A Gauteng holidaymaker was rescued by two Good Samaritans after his paddle-ski capsized while fishing at Cape Vidal, near the KwaZulu-Natal town of St Lucia on Saturday.

Steffen Schneier, director of the aha Bongani Mountain Lodge, said the apparent arson attack was under investigation by authorities.

Five young adults were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a tree in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday night.

Durban has seen a spike in vehicle accidents and incidents of domestic violence after the government lifted the prohibition of the sale of alcohol this week.

Jahmon Wilson, 18, was dragged for 20m through the water during the encounter while spearfishing in Nelson, New Zealand.

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula on Sunday had Twitter tongues wagging when he posted a picture of himself getting vaccinated.

Eskom on Sunday called off the weekend's load-shedding earlier than expected.

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British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.

A man at a protest against the national lockdown was arrested on Saturday after allegedly pulling off a television journalist's face mask at the beach in Fish Hoek.

The director of operations at private boys boarding school Hilton College and his daughter have died after a truck crashed into his vehicle in KwaZulu-Natal.

A road battered by heavy rain and stormwater has collapsed outside Mbombela in Mpumalanga.

Unfortunately, the animals don't know how to unmute themselves nor how to switch on the camera.

Eastern Cape police are warning e-hailing taxis to take extra care when picking up passengers.

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There were 3,749 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24 hours – just two fewer than the number recorded on Thursday.

City Power will be migrating from its current four-hour load-shedding schedule to a two-hour schedule, effective immediately, it announced on Friday.

The CEO of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA), Japh .Chuwe, has been suspended.

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) on Friday said health-care workers were owed an apology by those involved in the multimillion-rand PPE tender corruption.

Covid-19 manifests itself in various ways in patients and can sometimes lead to complications and the sudden deterioration of a patient's health, resulting in death.

Two people were arrested in northern KwaZulu-Natal after police made two major busts on Thursday, confiscating an array of firearms including an AK47, homemade shotguns and drugs.

First-year undergraduate students are expected to begin the academic year at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in March.

All provinces in SA are ready to move ahead with the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, says health minister Zweli Mkhize.

Covid-related hospital admissions have declined by about 50% at its facilities since the second wave peak in the middle of January, says Mediclinic.

On September 19 1994, the quiet Port Elizabeth suburb of Mount Pleasant was rocked by the brutal slaying of a 13-year-old girl.

Prof Salim Abdool Karim sat down with TimesLIVE to break down frequently asked questions about mutations, vaccines, immunity and more.

The Special Investigating Unit has made 38 referrals to the National Prosecution Authority for prosecution for fraud, corruption and contravening supply chain management policies.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government has spent about R21bn on efforts to fight gender-based violence and femicide.

A video has surfaced of a US man shooting his neighbours with two different weapons after an alleged dispute over dumping snow in his yard.

The Pretoria couple was found guilty of rape, compelled rape, sexual assault, sexual grooming, flashing, child neglect and possession of drugs.