Paul Mashatile has dismissed claims that supporters of Ace Magashule are planning a national shutdown. He was speaking at a tribute event for Solomon Mahlangu.

Sesotho author, Dr Kgotso Maphalla, has reportedly died of a stroke.

Questions have been raised after two Nelson Mandela Bay traffic officials were reportedly caught on camera hitching a ride on a trailer on the M4 in Gqeberha.

A state funeral will be held for former KwaZulu-Natal premier, Dr Frank Mdlalose, who died after contracting Covid-19.

Two men have allegedly been linked to the murders of two SA Municipal Workers' Union members, which occurred six days apart in Thohoyandou in January 2019.

South Africa recorded 452 new Covid-19 infections by Monday, 5 April and eight more Covid-19-related deaths, taking the death toll to 52 995.

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Abram Mashishi has said he hopes reports that he was part of a meeting where tenders were reportedly discussed with Panyaza Lesufi will not disqualify him from doing business with government in future.

A 6-year-old boy has drowned at La Mercy Lagoon beach near Durban.

Eight suspected armed robbers have been arrested in the Western Cape after allegedly targeting a fast-food outlet in Lutzville.

Tuesday will be a mostly partly cloudy day with scattered showers and thundershowers across some provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

A Western Cape man who was allegedly caught in possession of a military battle rifle, fitted with a telescope, night sight and silencer, has been arrested.

At least 100 people have lost their lives in road accidents in four provinces and traffic authorities are bracing themselves for increased traffic volumes as the long Easter break comes to an end.

Eight people have died in the Western Cape after their homes were destroyed in separate blazes over the Easter weekend.

Liliesleaf was a nerve centre of anti-apartheid leaders, who went on to face charges in the 'Rivonia Trial'.

A Mpumalanga prison warder killed his friend and then took his own life outside a tavern over the Easter weekend.

The body of a nine-year-old girl was found in a Free Sate river after the child's mother's boyfriend made a confession shortly before dying.

Elizabeth Thabethe died at the age of 62 on 26 March, just as people thought she was over the worst after being injured in a crash in January.

Baby twins and their parents were killed when a shack in a yard in Cape Town's Delft South went up in flames on Saturday night.

The EFF is calling for the removal of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi for what the party describes as "damning reports of his conspiracy to conduct tender corruption for the benefit of his allies".