A majority of TimesLIVE readers believe that public figures have a duty to reveal whether they have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

The woman behind the infamous Twitter account @African Soil – “Sphithiphithi Evaluator” - has been unmasked as a former bank employee.

Following an increase in teenage pregnancies, Angie Motshekga said the basic education department and its stakeholders would intensify the implementation of the CSE, which aims to empower young people with age-appropriate information.

Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal of the last US troops, ending 20 years of war that left the Islamic militia stronger than it was in 2001.

Dlodlo asked how it is that SA, a country that has made great strides in the empowerment of women, is among the countries globally where women are unsafe and live in fear daily.

A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face mask in public.

Al Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in the centre of Somalia on Tuesday and recaptured a town it lost to government forces earlier this month, eyewitnesses said.

“We view this slanderous allegation in a serious light and urge anyone with such a view to report the matter to the authorities," said Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi.

Two children were killed in a horrific crash between a bus transporting school pupils and a truck in Pietermaritzburg on Monday afternoon.

The 16 suspects, aged between 35 and 45, were arrested and charged for possession of suspected stolen property, theft and damaging of essential infrastructure.

Gqeberha police have released the name of the second person who died in the car crash involving Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga on Saturday night.

The fellowship opens to candidates from 2022 and will afford one early career lawyer per year the opportunity to study towards a LLM at University College London (UCL) in the UK, one of the top-ranked universities in the world.

A senior KwaZulu-Natal prosecutor has been slapped with a R10,000 fine or 10 months' imprisonment - wholly suspended for five years - for the theft of a bar fridge, kettle, vase and bedside lamps from a hotel.

The investment plan, which Eskom could carry out by itself or in partnerships, is the most detailed demonstration yet of the utility’s ambition to move away from coal by taking advantage of the nation’s abundant wind and solar resources.

Wits University professor of vaccinology Dr Shabir Madhi says researchers did not start from scratch when producing the vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

Through the Noakes Foundation, Prof Tim Noakes said his views on the Covid-19 vaccines were based on his capacity as "a valued independent critical thinker and academic".

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Climate change is fueling deadly and disastrous weather across the globe, including stronger and more damaging hurricanes.

In contrast to the growing number of countries seeking to wean themselves off coal, Zimbabwe is opening new coal mines that authorities say will allow the country to meet its energy needs and, eventually, become an exporter of the polluting fuel.

One of the alleged organisers of the public violence which gripped SA in June was granted R40,000 bail in the Vereeniging regional court on Monday.

NICD experts said on Monday there was no reason to believe the new variant - dubbed C.1.2 - will disrupt the efficacy of either the J&J or the Pfizer vaccine, both of which are being rolled out in the country.

Afghanistan's healthcare system is at risk of collapse, two major aid agencies said, after foreign donors stopped providing aid following the Taliban takeover.

SA recorded 5,644 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Monday.

A grade 8 pupil in Alexandra, Johannesburg, was stabbed to death by another pupil outside a classroom.

Matric pupils in the Eastern Cape will have to rewrite the accounting paper that was written on Monday after it was discovered that it was identical to the one set for last year’s final exams.

Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi, a mother of two who is accused of inciting violence through the @AfricanSoil Twitter account, appeared in court on Monday.