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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0200
Have you passed matric but not heard back from a university? This portal might be able to help
The CACH facility will send a prospective student’s information to schools for learnerships. Where places exist and you meet the requirements, institutions will contact you to offer you a place.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:42:09 +0200
Australian PM says his government was 'too optimistic' before Omicron surge
Responding to criticism that his government had not anticipated the need for more tests, Morrison said it had been the responsibility of the states, in Australia's federal system, to supply Covid-19 tests through most of the pandemic.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0200
EXPLAINER-From hypersonics to workhorse weapons, North Korea showcases missile diversity
North Korea capped one of its busiest months of missile tests ever with the launch of its Hwasong-12 Intermediate-Range ballistic missile on Sunday, highlighting efforts to ensure it has reliable systems for delivering nuclear warheads.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:56:57 +0200
Wordle acquired by NYT, creator says game's ethos will be preserved, stay free to play
"It will be free to play for everyone, and I am working to make sure your wins and streaks will be preserved," says Wordle's creator.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:45:50 +0200
Rene-Lily, little cancer fighter with a 'big spirit', starts school
Two weeks ago, Rene-Lily Gaskell could only dream about attending school. The five-year-old girl from Welkom in the Free State started grade R on Tuesday.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0200
Thai cafe serves up crypto advice with coffee and cake
A cafe in northeast Thailand has become home to cryptocurrency traders, adding banks of screens showing the latest market moves and dishing out investment advice alongside coffee and cake.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0200
UIF commissioner to resume duty after being suspended for over a year
The department said the investigation found Maruping did not personally benefit from the scheme.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:59:26 +0200
WATCH LIVE | Judicial Service Commission begins its interviews for the position of the country’s new chief justice
Constitutional Court justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga will be the first candidate to take the stand when the Judicial Service Commission begins its interviews for the position of the country's new chief justice on Tuesday.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:45:00 +0200
Human rights groups voice concern about allegations of surveillance in El Salvador
International human rights groups called on Monday for authorities in El Salvador to open an investigation into allegations that journalists and activists had their phones hacked and implanted with the sophisticated spyware Pegasus.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:40:23 +0200
Thousands of Haiti homes flooded, rivers swell amid heavy rains
Thousands of homes were flooded and some 2,500 families displaced in Haiti as torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks, and rescue teams have begun evacuating people in high-risk zones, the civil protection authority said on Monday.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:31:00 +0200
Porsche driver kills popular triathlete cycling at Cradle of Humankind
A law firm, HJW attorneys, has stepped in to assist the national prosecuting authority "to ensure that all relevant witnesses, statements, blood tests (which were done), photographs etc are all compiled and placed in the docket and provided to the co...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0200
Dr. Oz’ Senate campaign has relied so far on his own money
Mehmet Oz, a celebrity physician turned politician, reported raising almost $5.9 million in his first month in the Republican race for the US Senate in Pennsylvania, but most it came from money he loaned to his campaign.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:25:00 +0200
Child knocked off bicycle by taxi outside school, critically injured
A seven-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being knocked from his bicycle by a minibus taxi outside his school in Nwajaheni, northeast of Tzaneen.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:19:07 +0200
Texas deep freeze this week will bring a fresh test to the power grid
The weather will challenge the state’s energy infrastructure, though it currently looks less likely to lead to a repeat of last February’s cold snap that took down scores of power plants, triggering catastrophic blackouts that left more than 200 ...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:21:29 +0200
Good move or ‘We’ve been doing it’? — Here’s what Mzansi thinks of new Covid-19 isolation and school rules
Here are five changes to the lockdown rules that you need to know.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:09:34 +0200
House robbers nabbed during shoot-out with cops in Parkwood
Gauteng police arrested three house robbery suspects while a fourth one was fatally wounded during a shoot-out with the police in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on Monday.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:56:10 +0200
US federal prisons locked down after deadly gang fight
All federal prisons in the United States were locked down on Tuesday after a deadly gang brawl involving several inmates at a penitentiary in Texas.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:43:32 +0200
Girl bully brings her school under scrutiny
In a recorded video that went viral, a girl is seen hitting another pupil several times until a bystander intervenes by hitting back at the perpetrator.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:18:32 +0200
Car thief and lockdown bootlegger? Friend of Tshegofatso Pule’s killer quizzed on his income
The trial of the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Tshegofatso Pule has heard how he allegedly called her convicted killer repeatedly on the day she was abducted and killed.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0200
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | How does Covid-19 affect pregnant women?
Pregnant women with Covid-19 may experience preterm birth and be more likely to suffer severe illness from the virus than non-pregnant women.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:30:43 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Golf-New Zealand Open scrapped over Covid travel restrictions
Coronavirus updates.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:13:00 +0200
Covid-19: SA records 1,366 new cases, 71 deaths in 24 hours
Of the new cases, the most were in Gauteng (563), followed by the Western Cape (189) and KwaZulu-Natal (175). Mpumalanga (132) was the only other province to record more than 100 cases in the past 24 hours.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:10:00 +0200
Gauteng's Putco bus contract illegally implemented, says public protector
“We found that the allegation that the Gauteng department of roads and transport irregularly implemented the contract is substantiated," Mkhwebane said.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:27:00 +0200
Six mobile networks have applied for Icasa's 4G and 5G licences
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) received six applications for the 4G and 5G telecommunications spectrum on Monday.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:09:00 +0200
One big Downer: How can I be prosecuted by an accused? asks Zuma
Judge to deliberate on Dali Mpofu’s argument that prosecutor’s participation in arms deal trial is ‘stranger than fiction’

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:03:00 +0200
Court convicts former Prasa engineering head over fake qualifications
The Johannesburg commercial crimes court convicted former Prasa head of engineering services Daniel Mshushisi Mthimkhulu for faking his academic qualifications to earn a bigger salary.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:26:15 +0200
Sanral spending R90m on roads in the Free State
Roads agency Sanral addressed the business community of Trompsburg on Friday, saying the upgrades would create "much-needed" job opportunities for local communities.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:39:00 +0200
Absa fraud accused spent R200,000 on clothes in one day, court hears
Xolela Masebeni and his wife Athembile Mpani, who are applying for bail, allegedly defrauded the bank of R103m

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:27:58 +0200
KZN mom sentenced to 20 years for ordering insurance hit on son
Pietermaritzburg mother Ziningi Jane Nzama, 49, has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the murder of her 20-year-old son and insurance fraud.

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:09:14 +0200
Suspended vice-chancellor Dr Enoch Malaza 'parts ways' with MUT
Suspended vice-chancellor Dr Enoch Malaza, who earlier this month was granted an interdict preventing Mangosuthu University of Technology ending his contract, has agreed to leave the institution.



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