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US shutdown to continue
WASHINGTON - The US Senate failed for a fifth time on Monday to pass spending measures that would reopen government.Competing proposals by Democrats...
Army general named as Madagascar PM
MADAGASCAR - Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led...
France’s new PM quits
FRANCE - France’s new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu has quit just weeks after being appointed to the position.President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Lecornu’s...
SA sends team to Israel over detainees
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has sent a specialist team to Israel to negotiate release of six detained...
Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard plan
OREGON - An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with...
Mchunu ready to testify
JOHANNESBURG - ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member, Senzo Mchunu, says he is ready to testify before the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria. Mchunu...
Stop bombing Gaza
USA – US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for ‘lasting peace’ and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza,...
Estevao stuns reds
Chelsea ...................2Liverpool ................1 LONDON – Liverpool crashed to a third successive defeat as Estevao Willian’s last-gasp strike condemned the spluttering Premier League champions to...
Trump gives Hamas deadline
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to accept a US peace plan for Gaza or face ‘all hell’.Trump...
Tuchel sticks to his guns
LONDON – Thomas Tuchel has made the astonishing claim that England can win the World Cup without Jude Bellingham.The England manager has sent...
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Freezing cold kills cattle at Hawane
HAWANE – A brutal cold snap has killed cattle in Hawane, leaving smallholder farmers counting losses of more than E60 000. The losses...
Public transport fares could increase by 25%
LOBAMBA – Public transport fares could increase by up to 25 per cent under a proposed adjustment by the Ministry of Public Works...
ESCCOM probe uncovers E17m paid into personal accounts
EZULWINI – An ESCCOM investigation has uncovered an alleged transfer of about E17 million into personal bank accounts. The purported financial irregularities involve...
How patience, passion build an empire
TaphesheyaLukhele is the founder and creative director of CraftyHook, a crochet brand from Eswatini built on creativity, passion and the belief that handmade...
Elderly man found dead in forest
MAPHUNGANE – An 80-year-old man from Mhlabubovu, Maphungwane, was found dead in a forest, with residents suspecting he may have succumbed to the...
