Australia sees green hydrogen and ammonia for power plants as the biggest near term opportunity for developing a clean hydrogen industry in the drive to cut carbon emissions, Energy Minister Angus Taylor said on Thursday.

A Mpumalanga family went for days believing that their relative was recovering well at a hospital in Delmas, only to find her decomposed body in the morgue a week later.

Two brazen criminals who tied up and assaulted an elderly couple and stole household items, plus a vehicle with pupils on board, dropped off the kids at their school before fleeing the scene of the crime.

The man dubbed Mamelodi’s “Number 1 Tsotsi”, Vusi "Khekhe" Mathibela, says the state has no evidence linking him to the murder of Wandile Bozwana and wants to be acquitted from all charges.

Coercive policies in China's far western region of Xinjiang have led to a sharp decline in birth rates for Uyghurs and other minorities, which could add to evidence of genocide, an Australian think-tank said in a report released on Wednesday.

Muslim countries must show a united and clear stance over Israel's conflict with the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza, Turkey's vice president, Fuat Oktay, said on Thursday, criticising world powers for condemning violence without acting.

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was hopeful that a cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians would end soon, after a phone conversation he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to accept overseas athletes competing in the Olympics from July due to concerns about inadequate resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against Islamist rebels who have killed hundreds of people in the last year, Congo's government said.

The dog was dropped off by his owner, who no longer wanted him. The SPCA took him in and gave him the name Oliver.

An African Union mission recommended on Wednesday that Chad's military share power with a civilian president, as one of three options towards restoring constitutional order following last month's killing of president Idriss Deby.

US states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate young adolescents against Covid-19 after advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous vote on Wednesday.

"These recent murders have made us afraid to express ourselves, but we are here."

Sunday Times reported that Dlamini had owed R55,000 to the Black Sash and about R600,000 to Freedom Under Law.

India recorded more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, though the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.

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The Educators’ Union of South Africa has called for the temporary closure of a school in Pretoria where a pupil was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting outside the premises.

Two Gauteng schools have been closed after Covid-19 cases were detected.

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“These replica fins are expected to significantly improve the accuracy of active inspection, identification, and seizure of illegal shark fin consignments,” said SA-based fisheries trade expert Markus Burgener.

The City of Johannesburg, Dialdirect and Discovery have launched Pothole Patrol, a campaign to manage the repair of potholes throughout the city.

There were 2,759 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections since the coronavirus outbreak past the 1.6-million mark.

Feared alleged underworld bosses accused of killing “steroid king” Brian Weinstein now face a raft of charges ranging from gang-related offences and intimidation to attempted murder.

A Free State man accused of murdering two people - one his partner - and the attempted murder of a third person has appeared in court, police confirmed on Wednesday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it had found more cases of potentially life-threatening blood clotting among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim has been appointed to serve on the UN high-level 10-member group in support of the technology facilitation mechanism (TFM) to achieve the goals.

Just what sort of lifestyle was Abram Masango in the market for? The exclusive estate, about 20km from the Pretoria CBD, boasts spacious one-hectare stands that offer residents privacy and tranquillity.

'Another ban would put many taverns out of business for good,' National Liquor Traders Council spokesperson Lucky Ntimane said on Wednesday.