Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party to face US President Donald Trump in an election in November, has been accused of sexual

The lockdown meant to combat the spread of the COVID 19 virus has handed a great deal of power to the country’s security apparatus. This

Only a vaccine will stop the spread of the virus which has already killed more than 114 000 worldwide, says the World Health Organisation (WHO).

As positive cases in South Africa rose by 145 to 2 173, a leading scientist warned that the virus would likely ‘be with us’ until a

Warring parties in the Middle East have been urged to cease hostilities and focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’, the coronavirus pandemic. The

The birth a century ago this week of Indian musician Ravi Shankar, best known in the West for having taught Beatle George Harrison to play

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said one proposal under consideration by the department was cancelling school holidays to regain time lost in the 2020 academic year. But

Calls to increase social grants to help poorer households cope with the mounting challenges of the now extended lockdown may prove difficult to match due

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte said the European Union (EU) needed to act in a ‘coordinated’ way to help countries hit by the virus or

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said figures so far showed the lockdown was working. This conformed to evidence worldwide that lockdowns dramatically decreased the number of