A plane crash in the South African capital of Pretoria has left one dead and twenty more injured.

The vintage plane was taking a test flight out of a small airport when it came down on top of a factory and broke into pieces, injuring two workers inside.

The plane was due to fly to the Netherlands later this week to be exhibited in an aviation theme park.

A journalist has been detained in Thailand for flying a drone into the flooded Thai cave where the soccer team were trapped.

The drone was caught flying ‘dangerously close’ to a rescue helicopter while capturing video footage of the cave evacuation on Sunday.

Northern parts of Queensland are experiencing a resurgence in outbreaks of Syphilis, with several babies now included in the death-toll.  

The disease was almost eradicated in the early 2000’s with only two cases reported in the state, however, since 2008 more than one thousand cases have been documented.

The outbreak started in 2011 within the Doomadgee community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, but has since spread beyond the state as far as Western Australia.

A school holiday program is targeting students and encouraging them to consider entering the mining industry.

The Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy recently concluded its program located in Mt. Isa which aimed to inform students about career prospects and the competitive advantage of entering the mining industry; amid nation-wide skill shortages.

As well as receiving hands-on experience, the students are tested for general aptitude as well as interest and proficiency in maths and science.

Motorists on Brisbane’s northside are paying more for their fuel compared to motorists on the southside, new RACQ data has revealed.

RACQ spokeswoman Lucinda Ross said the report found those on Brisbane’s northside were paying, on average, an extra 15c per litre compared to the southside.

Ms Ross said Brisbane motorists were charged an average $1.487 for ULP (Unleaded) in June, 1c cent a litre lower than May, but still more than all other major Australian Capital Cities.

An acclaimed Brisbane artist has been reunited with the man he credits saving his life 47 years ago, after he put a call out to find him in the media.

Robert Brownhall almost drowned when he was three years old during a day at the beach with his family near Bundaberg in 1971.

The artist said if another three-year-old boy names Dean Barry hadn’t alerted his parents, he would’ve died at Kelly’s Beach that day.

After a harsh 18-day ordeal all twelve boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a treacherous cave in northern Thailand.

The remaining four boys and their soccer coach were brought to safety on Tuesday evening, deemed a “miracle” by many Thailand locals.

Aged 11 to 16, each of the boys, with no diving or swimming experience, were guided out by a pair of divers in three days of high-stakes operations, which claimed the life of former Thai Navy Seal Saman Kunan on Friday.