The Health Ministry is urgently seeking advice on how to handle a rise in Covid-19 cases at South Africa's ports of entry.

A University of Cape Town professor says if the intellectual property rights of vaccines are lifted, the African continent will still not be able to scale up the production of Covid-19 vaccines.

An emotional Jabulani Moagi has pleaded with members of society to accept that people with mental problems are human beings who have the right to life.

Leo Prinsloo spoke to television broadcasting channel eNCA about his ordeal after surviving an attempted cash-in-transit heist.

The DA will confront Deputy President David Mabuza in Parliament regarding reports that a foundation registered in his name allegedly received millions of rands.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has sent his condolences to the families of the two people who died in a fire that broke out in a Covid-19 ward at FH Odendaal Hospital in Limpopo.

Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku will not appeal a North Gauteng High Court judgment that dismissed his application to challenge the Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) findings.

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A group of men robbed a jewellery store at the Signet Terrace Shopping Centre in Lenasia, Johannesburg. They made off with an undisclosed amount of jewellery.

The placement of learners in the province has been a hot potato, which the department claims it has been working to rectify since September last year.

Heavy rain is expected across several districts of the Western Cape on Wednesday evening as the rest of the country enjoys fine and warm weather, according to the South African Weather Service.

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department hailed an off-duty officer, who rescued a kidnapped e-hailing driver from the boot of his hijacked car.

The South African Municipal Workers' Union has ripped into the City of Cape Town, accusing it of "enslaving" firefighters.

R1 billion has been set aside for cleaning and gardening services at government buildings, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has told MPs.

An alleged fugitive who has been on the run since January has been arrested for credit card fraud.

A second farm on the East Rand has recorded an avian flu outbreak, according to the South African Poultry Association.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ordered that fugitive attorneys Ronald and Darren Bobroff hand over more than R100 million allegedly stolen from clients who were meant to benefit from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).

A bulk carrier cargo vessel from India is being quarantined at the port of Durban after 14 crew members tested positive for Covid-19, while another vessel from Kenya is under quarantine at the port of Gqeberha for the same reason.

The mother of the complainant in the sexual assault case against ex-Bryanston High coach, Aleshan Moodley, said the court's decision in finding him not guilty was heartbreaking.

Six suspects linked to the torching of a truck and attacking two others on the N3 highway in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, have been arrested.