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Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:50:45 +0200
Australian won't change planned content laws despite Facebook block — lawmaker
Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said on Monday, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:41:43 +0200
Mabuyakhulu and co-accused are no shows as R28m jazz festival corruption trial is postponed
It was a case of Monday blues in the Durban high court as the almost decade-long R28m failed jazz festival corruption case against ANC deputy KwaZulu-Natal chair Mike Mabuyakhulu and 15 other individuals and companies was postponed again.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:32:29 +0200
Tenants in arrears, slump in parking fees: Covid-19 hurts centres like Sandton City
Shopping centre company says tenant arrears increased more than threefold last year.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:20:00 +0200
‘No woman deserves to be a widow’: Condolences pour in after the death of amaBhaca chief Thandisizwe Diko
Diko died in an East London hospital on Sunday after a short illness, a family member said.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:14:37 +0200
Fort Hare professor expelled from SA over bigamous marriage
Economics PhD graduate who renounced Nigerian citizenship has nowhere to go.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:03:38 +0200
KZN man in court for allegedly trying to sell San rock art
A 48-year-old man was expected to appear in the Port Shepstone magistrate's court on Monday morning for allegedly attempting to sell San rock art.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:39:17 +0200
Understaffing leaves Eastern Cape schools, pupils in the lurch
The Eastern Cape has 658 schools without principals and more than 600 teacher vacancies.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:37:20 +0200
Warrant of arrest for soapie star's husband
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Robert Ngwenya, the estranged husband of Zinhle Mabena, for allegedly violating the protection order the 'Isibaya' star has against him.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:18:00 +0200
Trashed school not open
More than 1,500 pupils from Diepsloot Secondary School, north of Johannesburg, are yet to resume classes after their school was vandalised during the holidays.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:34:04 +0200
Advice on contract cancellations, vehicle tracking options and working away from home
Are you sick of working from home and keen to take a working holiday for a change of scenery?

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:55:36 +0200
Boeing recommends airlines suspend use of some 777s after United incident
Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after US regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:53:03 +0200
Bhaca chief Thandisizwe Diko dies in East London hospital
Thandisizwe Diko, chief of the Bhaca nation and husband of presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko, has died.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:49:20 +0200
US Secretary of State Blinken vows 'firm action' against Myanmar military authorities
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Sunday night Twitter post that the United States would continue to "take firm action" against authorities violently cracking down on opponents of the military coup in Myanmar, after two protesters were s...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:33:11 +0200
Japan vaccine supplies to be limited, delaying shots for elderly
Japan will only receive limited doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the first months of the rollout and shots for the elderly will be distributed gradually, the country's inoculation chief said.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:24:34 +0200
Friend allegedly kills friend at unruly ‘after tears’ event
Spinning, attacking police officers and vehicles and a fatal shooting.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:22:23 +0200
Myanmar gripped by strike as anti-coup protests build
Businesses shut in Myanmar on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters gathered despite a threat from authorities that confrontation could cost lives.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:17:41 +0200
China calls for reset in Sino-US relations with Biden administration
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to work with Beijing to reopen dialogue between the two countries to restore a bilateral relationship damaged under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:15:36 +0200
KZN girls die in double drowning tragedy
Two young girls drowned while trying to save each other in the Sezela dam on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Sunday.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:11:51 +0200
New Zealand marks 10 years since Christchurch earthquake
New Zealand on Monday marked 10 years since an earthquake struck its South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 people, injuring thousands and leaving a trail of destruction.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:38:54 +0200
Fire damages Fort Hare university’s economics building
University of Fort Hare security officers, maintenance personnel and other staff members battled for about two hours to put out a fire that broke out at its campus in Alice, Eastern Cape.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:36:33 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths
Coronavirus live updates.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0200
Handling Covid-19 with no government clinic in sight
An NGO stepped in to create the Bulungula health point in the Xhora Mouth area of the former Transkei, meaning that residents no longer have to undertake the three-hour walk to the nearest government clinic.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0200
Gauteng to review its booze regulations to curb ‘drinking sprees’ and crime, says David Makhura
Gauteng premier David Makhura says the province is looking at tightening the sale of alcohol regulations beyond the current Covid-19 regulations.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:38:12 +0200
KZN government condemns ‘senseless’ execution-style murders of Pietermaritzburg cops
The KwaZulu-Natal government has condemned the brutal murders of two police officers in Pietermaritzburg, saying the latest attack shows officers remain the targets of criminals.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:06:09 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Your one place to get daily updates on coronavirus in SA.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:22:17 +0200
Zuma wants corruption trial 'struck off' as he again takes aim at the state
The former president's foundation on Sunday questioned whether the state would 'ever run this case' - but the NPA hit back, saying it was 'exceedingly disingenuous to pretend' that the trial was ever set down for this week

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:54:00 +0200
Two pilots cheat death as aircraft takes a nose dive
A pilot and his assistant cheated death when their light aircraft plunged into the roof of a warehouse in Alberton on Sunday afternoon.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:19:00 +0200
Hey, SA, leave those kids alone: tough year could see 2020’s matric marks suffer
Teacher unions have admitted that the Covid-ravaged education year should result in a drop in matric results

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:14:44 +0200
10,000 health-care workers vaccinated in just four days
At least 3,000 of those who had been vaccinated in SA by Saturday were from the private health-care sector.

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:44:46 +0200
KZN nurses traumatised after being hijacked and robbed by armed men
Two nurses - part of a roving HIV/Aids health team - were left traumatised after they were ambushed and hijacked outside Pietermaritzburg on Friday.



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