan judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now she's on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive.

Madonsela said the matter did not "look or sound good" and urged Clicks to "release the store video for the public to be the judge".

Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini says the province will need only 21 days to vaccinate 67% of its population for Covid-19 when the Pfizer jabs arrive in SA.

SA has recorded a little over 2,000 Covid-19 cases for two consecutive days.

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Two Eastern Cape pupils died, while five others sustained injuries when they were trying to burn a snake at their school.

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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has taken the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) to court over a request for access to information using the Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia).

A Mpumalanga man was left battered and bruised after he was accused of raping his elderly blind neighbour