The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has warned the public to exercise caution at beaches after two men drowned in Port Elizabeth this week.

The Alice magistrate's court, in the Eastern Cape, has been gutted by fire.

It’s well known that obesity is developing into a growing global health problem.

Voting began in Ivory Coast's legislative election on Saturday with President Alassane Ouattara's allies facing a combined challenge from opposition parties led by two of his predecessors.

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has thanked nurses for their contribution in the fight against Covid-19.

The African Population Health Research Centre, based in Kenya, has been mining data across 47 countries in Africa, tracking differences in Covid-19 infection, illness and deaths among men and women.

Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ruling junta for the killings of protesters...

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating 49 cases of police brutality during the first month of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Pope Francis began a historic meeting with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a land torn by sectarianism and violence.

A teacher has been fired for having a sexual relationship with a teenage pupil who later committed suicide because she was heartbroken.

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Less than 24 hours after turning to social media to ask for donations to pay for his studies, #FeesMustFall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile told TimesLIVE he is finalising his registration to study towards an LLB degree.

SA's 100,000th Covid-19 vaccine has been administered, 17 days after the first shot was given out on February 17.

Around the world, police and prosecutors, victim support teams and women's movements have reported rising domestic violence during coronavirus-related lockdowns.

The Judicial Conduct Committee has recommended that allegations made against Western Cape deputy judge president Patricia Goliath should be investigated by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal.

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula on Friday refuted claims that the new CEO of Prasa, Zolani Matthews, was "too old" for the position.

Italy registered more deaths in 2020 than in any other year since World War Two.

UWC's Centrow said its research, and that of labour law specialists elsewhere, supported drivers’ claim that Uber had misclassified them as independent contractors when they were employees.

The fraud case against recently axed Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba and 15 others has been moved to the high court.

SA has a critical need to develop leaders in energy, infrastructure, good governance, health care, education and technology.

An accountant and financial adviser who told clients he was investing their funds in bulk for better returns has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for embezzling more than R60m.

Seven of the young crocodiles that escaped from a breeding farm into the Breede River in the Western Cape have been euthanised, CapeNature said on Friday.

The National Driving School Association of SA disrupted traffic on the N1 on Friday as the organisation embarked on the first day of a planned three-day protest to have the online booking system scrapped.

Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has been criticised for his comments about former mayor Herman Mashaba's tenure.

A private sale is an incredibly risky way to buy a car, unless you’re buying from a known and trusted person.

Texas' power grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made a $16 billion pricing error in the week of the winter storm that led to power outages across the state, Potomac Economics, which monitors the state's power market, said.

In this episode of 'Boots on the Ground', we relive some of the most memorable moments from the pandemic - moments we ought not to forget, as we continue to wage war against Covid-19.

Epidemiologist tells New Frame he is deeply disturbed by ‘vaccine nationalism’.