China planning new policies to take on ageing population: state media
The SABC has a tremendous responsibility to the people of the nation with 29 million listeners who listen to the 19 SABC radio stations, A large proportion of these listeners live in rural settlements, located in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu- Natal, Limpopo, and North West.
Taylor Swift was named artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday and won two other trophies in a ceremony held live in Los Angeles amid tight coronavirus restrictions.
Guitar Center Inc, the largest US retailer of music instruments and equipment, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Saturday, as music lovers moved their shopping online during the coronavirus pandemic.
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20, the social media companies said on Saturday.
When confectioner Laszlo Rimoczi decided to put masks on his chocolate Santas in his small workshop in rural Hungary, he intended it as a light-hearted joke to raise people’s spirits amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic. But it turned out to be shrewd business move as orders surged online.
On the stage at the Hebertot theatre in Paris, Trinidad Garcia is re-enacting a scene from her one-woman show, “For you to keep loving yourself,” to an audience of zero.
A Tanzanian law that bans pregnant girls and teenage mothers from attending school is being challenged in Africa's top rights court by an international women's charity, which said the "discriminatory" rule trapped girls in poverty.
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has not contracted the novel coronavirus while in prison, his spokesmen said on Thursday, but he is being closely monitored due to a number of other health issues.
The Western Cape Education Department says it has been made aware of social media accounts that contain racist and offensive commentary.
Sitting on Santa's lap and tugging his beard while posing for a professional photographer at the mall is a long-held annual family tradition. But the coronavirus pandemic means this year, children across the U.S. won't get the chance to tell him what they want for Christmas.
Kwaito star Nomasonto Maswanganyi, who is popularly known as Mshoza, has died in Johannesburg. She died at the Far East Rand Hospital on Thursday morning.
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey may be the next celebrity to throw his hat into the political ring.
Jackline Bosibori wept when she found out she was pregnant. The 17-year-old’s mother, who is raising six kids alone, collapsed in their one-room home. They had been repeatedly threatened with eviction and couldn’t afford another mouth to feed.
The Solomon Islands is planning to ban the use of Facebook for an indeterminate period after inflammatory critique of the government was aired on the social media platform, the Solomon Times reported.
The CRL Rights Commission holds investigative hearings at its offices in Braamfontein to hear testimony from some prophets/apostles who were once leaders in what is referred to as cults.
At the lowest point on earth, in the middle of a giant salt lake where animals and plants have no chance of surviving, a jolly man dressed in red with a flowing white beard stuck a Christmas tree in the ground and went for a swim.
South Africans will be granted free access to all national parks in the country as from Monday until Friday, 20 November.
The Western Cape department of Health has expressed concern over the non-adherence to protective behaviour amongst some members of the public.
Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after many revellers defied bans on using firecrackers to celebrate.
Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 2,500 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of the Saqqara Necropolis.
The Limpopo government has acknowledged that there was minimal adherence to social distancing and personal hygiene regulations at events held to mark the homecoming of this year's Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida.
There was jubilation at the VhaVenda Royal Palace in Limpopo as King Toni Mhephu Ramabulana welcomed Miss SA 2020 on Friday. Shudufhadzo Musida is on a three-day homecoming programme in the province.
More than 300 drones lit up the sky over Seoul on Friday in a show the government said was meant to give “comfort and hope” to residents enduring the coronavirus pandemic.
Miss SA 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida will on Friday visit various children's homes and care centres in the Vhembe district of her home province, Limpopo.
The long-delayed “Friends”reunion special is expected to shoot in March, actor Matthew Perry said on Thursday, a year after plans to get the cast back together were wrecked because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Friends” reunion being rescheduled for the beginning of March. Looks like we have a busy year coming up. And that’s the way […]
Farida Aly spent decades performing blood tests, brain scans and personality tests before doctors issued the needed medical reports to allow her to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
Nigeria expects to get more of its plundered Benin Bronzes back from Western museums and collectors as early as next year as global Black Lives Matter protests spur repatriation campaigns, a senior official said.
Rapper Lil Nas X will perform in a virtual concert and debut a new music video on Roblox this weekend, in the first such venture for the hugely popular kids gaming platform.
Poppies illuminated the sails of the Sydney Opera House at dawn on Wednesday as Australia marked the 102nd anniversary of Remembrance Day.
Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, says that since COVID-19 they've picked up several new tricks that learners are using to cheat during examinations.
