Archaeologist and biological anthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane has been named among the 15 Emerging Explorer cohort for 2021 by National Geographic.

Six people have been arrested to date in connection with the alleged intricate web of fraudulent activities targeting the estranged wife of a leader of a faction of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.

The department of education is cancelling the midyear exams for grade 12 pupils to allow them time to cover the curriculum.

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The minister said the vaccination of teachers and other frontline workers will depend on the availability of vaccines.

Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination.

Iran's largest navy ship sank after catching fire near the mouth of the Gulf, but the entire crew was able to safely disembark, Iranian semi-official news agencies reported on Wednesday.

"Sky Pool rhymes with Die Pool. No thanks," wrote one social media user.

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A Zimbabwean scientist has set up a research institute as a way of turning to science to find solutions to the country's healthcare challenges.

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"He killed her in such a cruel manner and intended to end her life."

The girlfriend of one of eight men who were beaten and necklaced in Zandspruit, northwest of Johannesburg, last month says there may have been more behind the killings.

The 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report reveals Africa was the only continent where incidents of violence rose over the course of the pandemic.

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Manganya started the 833km walk on Sunday from Braamfontein, Johannesburg, and spent his first night at a filling station.

Trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday that the Cuban engineers working in SA do have employment contracts and are earning up to R300,000 per year more than South African engineers.

With temperatures dipping to -2 degrees along the Drankensberg mountains on Tuesday night - and more adverse weather conditions still expected into the weekend - the KwaZulu-Natal transport head has called on motorists to be extra vigilant.

Local research has proven for the first time that the "dark eyeliner" feathers of peregrine falcons act as sun shields to improve its hunting ability - something which could help settle an athletic question.

Embattled power utility Eskom announced on Tuesday that it would implement stage 2 load-shedding from 10am Wednesday to 10pm on Friday.

Ubisoft’s Far Cry series has pretty much established a formula that it has seldom deviated from over the last decade, but at the same time it has expanded on those ideas with wild new themes and characters.

Seems Sony is so excited to be bringing Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End to PC that they leaked it in an investor relations slide show before an official announcement could be made.

More than a million people have now been vaccinated against Covid-19 in SA.

Gift of the Givers said their team will be drilling for water at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital to avert a water crisis there.

New restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19 are not enough, warns the SA Medical Association.

Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout used to "praat kaktus" (speak cactus) but on Tuesday she used her sharp tongue to shout: "Vax us!"

With primary school pupils returning on a full-time basis from next month, teacher unions have asked to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccination.

Nine people who form part of a small church in Vredendal, in the Western Cape, have succumbed to Covid-19 complications over the past two weeks.

The murder and mutilation of a KwaZulu-Natal pensioner accused of practising witchcraft has been slated by the government.