Dirco in talks with other countries to give South Africans a “lift” out of Afghanistan

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The South African government said on Tuesday it was urging South African nationals currently in Afghanistan and in need of assistance to make contact.

Watch VideoAkani Simbine sets new 100m African record in Hungary

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Akani Simbine set a new South African and African record of 9. 84 seconds in the men’s 100m at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

India turns car parks into crematoria amid second wave

African News Agency|Published

Funeral service providers and hospitals in Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres in car parks as Covid-19 deaths surge.

Spar Proteas eye a climb up the rankings

African News Agency|Published

South Africa, Uganda and Namibia, will be fighting it out for top honours in the SPAR Challenge International Tri-Nations series at the Cape Town International Convention ...

SA’s Harris full of 'confidence' after knocking out top seed in Dubai

African News Agency|Published

South African tennis player Lloyd Harris killed two birds with one stone after recording the biggest win of his career and knocked out the top seed at the Dubai ...

Protea women fired for India series

African News Agency|Published

SA women’s cricket team coach Hilton Moreeng says his charges are experiencing a touch of cabin fever as they eagerly await their chance to begin training for the ...

Four truck drivers die while waiting to cross Beitbridge border post

African News Agency|Published

“Government needs to act quickly if the humanitarian and business catastrophe is to be averted”

Modise prepared to battle public protector in ConCourt

African News Agency|Published

Speaker Thandi Modise is, however, not opposing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s application for leave to appeal in the matter of the C17 campaign.

SA’s Steyn thanks supporters after lucky number seven at London Marathon

African News Agency|Published

Gerda Steyn’s finishing time was just 16 seconds behind the SA record set by Colleen de Reuck at the Berlin Marathon in 1996.

Brewers threaten to shut the beer taps if level 2 regulations continue to be flouted

African News Agency|Published

Following recent reports of alcohol outlets breaching the level 2 lockdown regulations, the Beer Association of South Africa has committed itself to identifying ...

MP missing in action after ANC’s anti-corruption decree

African News Agency|Published

ANC MP Bongani Bongo chairs the portfolio committee on home affairs which was thrown into disarray when he failed to appear on Tuesday morning.

SA’s Harris to face dangerous David Goffin in US Open second round

African News Agency|Published

South Africa’s Lloyd Harris fired fired 12 aces and hit 32 winners to reach the second round of the US Open.

Tsitsipas dumps SA’s Anderson out of Western and Southern Open

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World No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas ousted two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson to reach the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 event at the USTA Billie Jean King ...

Hassan will attempt to break one-hour record at Diamond League meeting

African News Agency|Published

Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan will have to cover more than 18. 517km within 60 minutes to break the record set in 2008 by Ethiopia’s Dire Tune.

Titanic clash will kick off PSL resumption

African News Agency|Published

Numerous physical distancing guidelines will be implemented, with no fans in attendance at any of the stadia.

Labour minister must diffuse UIF ‘ticking time bomb’ - DA

African News Agency|Published

Party says Nxesi ‘missing in action’ as workers wait for UIF to accept May claims

Schools making progress in getting ready to reopen on June 1 - dept

African News Agency|Published

Schools are being cleaned and the delivery of personal protective equipment is taking place

SAA business rescue practitioners win leave to appeal

African News Agency|Published

The Labour Court has granted South African Airways's business rescue practitioners leave to appeal this month's court ruling halting the retrenchment process at ...

Namibia records five SA-linked Covid-19 cases

African News Agency|Published

Informante reported that nationwide lockdown measures were to be lifted as Namibia had gone for almost two months without any new infections, when suddenly the spike ...

African countries 'holding their own' in grappling with Covid-19 - Ramaphosa

African News Agency|Published

Work being done to defeat the coronavirus evidence of a continent determined to leverage its strengths and capabilities to resolve its own challenges, says SA president ...

SA scientists come eye-to-eye with SARS-CoV-2

African News Agency|Published

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has caught first sight of the local Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative ...

SAB proposes plans for sale of alcohol under Level 3

African News Agency|Published

The brewer has put forward several proposals outlining solutions it had considered to ensure that the regulated sale of alcohol was included in Level 3

Ongoing tobacco ban turning informal traders into beggars, criminals into billionaires - Saita

African News Agency|Published

Why is government, and especially the SAPS, so obsessed with the sale of cigarettes, asks SA Informal Traders Alliance

African countries urged to prioritise agriculture and agribusiness

African News Agency|Published

Boost annual budgets on agriculture production, expand food reserves as Covid-19 worsens food scarcity, urges ADI seminar

UIF preparing for new intake of May Covid-19 relief benefit claims

African News Agency|Published

The Unemployment Insurance Fund is finalising its testing process on the Covid-19 TERS online application system