[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] India’s wealthiest state Maharashtra, home to the country’s financial capital Mumbai, will impose a weekend lockdown and night curfew on its 110 million people as it battles a spike in Covid-19 cases, authorities said Sunday. India reported 93,249 new daily infections on Sunday, the highest increase since September, with Maharashtra a major contributor. From…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Citizen Reporter Picture: iStock The body of a missing 9-year-old who was allegedly kidnapped by her mother’s boyfriend has been found. Free State police recovered the body of a young girl on Friday 2 April 2021. The discovery was made after they followed up on a report about a body of a child…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Britain is to trial a system of “Covid status certification” at events including football matches in the coming weeks as a possible way out of virus restrictions, the government said late Saturday. The Downing Street statement confirmed that Britain plans to issue identification showing whether people are vaccinated, have antibodies or have tested…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] AFP Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepngetich, seen here during last year’s London Marathon, broke the half-marathon world record in Istanbul. Picture: Getty Images Chepngetich led three women under 65 minutes for the first time in a half-marathon race. Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s half-marathon world record on Sunday in a time of one…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Itumeleng Khune is slowly rediscovering his passion for football and Kaizer Chiefs coach, Gavin Hunt is confident that he will soon be back to his best. The Amakhosi keeper has had some terrible performances that saw him being relegated to the bench for the first time is his otherwise decorated career. ALSO READ:…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] KwaZulu-Natal’s first premier and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) veteran, Dr Frank Mdlalose, 89, on Saturday passed away from Covid-19-related complications in hospital, the IFP announced on Sunday. Mdlalose was one of the first members of Inkatha and served as one of the IFP’s main negotiators during the country’s constitutional negotiations in the early…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock both fell within sight of centuries but they led a powerful South African batting display at the Wanderers on Sunday as the Proteas posted 341 for six in the second ODI against Pakistan. South Africa were again unfortunate to lose the toss and have to bat first…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] If I were to write about the history of cars, a single chapter wouldn’t be enough to talk about the Japanese car industry’s impact in shaping that history. I’d need a few chapters to properly encapsulate what Japan’s car history means to the larger history of the automotive world. From humble beginnings to…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] South Africa is once more experiencing periodic power cuts. These typically take the form of scheduled supply interruptions, for two to four hours a day, whenever the country’s electricity system is overloaded. Such overloading currently happens on 40-50 days a year. Eskom, the country’s power utility, recently admitted that such interruptions are likely…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] City Press on Sunday reported that they heard a recording of a meeting in which Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi told his team that, as an MEC, he had to ensure that people are satisfied at all costs. The meeting is said to have centred around department tenders. According to the publication, Lesufi…