Former metro admin clerk and mother of four Stephanie Reeners was sentenced to an effective seven years behind bars for fraud and forgery amounting to R640,000 on Tuesday.

Mthoko was thrilled when his NSFAS application was approved as he was going to further his studies at Vaal University of Technology.

Tanzania has suspended flights to and from India amid the Covid-19 surge in the Southeast Asian nation, the country's health ministry said, the latest sign of its increasingly active approach to tackling the pandemic under its new president.

The Conversation reports that SA cannot afford to ignore the impact of the pandemic on higher education, especially on students’ health and well-being.

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Six people have been arrested in Gauteng in connection with the burning of trucks on the N3 highway.

SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday.

The Canadian province of Alberta reported its first death of a patient from a rare blood clot condition after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, its chief medical officer confirmed late Tuesday.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge on Tuesday for a new trial, court records showed, two weeks after he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a goal to vaccinate 70% of US adults with at least one Covid-19 shot by the July 4 Independence Day holiday and said the government would inoculate 12- to 15-year-olds as soon as allowed.

A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday - two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb - joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets.

Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a space on his website where he can post messages that can be shared by others to Twitter and Facebook, sites where he remains banned.

"I pre-visualised what I was going to do, and to the best of my ability I did what my mind told me to do," says Leo Prinsloo.

Hundreds of children separated from their parents are at risk of abuse, exploitation and child labour after fleeing conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, aid agencies said on Tuesday.

Australia's most populous state on Wednesday reported its first locally acquired Covid-19 case in more than a month and health authorities are working to trace the source of the infection.

Mervyn Coetzee said the fact that someone had taken a chance on him, saying 'yes' instead of referring him to another department or person, was life-changing.

Brazil's former health minister told a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing government knew full well that the treatment they were advocating for Covid-19 patients had no scientific basis.

A former North West police officer has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for demanding a bribe from a drunk driver.

Women have borne the brunt of the lockdown at home, says a corporate wellness expert.

A video of former president Jacob Zuma attempting a TikTok dance challenge has shut down the TL, drawing tons of reaction from social media users.

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This Cape Town shisanyama was the heart of the township and an incredible attraction for international visitors and locals alike.

Twitter Inc has received a record number of responses to a survey on how it should handle world leaders on its site, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, an issue in the spotlight ahead of the possible return of former US President Donald Trump to Facebook...

A major Gauteng heliport was grounded for an hour after drones allegedly flew directly in the flight paths of two helicopters.

There are no known cases in SA of the B.1.617 Covid-19 variant, but several people are having their positive samples tested, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said.

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize sends condolences to families of two victims of the FH Odendaal Hospital fire.

Transnet National Port Authority confirmed late on Tuesday that 14 crew members of a cargo bulk carrier that sailed to Durban from India have tested positive for Covid-19.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ruled that the container ship which blocked the Suez Canal in March could continue to be held in the waterway, rejecting an appeal by its Japanese owner against its detention, a judicial source said.

Working from home does not work for everyone, especially those who want "to hustle," JPMorgan Chase & Co's chief executive said on Tuesday at a conference in New York.