Former Eskom contractor Michael Lomas has been arrested in the UK in connection with a R745m corruption and fraud investigation into the construction of the Kusile power station.

Interviews for Western Cape judges continued before the Judicial Service Commission on Friday with embattled judge president John Hlophe taking his seat as one of the commissioners.

The new NSRI vessel, set to last for up to 40 years, was named in honour of donor Donna Nicholas.

A Texas woman who received Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine has been hospitalised after showing symptoms similar to those of six people who recently suffered blood clots after taking the shot in the US.

Former Eskom executive France Hlakudi lost his bid for the striking off of fraud charges in a tax evasion matter.

UCT students have started returning to campus after the devastating fires that raged on Sunday and Monday.

Cuba's Covid-19 death rate per capita is still a fraction of the world average.

ANC veteran and businessman Tokyo Sexwale's latest statement on money allegedly stolen from a "Heritage Fund" has drawn further reactions and speculation online.

Simphiwe Mkhize, says he often found himself in fights with fellow pupils who were insulting him and calling him names because he is gay.

The Treasury and the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) have since denied Sexwale's claims. The bank said the businessman was scammed.

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Uganda told the International Court of Justice that the more than R185.5bn in reparations sought by Congo for Kampala's role in conflicts in Congo's Ituri province could ruin its economy.

They are expected to spend about six months aboard the orbiting research platform conducting science experiments and maintenance before returning to Earth.

The SANDF is in a crisis, with budget deficits assuming “critical proportions”, but now, amid rickety equipment, too many ancient troops and not enough money to train younger ones, a new army uniform complete with “flattering, feminine camoufla...

The 29-year-old former rugby player from KZN was shot dead by Hawaii police in an altercation last week.

More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year because of economic fallout from Covid-19 in countries where they had been working, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff Republican opposition.

Foreign leaders began to arrive in Chad on Thursday for the funeral of slain president Idriss Deby as France backed the country's new military leaders in the face of threats from rebels to resume an offensive on the capital.

Pope Francis said in his Earth Day message on Thursday that the planet was "at the brink" and humanity had to avoid "the path of self destruction."

A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York City's busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 30 years in prison.

Human rights attorney Richard Spoor, offers to represent Jacob Zuma at his trial for free.

The three candidates recommended for appointment to the KwaZulu-Natal bench are advocate Bruce Bederson, advocate Carol Sibiya and attorney Vusi Nkosi.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday suggested the US government could offer temporary work visas and eventually citizenship to those who take part in a vast tree planting program he hopes to expand to Central America.

Nigeria has reinforced its border security to avoid a potential influx of Chadians following the death of Chad's leader Idriss Deby, the defence minister said on Thursday.

France defended the Chadian army's takeover of power on Thursday after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby presented Paris with an uncomfortable choice - back an unconstitutional military leader or risk undermining its fight against Islami...

An armed group has taken control of a county in western Ethiopia, the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said, citing reports that civilians had been killed and public servants kidnapped.

France's foreign minister told Russia on Thursday that the European Union would hold President Vladimir Putin and Russian authorities responsible if hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died and said the bloc would impose new sanctions.

KZN advocate Carol Sibiya, who is an evidence leader at the Zondo commission, says advocates are charging too much and, in future, their fees should be negotiated.

Two days after a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd, the city will lay to rest Daunte Wright, another Black man whose violent death has raised fresh concerns over the way police treat people of color.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for states to impose sentences of life in prison without parole on juvenile offenders, ruling against a Mississippi man convicted of killing his grandfather at age 15 in a case testing the Constitution'...