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From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.

Second insurer agrees to pay Covid-19 lockdown business interruption claims

Insurance Claims Africa (ICA) has welcomed the decision by Hollard and Guardrisk to pay claims from businesses forced to close during the national lockdown to stem the spread of...

Gauteng government slams Daspoort tunnel party

The Gauteng government has called for Covid-19 compliance and “responsible behaviour” following several reports of people breaking health protocols. This after videos circulated on social media of young people partying...

As mutated variant spreads, PM Johnson mulls stricter lockdown

The British government will review its Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday to decide if it needs to impose stricter measures on more parts of England after a highly infectious mutated...

Santa rides elephants to Thai town, bearing gifts of face masks

Santa Claus gave his sleigh and reindeer a break on Wednesday and rode elephants in Thailand during a special Christmas visit aimed at raising awareness about the threat of...

I’m kicking myself: Scottish first minister sorry for mask error

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon issued an apology on Wednesday after she was photographed at an indoor event without wearing a mask in breach of strict Covid-19 rules. Sturgeon, the...

Science & innovation department sets aside R25m to study new Covid-19 variant

As SA continues to battle the second wave of infections and the new Covid-19 variant, the department of science and innovation is set to fork out R25m to fund...

Tokyo Olympics to spend $900m on coronavirus measures

Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will spend $900m on measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus at next year's Games, they said on Tuesday, as they unveiled their...

Fifa files criminal complaint against Sepp Blatter, lawyer says accusations baseless

World soccer's governing body Fifa say they have filed a criminal complaint with Zurich's cantonal prosecutor, claiming evidence of "criminal mismanagement" of a museum project set up by former...

Coach Lehlohonolo Seema confident he won’t be sacked by trigger-happy boss ‘Chippa’ Mpengesi

What was a great start for Benni McCarthy in his first game as AmaZulu coach may have dire consequences for his Chippa United counterpart Lehlohonolo Seema. With AmaZulu beating United...

Quinton de Kock: ‘The guys are hungry and it was nice to see a...

Proteas limited overs captain Quinton de Kock said his Test captaincy leadership gig will only be a temporary one for this particular summer. It is a summer that will consist...

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Mziwakhe Nkosi to take over the reins at the Lions in warm-up matches

Mziwakhe Nkosi has been handed the reins of the Lions in the series of preparation matches‚ or Franchise Cup‚ due to start this weekend. He...

Eskom operations ‘disrupted’ as 48 contractors test positive for Covid-19

Power utility Eskom says Covid-19 has affected its operations at the Medupi power station, where 48 of 75 contractors have tested positive for the...

OpenAI’s DALL-E creates plausible images of literally anything you ask it to

OpenAI’s latest strange yet fascinating creation is DALL-E, which by way of hasty summary might be called “GPT-3 for images.” It creates illustrations, photos,...