The Western Cape health department says it is looking into allegations that some people have jumped the queue for their Covid-19 vaccine by posing as healthcare workers.

A Sassa official in Mpumalanga has appeared in court for allegedly lying about her qualifications and in turn pocketing a salary of around R4 million over 14 years.

The accused alleged asked the victim to be his girlfriend, before taking her to his home, holding her hostage and coercing her into having sex with clients.

Truworths is taking on a conglomerate 20 times its size – from a country keen to show its teeth when it comes to trade – in what increasingly looks like a dishonest attempt to lock a UK rival out of South Africa.

A Limpopo taxi owner has been charged with murder and attempted murder after a shooting near Tzaneen on 20 February.

South Africa recorded 856 new Covid-19 infections by Tuesday along with 194 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 50 271.

There's not much difference between Shoprite and Pick n Pay's fees, but higher cash deposits are generally cheaper in supermarkets than at bank ATMs.

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Police Minister Bheki Cele says the police are expected to make further arrests in connection with the slaying of two police officers in Kraaifontein, Cape Town.

The private facility in Cape Town will support the health department's efforts to vaccinate private healthcare workers.

Police recovered a bag loaded with firearms and over 100 rounds of ammunition in Swellendam in the Western Cape.

MKMVA has distanced itself from attacks on immigrant traders in Durban on Sunday. According to witnesses, two people were killed and several injured.

Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Beacon Valley in Mitchells Plain after a number of shootings in the area.

It was all cheers and jubilation at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital when a team, which treated the first Gauteng Covid-19 patient a year ago, was vaccinated.

Deputy President David Mabuza has promised to join President Cyril Ramaphosa and be inoculated against Covid-19.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has survived an attempt by the DA – aided by the EFF and the FF Plus – to unseat him.

The brother-in-law of the late Bhaca King Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko says the monarch must have upset "some kingpin who believes that the resources of this country should be controlled by him".

A warm to hot Wednesday is expected across the country, according to the South African Weather Service.

The government has maintained the recent vaccination of health workers across the country is an expanded trial study.

A senior official in the North West Department of Education and his shepherd have been granted bail after they were charged with stock theft.