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CPI is expected to moderate slightly to 6.8% in February despite continued pressure on transport costs...

Miner will continue to invest in improving the quality and integrity of the portfolio, chair says...

The Lions and the Sharks are said to have too much of it, and the Stormers are reaping the benefits of its absence...

Now, in a March 15, 2023 letter seen by the Uganda Radio Network (URN) to the Permanent Secretary and the Commissioner for Crop protection in the MAAIF, the Nakaseke Deputy Chief AdministrativeOfficer, Ramathan Kasozi Kato, says that the most affected are...

The dominant party in Ethiopia's Tigray region has announced its nominee for president of a regional administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the northern area, according to party-run media....

Electric vehicles come at a cost to the communities, mostly in developing countries, where materials are extracted from....

North Korea a fired a short-range ballistic missile, Seoul's military has said, the fourth show of force in a week as South Korea and the US stage major military drills....

The governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed on Sunday, a victory for Nigeria's ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the opposition in a disputed presidential election....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Mariupol, state media reported, his first to the city since it was captured after a lengthy siege at the start of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine....

Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven years after the money changed changes....

Kirungi 47 was killed in a road accident along the Hoima-Kampala Road. The accident happened on Friday night at around 10pm at Mataagi village, Bukomero town council in Kiboga district....

As consumers and businesses reel from tough conditions, insurers have expressed uncertainty over whether there is room for growth...

Corruption allegations against crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo have allegedly affected 'operational work'...

The hope is that AI would help with 'reconciliation and repair to a point of growth and prosperity'...

The event is now bolstered by the new Toyota GR86 Automatic race cars...

The tournament, full of characters and tales, has been going for almost a century and draws teams from the Port Alfred area...

Well-known Bosasa and Gupta company liquidator Cloete Murray has been shot during a brazen attack at the Engen Big Bird 1 Stop, North in Midrand at the Newroad off-ramp on Saturday....

A New York City prosecutor who was publicly criticised for declining to charge Donald Trump last year now appears very close to bringing the first criminal indictment against a former president in US history....

In a statement on Saturday, the city said while its Rand Water's bulk pumping has fully recovered, local water systems battle the knock-on effect, and reservoirs are currently at critically low levels....

The trail of destruction left behind by Cyclone Freddy could further worsen Malawi's cholera outbreak which is already the worst in decades....

Authorities say 'millions' of fish died in the Darling River near the small town of Menindee in New South Wales....

Nigerians were voting in local elections Saturday, three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll that the opposition alleged was marred by fraud....

More than 800 000 young North Koreans have volunteered to join the army to fight...

Strikes on multiple fronts, including capital Kyiv and the western Lviv province, come hours after ICC's announcement....

Despite admitting that it got a wake-up call at the 2021 municipal elections, the ANC prioritises its own "unity and renewal" above ending the energy crisis....

Shai Hope played a captain's knock that guided the West Indies to the second-highest total at Buffalo Park when they made 335/8 in the second ODI against South Africa in East London on Saturday....

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the young volunteers want to wipe out the "war maniacs making last-ditch efforts to eliminate our precious socialist country"...

Julius Malema said the interdict issued by the high court in Cape Town would not deter them...

US justice department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are probing SVB's downfall...

AI in Africa must be developed by taking into account the needs and perspectives of local communities....

Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney's office, and called on his supporters to protest, according to a post on Truth Social on Saturday....

A 4x4 sports car might sound ridiculous but the 911 Dakar can be driven on just about any terrain Source...

Moscow is giving fertiliser to Malawi in exchange for support for ending the global sanctions imposed on it Source...

Security companies, community policing forums and the police have drawn up contingency plans to stop looting and public violenc...

A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis authorized payment of ransom payments to try free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali....

At least 10 people in South Sudan, including three children, have been killed after mistaking unexploded ordnance for scrap metal...

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Despite being unrecognisable from the outfit that "gave up" against the Pumas last weekend, the Bulls still weren't able to get one over their archrivals Western Province and, more importantly, clamber out of a losing groove at Loftus on Frida...

Here are the winning Powerball and Powerball Plus numbers from the Friday, 17 March, draw....

Police have vowed to maintain a heavy presence on 'every corner of SA' during mass protests on Monday....

The murder trial of four men and a minor accused of killing two North West police officers will go ahead in July....

The ANC says its march against the DA-led coalition in Tshwane is the first of many protests against DA-led municipalities nationwide....

The Pumas had to pull out a few stops to keep their unbeaten start to this year's Currie Cup campaign intact following a thrilling 34-27 victory over the Lions in Nelspruit on Friday evening....

Transnet is putting plans in place to enable it to continue operations on Monday when the EFF leads a national protest over the country's energy crisis....

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is just one strand in a complex web of international and national legal moves over alleged war crimes in Ukraine....

Zwelinzima Vavi says the government should not think the planned shutdown will be "business-as-usual" because "the lid would be taken off the pot" on Monday....

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and northern parts of the Northern Cape....

The Western Cape High Court has granted an urgent interdict directing the EFF and its supporters not to harm or threaten people and businesses during its national shutdown on Monday....

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine....