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Ancestor Lucy 'not alone'

The 52 bone fragments amount to 40% of the skeleton.

Truce: Israel 'can't impose conditions,

Hezbollah's leader delivered a de Hant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war.

AI project to reverse insect extinction

Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the planet.

Beauty of small rituals

We may not realise it, but there is something powerful about the small rituals that shape our days - the tiny, seemingly insignificant routines we often overlook.

Icasa better placed to inject growth

Later this week, parliament's portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies will interview candidates for four vacant positions on the Icasa Council.

Ramaphosa should first fix SA before G20

The only problem is country is in the wrong hands called the ANC, writes JV.

Softer hand in the war against drugs

Drug abuse is devastating in so many ways, physically, mentally and psychologically - to the addict, the addict's family and to society.

Black people are better off now

The results of joint research by Unisa and the Momentum group are bound to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy, not in the least among politicians who harp on about our country being dominated by wealthy white people.

Ai, ai for AI faking it..

It used to be that any villain, unmasked on the pages of a newspaper for something he or she said, would cry \"I was misquoted,\" or \"I was quoted out of context\".

Hooch kills four tourists

Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a back-packer hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said yesterday.

Rise by 78% in digital fraud threatens trust in SA

With International Fraud Week taking place this week, telecommunications fraud is on the rise in South Africa, with the sector seeing one of the highest suspected digital fraud attempt rates globally, according to credit bureau Trans Union.

Best of the best for Africa's richest race

The cream of South Africa's classic distance racehorses will assemble at Turffontein next weekend for Africa's richest horse race, the Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup over 2000m.

Litmus test for Swapo

In past 6 months ANC and Botswana Democratic Party got wake-up calls.

Call to stem trafficking

Envoy calls for continuous screening of the vulnerable for telling signs.

How to break macho mould

Shake the stigma behind men talking about their struggles.

Medical plan for drug crisis

Addicts constantly hustle to buy enough to stave off dependency reaction.

Rocky road for SA-US ties?

Eric Naki The road ahead could be rocky for SA-US relations as a hawkish Republican senator, Marco Rubio, takes over as secretary of state in the incoming Trump administration next year.

Failing government printing works divide parliament

Opinions within parliament are divided over the Government Printing Works (GPW).

Expired food found at storages

Police operation also discovers fake big brand clothing at warehouses.

Shop owners rushing to get their businesses registered

Spaza shop owners are rushing to get their businesses registered before President Cyril Ramaphosa's mandated deadline.

'Terbufos behind deaths'

Terbufos, the chemical found in some spaza shops, is commonly found in the pesticide aldicarb, which was banned eight years ago, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said yesterday.

Concern over influx of foreigners

Limpopo department of economic development, environment and tourism is worried that foreign nationals are in the majority of those queuing to register spaza shops across the province.

'Abide by law' – Cyril

Call to register, be regulated and operate legally.

The echo of silent movies

Meets in what was workhouse Charlie Chaplin slaved in asa child.

Catholic Church must compensate sexual abuse victims

Spain's ombud yesterday urged the country's Catholic Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed on the institution's watch.

ICC arrest warrants out for Israel PM, Hamas' military boss

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif.

Hefty fines for kids on platforms

Social media companies could be fined more than $30 million (about R540 million) if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's parliament yesterday.

Blacks become more affluent

Numbers show life is slowly improving for African blacks, say economists.

Going bananas over a banana

A fresh banana taped to a wall – a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – was bought for $6.2 million (about R112.5 million) on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced.

Slight reprieve for consumers

This takes repo rate to 7.75%, prime lending rate to 11.25%.