A helicopter crashed into Clanwilliam Dam and the 36-year-old pilot was forced to swim to safety.

A truck driver has been killed in a crash on the N1 near Klapmuts, the Western Cape transport department says.

Police have launched a manhunt for the husband of Lesedi FM radio personality Dimakatso Ratselane, after she was stabbed multiple times.

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Limpopo police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death during an argument.

It is understood that a portion of the R10 million meant for the logistics around Mandela's funeral in 2013, was siphoned off through the flouting of tender processes.

A group of health practitioners have filed an urgent court application against Sahpra and the Department of Health to petition them to allow the prescription of ivermectin to their patients and for personal use.

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Durban University of Technology alumni Gloria Thandekile Mngadi has started a WhatsApp group where she gives lessons on reading and writing in isiZulu and English to children.

Gift of the Givers has distributed aid to around 800 families in areas surrounding Kuruman in the Northern Cape following heavy rainfall and flooding.

KwaZulu-Natal police have said 438 people have been arrested by detectives of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit for crimes such as rape, assault and kidnapping.

It has been 55 years since residents were forcibly removed by the apartheid government from District Six in Cape Town, and now claimants are finally gearing up to return home.

The Commission for Gender Equality report has made several findings and recommendations, including that medical staff breached their duty of care to the women.

According to a statement by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, the country has recorded a total of 1 484 900 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Orderick Lucas had been happy as he watched cartoons and ate slap chips the night he went missing, the Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday.

Opposition parties have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address as dull and out of touch with the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa's consistently struggling economy was now one of South Africa’s most urgent challenges.

A Free State farmer survived what would have been a deadly attack on Thursday morning when four intruders stormed his premises.

Corruption and state capture was one of the key elements of President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address in Parliament.

A Cape Town man who set a shack alight that killed three people, including his girlfriend, two years ago has been sentenced to 45 years in jail.