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Jailed and beaten but never bowed

The American civil rights leader John Lewis died last week at 80. Lewis was a senior member of the Democratic Party in the US Congress and had close ties to South Africa.

SA has world’s fifth worst coronavirus count

There have been almost 365,000 recorded cases as of Monday, putting SA at number five globally – after Russia (777,400)

High court orders government to feed children

The North Gauteng High Court has ordered Basic Education Minister Angie Motshegka to reinstate the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP).

Hunger drives children to eat wild plants

Children in the Eastern Cape are having to eat wild plants to survive as the Covid-19 crisis leaves many South Africans hungry.

Nigerian CEO beheaded in New York City attack

A businessman who ran a famous Nigerian motorcycle courier company has been found beheaded and cut up in a flat in New York City.

The law of masks

If you don't wear a mask in a shop or taxi, you won't be fined for now…

Covid reaches the Cabinet

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is the first member of the Cabinet to test positive for Covid-19.

Women suffer brunt of Covid job losses

When it comes to losing jobs, the Covid-19 storm in SA has hurt women much more than men.

From Lagos with love

An American woman who flew to Nigeria to marry someone she met on Facebook ended up being captured for more than a year.

Covid in prisons – which province is doing best?

KwaZulu-Natal is the only province with zero deaths of inmates or officials in prisons.

Judge calls SA “femicide capital of the world” as he puts Eskom killer in jail for life

Muti, love, lies, and death. The court heard it all in the explosive murder trial of Thembinkosi Emmanuel Mhlongo, an Eskom senior employee sentenced to life imprisonment.

Storm whips Cape

The cold front has lashed the Cape, with gale force winds whipping the sea across the streets of Cape Town.

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