The SA Human Rights Commission wants rotational timetables at primary schools scrapped because of their "long-lasting negative impact on learning".

Older residents in Beijing recently stocked up on cabbage, giving a tradition a new lease of life after the government advised people to keep enough basic goods at home in case of emergencies.

Britain wants a "rich mix" of people in the upper chamber of parliament and wealthy businessmen should not be excluded from the House of Lords, Britain's trade minister said on Monday after media reported that political donations led to peerages.

uMngeni mayor-elect Chris Pappas explains how he learnt isiZulu.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and parliament speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are at the Constitutional Court on Monday.

Social media has weighed in on reports that former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius may soon be eligible for parole.

Shares tied to reopening trades from casinos to airlines surged in Asia on Monday after Pfizer said its Covid-19 pill could reduce hospitalisation and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%.

Health experts have encouraged citizens to get the Covid-19 vaccine, saying it will help ease some of the tight restrictions on socialising and travel.

Police in Limpopo have arrested a wanted alleged rapist after his admission to a hospital.

At least eight schools were damaged by a storm that ripped through the Ehlanzeni district in Mpumalanga over the weekend, said the provincial education department.

The mother of two children from the Lynnville township in Emalahleni who mysteriously disappeared from their home is begging their abductor to return them unharmed.

Australia will begin administering booster shots of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine from Monday as millions in its largest city, Sydney, woke up to more freedom amid an accelerating immunisation drive against the coronavirus.

Corruption whistle-blower Athol Williams has fled South Africa, saying he fears his life is in danger.

Mmusi Maimane says he plans to run for president because he has “an agenda for change”.

A week into the United Nations' high-profile climate conference in Glasgow, executives and financial analysts said they are optimistic the talks will lead to changes needed for business to play a bigger role in tackling climate change.

At least two investigations and one civil lawsuit were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in Houston.

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West Africa's main political and economic bloc imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali's transitional leaders after they informed the organisation they would not be able to hold presidential and legislative elections in February.

A melting iceberg arrives in Glasgow from Greenland to remind the negotiators at #COP26 about the effects of global warming.

“Shame on you USA,” read one demonstrator's placard, while another said the US should stop “sucking Ethiopia's blood”.

Zambia suffered a nationwide power blackout on Saturday, leaving a large part of the country without electricity for the second time in a month.

Sudanese pro-democracy groups launched two days of civil disobedience and strikes on Sunday in protest at last month's military coup, though participation appeared to be limited by continuing interruptions to internet and phone connections.

At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were under way on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in Houston.

Three drones were used in the attack, including two that were intercepted and downed by security forces while a third drone hit the residence, state news agency INA quoted an interior ministry spokesperson as saying.

No passengers were on board.

Forecast at stage 2, but Eskom warns: "Since the power system remains volatile and unpredictable, higher stages of loadshedding may be required."

Two young men are in custody after brazenly robbing staff at a petrol station, which led to a shoot-out with security guards.

Paarl resident Werner Arendse rushed through the flames to save a baby trapped in the house, risking his life and sustaining severe burns.

KwaZulu-Natal cops have nabbed two men who will be profiled to check if they are responsible for robberies committed in the Melmoth area.

More than 23-million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in SA so far, the health department says, as it targets 1-million more inoculations this week.