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Women and girls have borne the brunt of restrictions, including being barred from public parks, and universities and singing in public, which the United Nations has labelled "gender apartheid".

A former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who knowingly infected his girlfriend with HIV was sentenced to life in prison in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

WC police said three people suspected to have been part of an extortion gang were killed in a shootout with police in Bothasig on Wednesday.

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are calling on victims of apartheid to apply for an education assistance program.

Afghanistan's Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on Tuesday ahead of the group's summit in Russia.

Four suspects were gunned down by members of the Tactical Response Team (TRT) during a shootout in Keiskammahoek in the early hours of Wednesday.

A former All-Black supporter who is now a hardened Springbok fan has officially submitted a proposal to the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Council (ECGNC) to change Cape Road to Siya Kolisi Road.

Pesto will soon shed his fluffy down as he develops his adult feathers, giving him a burst of yellow on his head and cheeks and a black-and-white tuxedo. King penguins are found in Antarctica and their population remains fairly stable, with about 1.6 million breeding pairs.

A 27-year-old man appeared in the Mthatha Regional Court on Wednesday on fraud charges laid against him by the owner of a hotel in Tsomo. A spokesperson for the Hawks, Captain Yolisa Mgolodela says Dylan Buzz Strydom was arrested on Monday.