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A safer South Africa is only possible with less gun crime. Achieving that requires more from police than recovering illegal guns. Mass killings have wreaked havoc in numerous South African communities in recent months. Along with the devastating murder of 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape province on 28 September, other attacks have […]

The Ashmolean Museum raised nearly £4.5 million (€5.4 million) to stop Fra Angelico’s The Crucifixion being sold overseas. ADVERTISEMENT Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum paid the impressive sum to prevent the rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving the UK after more than 200 years.  Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion” was set to be sold to an overseas buyer

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, originally called “Armistice Day” to mark the end of that war, should be a sign of the nation’s gratitude. In celebration of the

With summer holidays on the horizon, South Africa’s hospitality industry is gearing up for the influx of both international and local travellers. As visitors from Europe, the USA, China, and across Africa prepare to descend on Mzansi for the warmer peak season, transit hubs like airports and their adjoining hotels are set to experience a

Analysis — In a week which saw a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) ranger, Pte Jonathan Olara, succumb to a poacher’s bullet while on patrol of a section of the vast Kidepo Valley Conservation Area in northeastern Uganda, the Prince of Wales launched a new insurance programme for about 10,000 African wildlife rangers. The groundbreaking programme

Numerically, China’s navy is already the worlds largest and has been rapidly modernising. ADVERTISEMENT China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, according to analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents. The images are the clearest sign yet that Beijing is advancing towards producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Beijing

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, forcing the struggling leader to form his second Cabinet in just over a month since taking office. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito together lost their majority

From the top of the baroque Vor Frelsers Kirke I could see almost all of central Copenhagen. The 400 steps up the winding spiral staircase hadn’t seemed too demanding, not even the last 150, which wound around the outside of the bell tower. The last few steps were only just wide enough for one person

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has encouraged citizens to always report any suspected side effects they may experience from taking medicines, vaccines or using medical devices, to help make medicines safer for everyone. While humanity benefits greatly from medicines in the treatment of illness and management of certain conditions, Sahpra said medicines

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) struck a slew of deals potentially worth more than $8 billion in the year that Baku is hosting COP29 climate talks, new analysis shows The 25 deals SOCAR signed with foreign firms since Azerbaijan was announced as COP29 host are worth close to three times more than contracts