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Tue, 07 May 2024 10:55:00 +0200
Free delivery on first orders: Amazon online shopping is live in South Africa
Amazon launched its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging online retailers dominated by Takealot.com.

Tue, 07 May 2024 10:30:00 +0200
Kenya LGBTQ+ dating app blackmail cases go to court
Joe smiled nervously from behind his shades as he emerged from the cramped wood-panelled magistrate's court in Kenya's capital Nairobi.

Tue, 07 May 2024 10:00:00 +0200
Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker 'swatted' on day of Trump trial testimony
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who testified at Donald Trump's criminal trial last month, was targeted in a fake emergency the same day he took the stand in New York, according to police records seen by Reuters.

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:30:00 +0200
Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order
The judge in Donald Trump's criminal trial fined him $1,000 and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time on Monday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former president in jail.

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:15:00 +0200
Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims
Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust whose names are missing from official memorials.

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:04:29 +0200
SoftBank leads $1bn funding for UK self-driving startup Wayve
British self-driving technology startup Wayve said on Tuesday it has raised $1.05bn in a funding round led by SoftBank Group to accelerate the development and launch of production model vehicles of its embodied AI technology that can learn from and a...

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 +0200
At least 107 migrants freed from captivity in southeast Libya, spokesperson says
At least 107 migrants, including women and children, have been freed from captivity in a town in southeast Libya, a security force spokesperson said on Monday.

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 +0200
Ramaphosa calls for probe as George building collapse death toll rises
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an investigation into the cause of the multi-storey building collapse in George on the Garden Route and sent his condolences to the families and friends of the five people who died in the construction accident...

Tue, 07 May 2024 08:51:33 +0200
Self-drilling oil wells to beat self-driving cars to market: SLB
A top executive at Schlumberger NV, the world's largest energy services firm, on Monday predicted autonomous drilling of oil and gas wells will beat autonomous driving cars to market and create new efficiencies for oil producers.

Tue, 07 May 2024 08:41:30 +0200
WATCH | Bhekisisa: Former health ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba reflects on healthcare sector
Malegapuru Makgoba, the former health ombud, has seen the country’s health system grow, change and sometimes falter under six health ministers over the past 30 years.

Tue, 07 May 2024 08:30:00 +0200
Kenya Airways staff members detained in DRC released: official and airline
Two Kenya Airways staff members who were detained in Democratic Republic of Congo in late April have been released, a senior Kenyan foreign ministry official and the airline's chief executive said on Monday.

Tue, 07 May 2024 08:00:00 +0200
US soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges
A US soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday.

Tue, 07 May 2024 07:45:00 +0200
Hezbollah says its drone hits northern Israeli town, two soldiers killed
Hezbollah said on Monday it carried out a drone attack on an Israeli military position near the northern Israeli town of Metula. The Israeli military later confirmed two soldiers were killed in the attack.

Tue, 07 May 2024 07:40:00 +0200
Gaza's Rafah crossing closed because of Israeli tanks, border authority says
The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is closed on the Palestinian side because of the presence of Israeli tanks, the spokesperson of the Gaza border authority told Reuters on Tuesday.

Tue, 07 May 2024 06:39:00 +0200
WATCH | George building collapse: Search for trapped workers continues as death toll rises
Emergency teams worked through the night to extricate construction workers from the rubble of a collapsed multi-storey building in George on the Garden Route.

Mon, 06 May 2024 22:38:36 +0200
George building collapse update: Two people dead, 53 still trapped
Two people have died after the collapse of a multistorey building under construction in George in the Western Cape on Monday afternoon.

Mon, 06 May 2024 21:52:15 +0200
Eskom goes after City Power for unpaid R1bn debt
Eskom says it has applied to the Johannesburg high court for an order to force Johannesburg’s City Power to pay its debt which stood at R1bn on March 31.

Mon, 06 May 2024 21:52:03 +0200
Hamas accepts ceasefire proposal
The US is studying Hamas’ response to a ceasefire proposal and will discuss it with allies in the Middle East in the coming hours, the state department said on Monday.

Mon, 06 May 2024 21:34:10 +0200
Four 'suicides' at Ivory Park school in 10 days
Gauteng education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed concern after four pupils from Eqinisweni Secondary School in Ivory Park in Midrand allegedly committed suicide by drinking poison.

Mon, 06 May 2024 21:25:00 +0200
Durban dentist fails in his bid to be let off the hook after the death of patient at his ‘detox’ clinic
The defence plans to bring in three witnesses

Mon, 06 May 2024 20:29:28 +0200
George building collapse: 22 workers rescued and taken to various hospitals
Twenty-two of the workers who were trapped when a multistorey building under construction in George collapsed have been were rescued and transported to hospitals throughout the Western Cape.

Mon, 06 May 2024 20:04:30 +0200
Sanef celebrates first graduation of financial journalism fellowship
Financial journalism serves as a watchdog, holding institutions accountable and ensuring transparency in economic affairs, chairperson of South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) Sbu Ngalwa said on Monday.

Mon, 06 May 2024 20:03:44 +0200
'Dilapidated' building demolished to make way for multipurpose centre at Unisa
The old and dilapidated multistorey building demolished on Sunday at the University of South Africa Sunnyside campus in Pretoria was built in 1964.

Mon, 06 May 2024 19:06:04 +0200
Bongani Bongo's corruption case sent back to high court for new trial
Supreme Court of Appeal finds if mistakes of law had not been made, trial court would have found there was sufficient evidence to convict Bongo

Mon, 06 May 2024 17:52:48 +0200
Mental evaluation delays bail application of metro cop who allegedly killed pregnant girlfriend
Murder-accused Durban metro police officer Const Sizwe Ngema will be detained in a solitary police holding cell overnight to allow for the completion of a delayed mental evaluation.

Mon, 06 May 2024 17:16:22 +0200
More than a half a million arrested in 'Operation Shanela' last year, brags Cele
In a show of force, police minister Bheki Cele on Monday proudly announced that police had successfully arrested more than half a million people in 2023.

Mon, 06 May 2024 16:38:57 +0200
46 people trapped under collapsed building in George
Rescue efforts were under way on Monday afternoon after a five-storey building collapsed in George in the Western Cape, leaving at least 46 people trapped, the Gift of the Givers said.

Mon, 06 May 2024 16:06:54 +0200
VIP protection cops plead not guilty to N1 assault as trial gets under way
The eight police VIP protection unit officers linked to a vicious assault on the N1 last year pleaded not guilty to the charges against them as their trial began in the Randburg magistrate's court on Monday.

Mon, 06 May 2024 15:54:00 +0200
Four years later, lawyers vindicated on appeal for breaching lockdown regulations
The lawyers were not afforded the opportunity to address the court on the matter, says judge

Mon, 06 May 2024 14:15:00 +0200
Farmers’ claim against SA government in Zim land expropriation case denied by ConCourt
'Sympathetic' judge orders no costs against the farmers after years-long case

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