Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has ordered an urgent probe into an illegal, automatic rifle that was allegedly found on Wednesday afternoon in the possession of two students in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

The South African Human Rights Commission and the Office of the Public Protector have met with Higher Education, Innovation and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande to discuss higher education funding following "numerous complaints" to both offices.

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The owner of a hardware store took a video of a traffic officer who appeared to be drunk, when he stumbled into his store in Lydenburg, Mpumalanga. An investigation is under way.

A man has been arrested on a farm near Swellendam after evidence emerged that he frequented an American chat room where participants share explicit footage of minors.

Umkhonto we Sizwe veteran and former Robben Island political prisoner Cecyl Esau has died at the age of 66.

Four men have been arrested for allegedly robbing and attacking a couple at their home in the Crags, near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape.

Power utility Eskom will suspend an over a week-long stretch of load shedding for four hours on Thursday, from 10:00 to 14:00 for the memorial service of King Goodwill Zwelithini.

South Africa recorded 1 531 new Covid-19 infections by Wednesday, along with 74 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 51 634.

Urgency, transparency absent around Covid-19 vaccine efforts – and it needs to change.

Johannesburg Water has implemented water restrictions of up to 45% in some areas due to distribution networks being under pressure.

A former attorney accused of killing his four young children was unsuccessful in having a State witness' evidence ruled inadmissible during his trial in the Polokwane High Court.

The arrest of new suspects in the plunder of VBS Mutual Bank last week has cast significant new light on the network of 'commission agents' who fed the bank a steady diet of municipal deposits, including the man allegedly at the heart of this system,...

Deputy President David Mabuza didn't want to express himself with regard to allegations that people linked to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize benefitted from a R82 million Covid-19 communications tender.

The previous system – the Property Control and Exhibit Management System – was switched off by the supplier after the police failed to pay for the system in June.

The City of Cape Town will zoom in on the maintenance of the city's stormwater system, such as the cleaning of gullies, catchpits, pipes and ponds.

Mthokozisi Ntumba, 35, was shot dead, allegedly by the police, during a student protest in Braamfontein last week.

Scottsville, near Cape Town is a community riddled with gang violence and substance abuse. Activist Terence Crowster converted two shipping containers into a library, creating a safe learning space for young people.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it will investigate the circumstances that resulted in the shooting of a 20-year-old student, allegedly by police officers during protests in Johannesburg on Monday.

A rare aircraft brought to South Africa in the 1970s has crashed at the Swartkop Air Force Base in Pretoria.