Wits University Vice-Chancellor Professor Zeblon Vilakazi has said he was disheartened by the escalating protests over student funding, adding that the funding crisis was a national issue.

Cabinet has expressed its condolences to the family of Mthokozisi Ntumba, who was killed during student protests in Johannesburg.

Strong winds and heavy rains have left several areas in Cape Town without electricity after infrastructure was damaged.

The man has been identified as Mthokozisi Ntumba, a 35-year-old father of two.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has collected witness statements and confiscated firearms during a preliminary probe into the death of a man amid a student protest in Braamfontein.

South Africa has called on all countries to intensify collaboration in repatriating assets and extraditing suspected criminals evading justice.

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A former police officer has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the murder of a KwaZulu-Natal man more than two years ago.

Two people will appear in a Mpumalanga court on Thursday for the illegal possession of gold valued at around R1 million. The pair, aged 25 and 38, was stopped at the Lebombo port of entry in November while driving a truck from Mozambique to South Afr...

Those attending the protests and who are affected by the non-registration of students with historical debt - in the midst of a global pandemic which has had a financial impact on many - posted videos of their demonstration using the hashtag #WitsAsin...

Deputy Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has said the government would support the University of the Witwatersrand to conclude its registration process.

A rocket test flight by a University of KwaZulu-Natal Aerospace Systems Research Group has been dubbed a resounding success after beating an African record for hybrid rocket altitude.

According to a statement on the latest Covid-19-related deaths, 52 were recorded in Gauteng, 17 in KwaZulu-Natal, 15 in the Western Cape, and 11 in the Free State.

The Compensation Fund Commissioner has gazetted terms and conditions applicable to domestic workers and their employers.

South Africa's long-delayed R37 billion Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) - facing funding pressures, Covid-19 delays and protests in the tiny mountain kingdom - will begin water delivery in 2027.

The case against a man accused of terrorising the small farming community of Wolseley in the Breede Valley has been postponed again.

EFF leader Julius Malema and MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are on trial for allegedly assaulting Lieutenant-Colonel Johannes Jacobus Venter at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's funeral.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has told Parliament that plans to vaccinate more than 40 million South Africans by the end of the year are on track.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has deleted and apologised for a tweet in which he appeared insensitive about the death of a bystander during student protests.

Police Minister Bheki Cele only learnt last week that the police's National Forensic Science Laboratories has not processed any DNA samples for the past two months.