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Warning over alcohol and cancer

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The Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy, has warned about the direct link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. Murthy released an

Ghana opens up visa-free travel to all Africans

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All African nationals can now visit Ghana without a visa. This was announced by the outgoing president, Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana is the fifth African country

World’s oldest person dies

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Tomiko Itooka, who was recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world, has died at the age of 116. She died

Musk takes on Farage

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Elon Musk, the South African-born billionaire, has said that Nigel Farage is the wrong man to lead the British Reform Party. Commenting on X (formerly

Aviation experts appointed to probe air-traffic control problems

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Transport minister Barbara Creecy has established a committee of aviation experts to get to the bottom of problems plaguing South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation

Alarm sounded over microbe research risks

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Bacteria research based on constructing mirror images of molecules found in nature could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections, leading scientists

Crime major impediment to SA’s growth, wellbeing – IRR

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Crime is one of the biggest drags on economic growth and a serious obstacle in the way of South Africa reaching its full potential, says

Cape Town signs commuter rail deal with PRASA

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After court action, threats of an intergovernmental dispute and more than a year of negotiations, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA) has finally signed

Defying new morality laws could cost Iranian women their lives

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Execution, long jail terms and big fines for ‘promoting’ nudity, unveiling or improper dressing have come into force in Iran in terms of new laws

Three-part solution could break BELA impasse, IRR proposes

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A three-part solution incorporating building 13,000 new classrooms, tapping into international expertise to solve South Africa’s grave education deficiencies, and making sure that language is