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Investigating officer says Panday used a second passport to travel to the US and now wants to go to Turkey via Dubai

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Parliament arson accused Zandile Mafe declared unfit to ...

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In this weekly segment of bite-sized chunks of useful information, consumer journalist Wendy Knowler summarises news ...

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Discovery Health has been ordered to qualify its claim to offer “comprehensive” chronic cover after being called out by ...

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Nothing has the capacity to capture the hearts, and wallets, of the nation quite like the Springboks and their battle ...

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Scammers are taking full advantage of South Africans' excitement about the Springboks playing in the Rugby World Cup ...

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Kenya eyes localised load-shedding to contain national ...

Kenya will consider small-scale, scheduled power outages, technically known as load-shedding, to contain demand surges ...

Kenyan judge finds Meta is not in contempt of court

A Kenyan judge on Thursday found Facebook's parent company Meta was not in contempt of court for failing to pay dozens ...

Sudan declares 15 UAE diplomats persona non grata

Sudan declared 15 UAE embassy staff persona non grata, ordering them to leave the country within 48-hours.

African mediators claim progress in efforts to end Sudan's ...

An African regional body involved in efforts to mediate over the war in Sudan says it has secured a commitment from ...

Nigeria mulls handing over power utilities to state

Nigeria’s government is considering handing over its stake in 11 power utilities to state governments to improve ...

Nigeria's Dangote refinery receives first crude cargo

The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria on Friday received its first cargo of 1 million barrels of crude oil from Shell ...

Polls open in Egypt's three-day presidential election

Polls opened on Sunday in Egypt's presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to secure six more years ...

As Egyptians go to the polls, how deep are the country’s ...

Egypt holds a presidential election from December 10 to 12 in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to secure a third term ...

Dozens of Zimbabwe elephants die as climate change, El Niño ...

Zimbabwe's rainy season runs from November to March, but it has barely rained so far this year.

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Voters in Democratic Republic of Congo go to the polls on December 20 and international investors are keenly watching ...

HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing data

A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine in Uganda, Tanzania and SA has been stopped early after preliminary data ...

Seychelles airport is operational for tourists amid ...

A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused massive damage to an industrial zone on the Seychelles' ...

New COP28 draft deal stops short of fossil fuel 'phase out'

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UN marks 75 years of human rights declaration in shadow of ...

The UN human rights chief urged countries on Monday to work together to defeat threats such as war and pollution at an ...

Palestinian poet killed in Gaza bombardment

Refaat Alareer, a poet killed in an Israeli air strike last week, drew praise from Palestinian intellectuals for his ...

WATCH | Runners don Santa costumes in Mexico race

Hundreds of joggers dressed as Santa Claus and other festive characters compete in the Run Santa Run race in the ...

TikTok to invest $1.5bn in GoTo unit to restart e-commerce ...

China's TikTok will invest $1.5bn (R28.52bn) to become controlling shareholder of an e-commerce unit of Indonesia's ...

Harvard faculty rally around beleaguered university ...

Several hundred faculty members at Harvard University on Sunday signed a petition asking school administrators to not ...

Israel presses ahead in battle against Hamas in southern ...

Israeli tanks were trying to push further west in their battle against Hamas in and around Khan Younis on Monday, as ...

Italian climate change protesters turn Venice's Grand Canal ...

Italian environmentalists used a dye to turn Venice's Grand Canal green on Saturday in protest at what they said was a ...

Musk says conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be reinstated ...

Social media platform X will reinstate the account of US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site's ...

Palestinians report Israeli battles in Khan Younis after US ...

Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis and pounded the length of the ...

Palestinian president Abbas says Gaza war must end, ...

A senior US official said the idea of an international conference had been discussed among different partners but the ...

Biden administration presses Congress to approve tank ...

The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel's Merkava tanks for use in ...

Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer head leaves, former Apple ...

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New $1bn plan for African vaccine manufacturing — Gavi ...

Up to $1bn will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine ...

Meta to start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and ...

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China's LandSpace readies satellite launch with ...

Beijing-based LandSpace Technology, one of China's private space companies, is preparing to launch satellite payloads ...

Top development banks to launch debt-for-nature swap 'task ...

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket to launch June or July next ...

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US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ...

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World's largest iceberg breaks free, heads towards Southern ...

The world's largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday.

UN-led talks weigh goal to reduce aviation emissions ...

A United Nations-led conference wrapping up in Dubai on Friday is weighing goals to reduce carbon emissions from ...

Britain wins litter-picking World Cup with load of rubbish

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