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Pop music and 'Grease' star Olivia Newton-John dead at age 73

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Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world's pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical" and starred in the hit movie musical "Grease," died on Monday at age 73 at her home in Southern California.

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WATCH | ‘SA needs a new women’s movement’: Veteran activist Sophia Williams-de Bruyn

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WATCH | ‘SA needs a new women’s movement’: Veteran activist Sophia Williams-de Bruyn

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ANC veteran and women’s march leader Sophia Williams-de Bruyn says SA needs a new united civil society movement to address its problems.

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Cop, three co-accused to appear in court for robbery, attempted murder after ATM bombing

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Cop, three co-accused to appear in court for robbery, attempted murder after ATM bombing

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A North West police officer and three suspected business robbers will appear in the Mogwase magistrate’s court on Thursday on charges of bombing an ATM, business robbery, attempted murder and carjacking

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Former student couldn’t buy a car when her debt caught up with her

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Former student couldn’t buy a car when her debt caught up with her

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Amanda Buthelezi was still at varsity when she first opened a credit account at a clothing store, a decision she would later regret when she started working as a young adult.

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LISTEN | Nomusa Dube-Ncube confirmed as KZN premier-elect

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LISTEN | Nomusa Dube-Ncube confirmed as KZN premier-elect

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KwaZulu-Natal premier-elect Nomusa Dube-Ncube has described her rise to the highest office in the province during Women's Month as an honour to late women party activists such as Victoria Mxenge, Dorothy Nyembe and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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Sassa urges caregivers of orphans to apply for extended child support grant

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Sassa urges caregivers of orphans to apply for extended child support grant

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The grant is aimed at helping extended family care for orphaned children and keeping them within their familial environments.

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Clayson Monyela wants answers from Eswatini over 'SA is infested with a cancer of criminality' statements

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Clayson Monyela wants answers from Eswatini over 'SA is infested with a cancer of criminality' statements

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“It is a very unfortunate development in SA, but not a new one. SA is infested with a cancer of criminality from head to toe," Eswatini government spokesperson Alpheus Nxumalo said.

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Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

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Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

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By selling scrap metal people can afford rent, food and school fees in a country where inflation hit 256.9% in July.

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Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after U.S. says Zawahiri killed

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Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after U.S. says Zawahiri killed

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Top leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the United States said killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, three sources in the group said.

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Traditional leaders to play key role in halting femicide and child murder

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Traditional leaders to play key role in halting femicide and child murder

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A partnership between traditional leaders and ministries within SA’s justice cluster to fight against gender-based violence (GBV) is set to be a blueprint for other provinces across the country.

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Japan to honour SA's spouse scientists for HIV and Covid-19 work

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Japan to honour SA's spouse scientists for HIV and Covid-19 work

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The Japanese government will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize to professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha Abdool Karim for their rigorous work on HIV and Covid-19.

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What did they do to suffer brutal deaths, families ask after two KZN matric pupils die in axe attack

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What did they do to suffer brutal deaths, families ask after two KZN matric pupils die in axe attack

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What did two Ginyane High School matric pupils do to deserve such brutal deaths? This is the question plaguing family members and friends of Nqobile Zulu and Minenhle Buthelezi, who were attacked in their rented cottage in southern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.