Afghanistan's national women’s football team were part of a group of over 75 people who left the troubled country on a flight to Australia on Wednesday.
Despite going through the devastating trauma of being stabbed in the neck, spine and lower arms nearly a decade ago, Theo Cogill’s dream came true when made his debut at the Paralympics.
Earlier this year, his wife left him because he “did not have enough money”. But months later he won R8 million in the Powerball Plus lottery. Now he fancies his chances of winning her back.
Since the city of Kabul fell to the Taliban earlier this month, Paul Farthing has fought tirelessly to secure safe passage out of Afghanistan for those who live in his animal sanctuary.
Insurers dished out over R587 million to fraudsters in 2020, whose scams spanned from fake accidents to the buying of dead bodies from mortuary employees for a larger payout.