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Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:24:59 +0200Woman and nephew die after falling into maize silo in Standerton
A Standerton woman and her 12-year-old nephew died after plunging into a maize silo, said Mpumalanga police on Sunday.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 09:33:00 +0200Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:44:49 +0200OPEC+ did its job, but don’t expect it to disappear
Oil producers have added back all the production they cut in 2020 — at least on paper — but members have no reason to quit the group.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:39:19 +0200American Airlines says trips restored after technical glitch
American Airlines Group Inc. said it doesn’t expect any operation impact from a temporary glitch that had allowed pilots to drop thousands of flight hours.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 08:02:49 +0200Zelensky adviser concedes last eastern Ukraine bastion could fall
Fighting intensified for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last big bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, as an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky conceded the city could fall.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 06:15:00 +0200UKRAINE UPDATES | Ukraine hits Russian base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says
Ukraine updates.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200Stolen Namibian police weapons a lifeline for Western Cape gangsters
Police firearms ‘smuggled by Phala Phala thief’ end up in Cape ganglands.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 21:05:06 +0200IN PICS | Accident, involving ambulance, bus and truck leaves 50 injured and traffic at standstill
Mike Gough from ProMed was on the scene and said the accident happened while an ambulance was attending to another accident just before 8pm.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:24:04 +0200Flood disaster committee satisfied with clarification on R1bn allocation
Parliament's ad hoc joint committee on flood disaster relief and recovery said it was satisfied with clarification on the R1bn made available for the catastrophe.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:38:26 +0200Eskom used 27 times more diesel in the first 5 months of 2022 than in 'whole 2016/2017 financial year'
Eskom burnt 571,295,617 litres of diesel in the first five months of this year at a cost of R6.4bn.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:29:50 +0200Body of Khayalethu Magadla found
The body of five-year-old Khayalethu Magadla, who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Soweto in June, was found on Saturday afternoon at the Eldorado Park Cemetery wastewater plant.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:15:38 +0200Police’s R100,000 reward in Tulbagh mass murder 'still on offer'
Western Cape police have appealed for those with information on the Tulbagh mass murder to come forward, saying the reward still stands
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:01:27 +0200Parliament will do everything in its power to ensure farm workers benefit from democracy
Leader of parliament's joint delegation of the employment committee on employment and labour and agriculture, rural development and land reform Lindelwa Dunjwa says the farming sector stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:06:40 +0200EC education department warns pupils, teachers after 13-year-old 'gang-raped' in hostel
Eastern Cape department of education MEC Fundile Gade has condemned a recent incident in which three high school boys allegedly gang-raped a 13-year-old grade 8 girl in the school's hostel.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:44:20 +0200There’s no escaping soaring food prices for UK shoppers
UK shoppers seeking to avoid higher bills at the checkout are running out of options after prices on more than half of supermarket items rose in the past year.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:28:21 +0200Three children aged 1, 4 and 9, die in fire in Cape Town informal settlement
Three children aged 1, 4 and 9 died in a fire in Wesbank, Cape Town, on Saturday morning.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:27:14 +0200US authorities apply to extradite cybercrime kingpin arrested for $12m scam
US authorities have applied for the extradition of alleged cybercrime kingpin James Aliyu, who was arrested in connection with almost R196m in alleged romance scamming and business email compromise fraud.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:10:59 +0200WATCH | Unions mull revised wage offer as Eskom implements stage 4 and 2 load-shedding over weekend
The National Union of Metal Workers said it has taken the latest wage offer by Eskom to its members.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:45:00 +0200Musk breaks silence on Twitter, posts a picture with the pope
Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter, the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44bn, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis on Thursday.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:34:42 +0200Three suspects arrested in Western Cape on illegal firearm charges
Three people have been arrested by the Western Cape anti-gang unit on illegal firearm charges.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:27:58 +0200London Pride Parade returns after three-year hiatus
The Pride Parade returns to the streets of London on Saturday after a hiatus during the pandemic, with thousands of people expected to march through the city to celebrate 50 years since the movement’s protest-rooted inception.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:00:49 +0200NPA seeks permission to sell multi-billion Optimum coal mine
The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) has approached the courts to seek permission to sell the Optimum Coal Mine, which is valued at R3.4bn.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:53:04 +0200Oscar Pistorius transferred back to Atteridgeville correctional facility after meeting with Steenkamp family
Convicted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius met the family of his late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp for a victim-offender dialogue (VOD) last month.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:52:39 +0200Two men shot in suspected KZN hijacking
Two men were shot multiple times on the link road between Mandeni and the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday morning, according to IPSS Medical Rescue and IPSS Security.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:51:54 +0200One killed, two injured in head-on collision on N14 in Northern Cape
A man was killed and two people were seriously injured in a head-on collision on the N14 in Kathu in the Northern Cape early on Saturday morning.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:30:00 +0200New York moves to add reproductive rights, equality to state's constitution
New York lawmakers on Friday took the first step toward codifying reproductive rights into the state’s constitution in response to the US Supreme Court’s abortion ruling.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0200Jerry Hall files for divorce from Rupert Murdoch, asks for spousal support
Jerry Hall filed for divorce from billionaire husband Rupert Murdoch on Friday, citing "irreconcilable differences", six years after the pair married.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:47:06 +0200Ghana reverses course to seek IMF help to bolster finances
Ghana will begin talks with the International Monetary Fund to support a government economic program, reversing a policy decision not to seek assistance from the multilateral lender.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:45:00 +0200Blasts rock Ukraine's Mykolaiv after Russian missiles kill 21 near Odesa
Powerful explosions rocked the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on Saturday, the mayor said, a day after authorities said at least 21 people were killed when Russian missiles struck an apartment building near the Black Sea port of Odesa.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0200Google to delete user data on trips to abortion clinics
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it will automatically delete records of user visits to sensitive locations, including abortion clinics, responding to growing concerns that the data could be used to prosecute those seeking reproductive care and other pe...