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By New Scientist and Press Association The sun sets on London’s skylineDominic Lipinski/PA Images The risk of days with sweltering 40°C heat in the UK could rise significantly by the end of the century without action to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, the UK’s Met Office has warned. Climate change caused by human activity is…

Click here to read the full article.Sheltered-at-home, weary people, most of us, are told that life will return to normal once we have a vaccine that protects people from catching the coronavirus. Once so fortified, we shall again be able to join with thousands of others to cheer our football team, invite as many people…

Forty-four years ago today more than 600 people were killed when 10 000 marched against Afrikaans as a language of instruction. Today it is celebrated as Youth Day, and marks one of the turning points in South Africa's march to democracy. News24 spoke to three South Africans who were in Soweto on 16 June 1976. This year marks…

A man has been sentenced for a string of crimes. Phomolo Ngo's crime spree started in 2013 and ended when he was arrested in 2018.He was found guilty of several charges, including rape, kidnapping and housebreaking.The prosecutor described him as a serial rapist who would have continued if he was not arrested.A 33-year-old from Bloemfontein in…

Nelson Mandela and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment 56 years ago today. Mandela would go on to spend 27 years in prison before he was released. This is what happened at the Rivonia Trial, and the sentence they received. Fifty-six years ago, Judge Quartus de Wet, sentenced Nelson Mandela and seven others to life imprisonment in…