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Kanye West keeps the world hanging over the release of Donda

While the rest of the world is left in the dark over the release date of Kanye West’s tenth studio album, it is not even clear whether he knows when Donda will drop.

Japan offers personalised bags of rice to comfort grandparents who miss their grandkids

One of the tragedies of the global coronavirus pandemic is that it has kept families and loved ones apart, sometimes for months on end. This is especially hard for those kept away from meeting newborns for the first time.

Women’s Day: A hero nurse who puts the lives of her patients first

Every time Sister T leaves the house to go to work her family kneels down and prays for her safe return.

Jacob Zuma slips through the loophole yet again – without even getting out of bed

The Jacob Zuma Arms Deal case has been postponed to 9 and 10 September due to ill-health.

Gauteng’s female taxi drivers step out to celebrate women’s day

The taxi industry continues to be marred with violence and murder. But there is a minority of women who have ventured into this multi-million rand industry and are coming out on top.

Family left homeless as son burns down the house

He told his mother that he needed transport money because he had an interview on Wednesday night - but she didn’t believe him.

Ladysmith taxi drivers on the brink of war with bus drivers

Ladysmith Taxi operators and the Intercape Bus Company have become locked in a bitter dispute after Intercape bought the Greyhound route earlier this year.

Residents demand their money back after buying illegal land from chief

The community of Nquthu in the north of KwaZulu-Natal who bought the Roman Catholic church land from the local chief wants him to pay back their money.

Community cheers as man dies in agony

As he writhed around on the ground burning to death, pleading for mercy, residents around him celebrated.

Jacob Zuma set to duck another court date

Zuma’s lawyers are expected to apply for yet another postponement of Jacob Zuma’s Arms Deal corruption trial on Tuesday.

South Africa leads the world in big bang studies

Because of Professor Justin Jonas, if alien life is ever detected by human beings, they will almost certainly be heard first in South Africa.

Eight-year-old charged with blasphemy faces death penalty in Pakistan

An eight-year-old Hindu boy has become the youngest person to ever be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan.

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