The popular doctor has been admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for more than a month after contracting Covid-19.

Australia on Tuesday said it had not yet received more than 3 million doses of previously promised AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses amid export curbs by the European Union, leaving a major hole in its early nationwide inoculation drive.

George Floyd was killed on May 25 2020 in Minneapolis. His death prompted worldwide protests. Former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for his alleged murder.

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A police officer facing a charge of sexual assault of a minor allegedly threatened to decapitate his victim if she told anyone about the incident.

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An organised group has been terrorising pensioners who were recently allocated RDP houses in Chief Albert Luthuli Park, near Daveyton, on the East Rand, by throwing rocks and petrol bombs.

Gauteng premier David Makhura has moved to close ranks behind education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, who is facing a backlash over allegations that he had conspired to fix tenders in his department.

Numerous spent bullet cartridges, blood trickling down the road and a shocked crowd of onlookers painted a grim picture where three people were gunned down in broad daylight outside a popular bus depot in the usually quiet neighbourhood of Perridge...

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality's public health department has warned of a possible Covid-19 flare-up in KwaNobuhle after waste water tests there showed a spike in coronavirus indicators.

A day at the beach ended in tragedy for a six-year-old boy who drowned at a KwaZulu-Natal north coast beach on Monday.

.Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a ministerial meeting as early as next week to start discussions on the release of contaminated Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant water into the ocean.

Sudan's government has declared a state of emergency in West Darfur state after at least 40 people were killed and 58 injured in three days of tribal clashes in its capital El Geneina, according to the United Nations.

The World Bank estimates that Africa would need about $12 billion for Covid-19 vaccines and their distribution to attain sufficient levels of vaccination coverage to interrupt virus transmission, according to new paper by the bank and the IMF.

The indigenous San communities of southern Africa were originally hunting and gathering peoples. One of the greatest testaments to San history is the rock art found throughout the subcontinent.

At least 80 dolphins and large numbers of fish have washed up dead on beaches near Ghana's capital Accra since Friday, prompting investigations by the authorities.

Derek Chauvin violated Minneapolis Police Department rules and its ethics code on respecting the "sanctity of life" during the deadly arrest of George Floyd last May, the city's police chief testified at the former officer's murder trial on Monday.

Two brothers aged 26 and 33 will appear in the Thohoyandou magistrate’s court on Tuesday for the 2019 murders of two SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) members who were shot six days apart in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.

The region's defence and security clusters will kick off discussions

Two big decisions have been made in the last few weeks in relation to African elephants that will have major implications for the survival of the giant mammals.

Eskom relies on Oracle for its online vending system and it also uses some of the products from Oracle for monitoring the electricity generation at power stations.

The African tournament series will run for approximately three months, and is brought to life in partnership with the game's developer and publisher Garena.

It seems like Steam is looking at ebranding the whole event, choosing to now call it Steam Next Fest while simultaneously announcing that the latest iteration will run from June 16-22.

The Mozambique army says Palma attacked by Islamic State-linked insurgents late last month is now secure.

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About 50km outside South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg, lies one of the most important sites in human prehistory: the Cradle of Humankind. Here, at sites like the Sterkfontein Caves, Swartkrans, Drimolen and Kromdraai, researchers have unear...

It caught the attention of the Apartheid government, but it now desperately needs some attention from the post-Apartheid government to save it falling into terminal disrepair.

Local government says a number of 'fighters' were killed.

Non-governmental organisations running feeding programmes find themselves under increasing pressure to help thousands stave off hunger.

There were eight Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, according to the latest health ministry figures.