NEWS: Trevor Noah replaces Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show'

Comedian Trevor Noah has been selected to replace Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's satirical news program, "The Daily Show."

Viacom Inc-owned Comedy Central is expected to make the announcement later on Monday, the newspaper said. Representatives for the company and the network could not be immediately reached to confirm the report.

Stewart, 52, who has starred on the satirical show since 1999, announced last month that he was leaving his job, but gave no specific plans for his next career move.

His successor, a 31-year-old biracial South African, in December made his first appearance on "The Daily Show," which airs weeknights at 11 p.m. on the Viacom Inc-owned Comedy Central. He has appeared on the comedy program three times, according to the newspaper.

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NEWS: Gauteng has highest number of school pregnancies

Angie Motshekga, minister of Basic Education, has informed parliament that the province with the highest number of school pregnancies is Gauteng.



Motshekga was responding to a parliamentary question by DA MP Sonja Boshoff about the school pregnancy statistics in the country.

According to The Sowetan, Motshekga revealed that there were 20,116 school girls who fell pregnant in the past year. Of these, about 400 were primary school girls.

Eastern Cape had the second highest number of teen pregnancies at 3,898 followed by Mpumalanga with 3,196. The lowest rates were North West at 278 and Free State with 325. The Northern Cape and Western Cape shared the remainder of 7,500 school pupils.

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