Australian activists were left fuming after New South Wales police commissioner Mick Fuller proposed that the country should develop a sex consent app.

The privacy that surrounded parts of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s burial on Wednesday was normal protocol in how a king ought to be laid to rest as the leader of the Zulu nation.

Six Zimbabwean lawmakers, including ex-finance minister Tendai Biti, were expelled from parliament on Wednesday after being recalled by a faction of their party as the fight to control the biggest opposition movement escalates.

Nine Afghan security force members were killed in a helicopter crash in central Afghanistan late on Wednesday, according to the defence ministry.

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has agreed to an Ethiopian request for a joint investigation in the country's northern Tigray region, where Bachelet says possible war crimes may have been committed.

The Biden administration is crafting a plan aimed at resetting US ties with the Palestinians that all but collapsed under former President Donald Trump, according to an internal draft memo.

Two students who were allegedly part of ongoing fees protests in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, have been arrested for being in possession of an illegal high-calibre rifle.

Gen Des Barker and Col Rama Iyer were killed when their aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing at the base.

Rasta's artwork has been applauded by people on social media.

A memorial service for the late Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini will be held on Thursday.

Princess Charlene of Monaco is reported to be among dignitaries and politicians who arrived at the KwaKhethomthandayo Royal Palace in Nongoma on Thursday morning ahead of the official memorial of the late Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini.

SA hasn't yet administered a single Covid-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials, but research carried out in the country has made a "compelling case" for the development of second-generation vaccines.

The rotational power outages will be reintroduced at 2pm after the memorial service of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini.

A new generation of so-called “advanced” nuclear power reactors that Washington believes could help fight climate change often present greater proliferation risks than conventional nuclear power, a science advocacy group said on Thursday.

Controversial artist Lebani "Rasta" Sirenje said he braved threats on his life to go to KwaZulu-Natal and pay tribute to the late Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini with his two portraits.

Three people were killed and 11 wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, officials said.

Georgia authorities charged a man with the fatal shootings of eight people, including six Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, and the violence heightened fears among Asian Americans already rattled by a rise in hate crimes directed at them since the C...

Doug Brown, a matric pupil from St John's College in Johannesburg, set a new African record when he successfully memorised 3,004 digits of pi on Pi Day, March 14.

The petrol bomb caused an open fire which led to an elderly shopper sustaining first degree burns to her leg.

Stacey Fru, a multiple award-winning 13-year-old author and activist, is the youngest person on a list of the 100 most influential young South Africans, released by PR firm Avance Media.

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The velvet worms, according to researchers Aaron Barnes, Till Reiss and Savel Daniels, date as far back as five million years.

Four officers of the public order policing unit appeared at the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba during the Wits University student protests on March 10.

Vice-president Samia Suluhu Hassan said on state broadcaster TBC that Magufuli died of a "heart condition" at a Dar es Salaam hospital where he was receiving treatment.

Eskom said it would suspend load-shedding between 10am and 2pm on Thursday to allow SA to mourn the death of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini.

SA recorded 1,531 new Covid-19 infections and 74 deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday.