Students continue protests at CPUT and UCT

Protesting students at two universities in Cape Town shut down some lectures and barricaded entry points.

• Maimane leads DA protest at SABC HQ
• School’s racist hair code up in the air
• Zim man suing SAPS for R1m
• Mayor's R1.5m vehicle: manager accused of fraud

Want to study? Be a virgin, says Egyptian MP

An Egyptian MP thinks women should be forced to undergo virginity tests before being admitted to university, it has been reported.

• Zim education minister threatens student protesters
• Stampede in Ethiopia leaves dozens dead
• Ethiopia religious festival ends in stampede
• Cop killings of Kenyans on the increase - newspaper

Nobel medicine prize goes to Japanese scientist

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries related to a cell-recycling system in the human body.

• Trump 'rated Apprentice hopefuls by breast size'
• Activists want answers on fatal LA police shooting
• Boy, 6, dies after he was shot at school by teen
• Sex, tax, videotape: the US election gets sordid

All Blacks set for wholesale changes against Springboks

Jerome Kaino, George Moala and Waisake Naholo are likely to start in a much-changed New Zealand side for their clash against the Springboks.

• Man United ask Armenia not to play Mkhitaryan
• Paige injury blow for Boks
• Faf hails Proteas' 'perfect game' after Aussie conquest
• Thanda clear at top of First Division

9 Tips to be a communication fundi

A conversation has the potential to degenerate into an argument where even the most trivial of issues can be the root of it.

• Plus size model talks fashion fetishes and Kim K
• Courgettes with chermoula dressing - recipe
• 6 Wedding trends every bride-to-be ought to know
• 8 beauty tips to get flawless skin this Spring

WATCH: Woman warns off crocodile with flip flop

A woman in Australia forced a crocodile to turn and run after slapping her flip flop against her hand and shouting at the reptile.

• Dead woman hit with grave tax demand
• 'Off your bike, Terminator,' police tell Arnie
• WATCH: Billboard porn plays to astounded motorists
• Moroccan police's sex doll raid falls flat

Gordhan: ‘We may well have bottomed out’

SA’s economy might have already seen the worst of its current economic downturn, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

• Samwu gearing up for strike
• RenCap sees SA’s rand extending gains
• LNG projects: SA to name preferred bidders
• Brexit: May plans timetable for EU divorce

#AmberRoseSlutwalk: 'F**k Fame. Start Movements'

Seven thousand men and women gathered in their numbers to support her cause, reducing Amber Rose to “tears of joy”.

• Black Coffee up for MAMAs Artist of the Year
• Why can't we make fun of Kim robbery?: tweep
• Robbers left Kim tied up in bathroom: report
• Random drug tests, monitored visits for Pitt

Implied sabotage adds intrigue to SpacX inquiry

A long-running fued between SpaceX and ULA has people asking if sabotage had a role in SpaceX’s rocket explosion.

• Mobile advertising? It’s about stopping thumbs
• UK experts on brink of HIV cure
• MultiChoice trims its costs for decoders
• SA backs ‘open networks’ in web rollout plan

New, more potent Volvo S60 Polestar lands in SA

When Volvo's Polestar performance division says it’s directly derived from the World Touring Car contender, they are not kidding.

• Five talking points from Malaysian GP
• Ogier closes in on WRC title after Corsica win
• Dutch team wins SA solar car challenge
• Hamilton hints at conspiracy, demands answers

Airline sued for flying 5-year-old to wrong city

Travellers are used to lost luggage and booking errors - but now a US airline is being sued for mixing up two children and sending them to the wrong cities.

• No more mile-high grub for BA short-haul passengers
• Visitors trapped on London Eye for three hours
• Cape Town Festival of Beer to rock the Mother City
• Airline secrets, revealed by flight attendants