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Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:59:43 +0200
Kenya elections: media counts differ with 10-million votes counted
Kenyan media tallies of ballots from Tuesday’s presidential elections showed differing provisional counts, with the electoral authority yet to announce any official results.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:48:38 +0200
Brazilian woman swindled mother of more than R2.3bn in art, police say
Brazilian woman Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, was arrested on Wednesday on allegations she was part of a bizarre scheme to defraud her 82-year-old mother.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0200
Disney tops Netflix on streaming subscribers, sets higher prices
Walt Disney Co edged past Netflix Inc with a total of 221 million streaming customers and announced it will increase prices

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:13:27 +0200
Protest over social housing project in Roodepoort
A volatile protest in Roodepoort affected several routes in and out of the CBD on Thursday morning, but calm has been restored as demonstrators prepare to march on the City of Johannesburg's offices.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:45:36 +0200
53-hour water outage in Gauteng starts today? Here's who will be affected
At least six municipalities in Gauteng will be affected by a 53-hour planned water outage by Rand Water from Thursday afternoon.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:36:48 +0200
Four injured in central Durban flat fire
Four people received emergency medical care after a block of flats caught alight in central Durban on Thursday.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:41:29 +0200
Mariah Carey, Usher and Metallica headline NYC, Accra shows — here's how you can join in
A line-up of global music stars will perform to help the Global Citizen movement celebrate its decade of work to end extreme poverty, help empower girls and women and defend the planet.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0200
WATCH | 'Women need basic income grant and a job': Black Sash leaders
Black Sash executive director Rachel Bukasa sat with former Black Sash president Mary Burton to discuss what needs to change in SA and the power of their female membership.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:33:14 +0200
Post-Mugabe-era film 'President' banned by Zimbabwe censorship board
The Danish filmmakers have filed a legal challenge to the decision by the censorship board in Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Reinstate employee who challenged 'no high heels' rule at work, court orders
The labour court has ordered that a woman dismissed five years ago after expressing dissatisfaction about the "no high heels" policy at her workplace be reinstated.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:40:00 +0200
Couple fear being stripped of 'parenthood' after social worker's arrest
A Johannesburg couple had to dash to the high court to secure an order that their daughter, who turns four this month, remains in their care after the arrest of the social worker who was supposed to handle the adoption process.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:39:00 +0200
Police ordered to explain leaking of gang rape victims’ personal details
Information regulator lays down the Protection of Personal Information law

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:39:00 +0200
Zama zamas from Maputo claim they too are victims of their Lesotho counterparts
The informal miners from Mozambique say ‘not all of them are monsters’ and they are pained by the recent rape of eight women.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:38:00 +0200
So far ‘peaceful’ Kenyan election too close to call
As Kenyans await the final general election results, it’s difficult to separate the two main candidates, Ruto and Odinga

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:14:41 +0200
Late-night egg attack shows traveller fury at Qantas CEO
The black and white security camera footage is clear enough to make out a hooded figure on a tree-lined Sydney street. The person is energetically hurling — almost like a baseball pitcher — something at a house just before 2am on July 12.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:11:00 +0200
Drugmakers hunt for one vaccine to target all Covid-19 variants
Keeping pace with viral evolution presents problems, Fauci says

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:02:34 +0200
Rhine River withers to crisis level as Europe craves energy
The Rhine River is set to become virtually impassable at a key waypoint in Germany, as shallow water chokes off shipments of energy products and other industrial commodities along one of Europe’s most important waterways.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:54:25 +0200
Operation Dudula takes fight to Cape Town employers who hire foreign staff
Operation Dudula members marched to shops and filling stations in Cape Town on Wednesday, demanding that they get rid of their foreign staff.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:50:52 +0200
Bolton was target of murder plot in US Iranian guard case
Former national security advisor John Bolton was the target of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot, according to charges filed by the US against a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:23:06 +0200
Man arrested after officer injured in hit-and-run incident in Philippi
A 30-year-old suspect is facing a raft of charges, including attempted murder, after a hit-and-run incident involving a Cape Town metro police officer in Philippi on Tuesday.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:21:28 +0200
Ipid probes Limpopo police's treatment of illegal Zim migrants, one of whom was killed
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating two separate cases against members of the police in Limpopo involving illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, one of whom was killed.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:45:47 +0200
Communities in fear after animals escape from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Communities near the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal say they are living in fear after the recent escape of wild animals from the Big Five park.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:33:57 +0200
Gary Player tees off to putt son Marc into the rough
The golfer has accused his eldest son of the unauthorised auction of legacy items. The sale has been halted

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:57:03 +0200
SIU to probe two water boards over alleged corruption, maladministration
The Special Investigating Unit will probe allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the Lepelle Northern Water board in Limpopo and the Amatola Water board in the Eastern Cape.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:42:08 +0200
Telkom cables confiscated at scrap metal dealer and farm in Western Cape
A 65-year-old man was arrested in the Western Cape in connection with the theft of Telkom cables worth R50,000

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:19:59 +0200
Woman's burnt remains found in KZN sugar cane field
The remains of a woman, the victim of a suspected necklacing, have been found in a KwaZulu-Natal south coast sugar cane field by farm workers.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:16:00 +0200
Seven suspects in the Krugersdorp mine dump attack charged with rape
Seven suspects linked to the Krugersdorp gang rape were charged with multiple counts of rape, robbery and the contravention of the Immigration Act on Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:05:59 +0200
Numerous power cuts at Gauteng hospitals and clinics as they run out of diesel
Gauteng public hospitals have spent a combined R42.5m on diesel for generators so far this year.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:56:51 +0200
Trial of Mpumalanga officials accused of bribing prosecutor rolled over
The trial of the former acting director of public prosecutions in Mpumalanga, Matric Luphondo, and the suspended head of human settlements in the province, Kebone Masange, has rolled over to Thursday.

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:41:26 +0200
Life in jail for men who murdered taxi owner
Three men were each sentenced to life and 10 years' imprisonment by the Mtunzini circuit court on Wednesday for the murder of taxi owner Nduduzo Ntuli in Maphumulo, KZN, two years ago.



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