Climate change campaigners planned a wave of protests for Earth Day on Friday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure.

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European Union countries froze 35 billion euros ($39 billion) of assets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during the first 5 1/2 weeks of the war, with France topping the list, having frozen goods and capital worth 23.5 billion euros.

Thailand will scrap a mandatory polymerase chain reaction test on arrival for foreign visitors as the Southeast Asian nation rolls back some of the pandemic-era measures seen as deterring global tourists.

The US moratorium on student-loan payments is slated to be lifted at the end of August, but more than half of borrowers said they wouldn’t be able to make a single monthly payment today if they had to.

The National Prosecuting Authority says it is ready to proceed with the murder trial of slain footballer Senzo Meyiwa on Friday.

Namibia’s nascent oil industry sees a window of 10 years to get going before the move toward net-zero emissions makes it too late to develop further discoveries.

A tiny agency that failed to avert a messy fight between airlines and telecommunications companies over 5G airwaves will soon be back in the spotlight as the U.S. looks to deploy more spectrum for ultrafast wireless communications.

The increase in positive Covid-19 tests is not yet cause for alarm, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

The uncanny resemblance between features on Europa's frozen surface and a landform in Greenland that sits atop a sizable pocket of water are providing intriguing new indications that this moon of Jupiter may be capable of harboring life.

Since Emmanuel Macron became French leader five years ago, the country’s equities have prospered. But with investors on edge over his presidential election opponent’s less business-friendly policies, the market’s future hinges on the outcome.

China urged some of the country’s biggest investors to buy more stocks, stepping up efforts to stem the market’s slide toward a two-year low.

There have been simmering concerns among politicians and civilians about corruption and the misappropriation of relief funds.

A 31-year-old suspect has been arrested by the rapid rail police unit in Harrismith in Free State for being in possession of a Mercedez-Benz reported stolen 20 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal.

City Power conducted an emergency isolation of the Eldorado substation line from Orlando early on Friday as part of a “best case scenario” to restore power in two days instead of a week.

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

No new R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant applications will be processed until Covid-19 regulations have been amended.

Ukrainian fighters were clinging to their last redoubt in Mariupol on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the war, declaring the port city "liberated" following weeks of relentless bombardment.

Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago.

Deploying a haze of sun-dimming chemicals high above the Earth to slow global warming - one controversial proposal to stem worsening climate impacts - could sharply shift the spread of malaria in tropical regions, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Two suspects linked to the fatal shooting of Kgomotso Vincent Diale at the Chicken Farm informal settlement in Kliptown have been arrested while a third was shot dead after pointing a firearm at police.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.

News, facts, figures, interviews, views and analysis of the impact of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape floods

One study looked at whether caring for a pet during the Covid-19 pandemic was associated with a change in quality of life.

The deteriorating economic and political situation in Zimbabwe since the early 2000s has led to the permanent migration to SA of a large group of poor Zimbabweans who settled in poor areas which are facing the same economic and social challenges.

The worst flooding in 35 years, a severe shortage of loss adjusters and the ongoing inaccessibility of many damaged or destroyed properties has created the perfect storm for insurance claim delays.

Ukraine updates.

The National Prosecuting Authority said it was ready to proceed with the murder trial of slain footballer Senzo Meyiwa on Friday.