'If we can't pull it off, we have a problem and we will have to rethink,' says City of Cape Town coastal manager Gregg Oelofse.

Rushdi Harper's tour company in Cape Town was just starting to recover from a disastrous Covid-19 lockdown that had forced him to sell his house just to keep the business going.

KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested two women and a man in connection with the October shooting of a traditional leader in Nkandla.

Botswana has not seen a rise in Covid-19 hospitalisations despite being one of the first countries to detect the Omicron variant, and has managed to fully vaccinate 71% of its 1.3-million eligible population, the health minister said on Wednesday.

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion was "not on the table," as tension between Moscow and Washington eased slightly after a virtual summit this week.

The plan is to make it illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone aged 14 and under from 2027. The ban will remain in place for the rest of the person's life.

Two alleged drug dealers appeared in the Durban magistrate’s court for possession of and dealing in drugs on Wednesday.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food distribution in Ethiopia's Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were unable to stop due to intimidation, including being held at gunpoint, the United Nations said on Wednesd...

France released on Wednesday the Saudi national arrested at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after officials concluded it was a case of mistaken identity.

The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of December 1 this year.

Governments have been making Covid-19 shots mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups, pushed by a sharp upturn in infections caused by the Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccinations, as well as the new Omicron variant.

DA councillor Renaldo Gouws was slammed on social media for his views on gender-based violence (GBV).

SA is divided over compulsory workplace Covid-19 vaccinations and vaccine passports, according to UJ research.

A man who applied for a job as a municipal manager in the Free State has been arrested for allegedly submitting a fake qualification to get the position.

South Korea is in the midst of a Covid-19 surge, despite being one of the most vaccinated places in Asia.

The executive who runs Instagram faced tough questions on Wednesday from US senators over whether the photo-sharing app puts profits before the wellbeing of young people.

The fertility rate will drop from last year’s 0.84 to just 0.70 in 2024 before gradually rebounding as couples who marry after the pandemic start having children, according to statements by the finance ministry and the statistics office.

Burkina Faso, one of West Africa's poorest nations, has been beset by attacks carried out by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State since 2016, killing civilians and forcing more than 1-million people to flee.

Ancient artefacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the US invasion in 2003 were put on display in Baghdad on Tuesday.

A woman died after her car was submerged steps away from Niagara Falls on the US-Canada border and a dramatic rescue came up short.

Two computer boffins from the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists have won awards at the Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF) in Turkey, after impressing judges with their mobile applications.

Sars said these fraudulent activities are carried out by individuals who gain access to eFiling profiles to change taxpayers' banking details and divert funds.

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Business Unity SA says it is consulting legal advisers about the possibility of applying to the high court for a declaratory order to provide additional legal certainty to back up the occupational health and safety guidelines already in place.

La Niña is the colder and wetter parallel to El Niño. The two are part of a revolving southern oscillation climate pattern which affects Southern Africa.

Two doses appear to still be able to protect vaccinated people from severe illness and death, but a third dose improves protection.

Cyber criminals are targeting staff by hacking into senior employee's emails and requesting personal data from unassuming employees.

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