The DA has criticised the move to adjusted Level 2. The move was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has marked the 60th anniversary of South Africa becoming a republic, as well as the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the democratic Constitution.

A multi-country agreement is set to give biodiversity in South Africa a boost. Around R30 million in French funding has been made available to enable a partnership between South African and Réunion Island national parks.

The baby was rushed to a local clinic, but was declared dead on arrival.

As of Sunday, the country recorded a total of 1 662 825 confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 968 319 vaccines administered.

The chief rabbi in South Africa has called on Muslim leaders to join him in imploring their communities to be tolerant of one another's differing views regarding the conflict in Palestine.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, during an address to the nation, says the doses would be delivered as part of the government's plan to ramp up vaccinations.

As part of the regulations that kick in at midnight, indoor gatherings have been reduced from 250 to 100, outdoor events will now accommodate 250 people instead of 500, or 50% of their capacity if the venue is too small.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday night, in which he announced that the country would move to an adjusted Alert Level 2. Read his full speech

Members of the police tactical combat task team, deployed to the suburb to focus on extortion rings operating in the area, recovered two unlicenced firearms and ammunition on Friday night.

The Western Cape government has launched a R78 million Holsloot weir river project which is set to benefit 150 farming households in the Rawsonville area.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is investigating the alleged assault of a motorist by a traffic officer.

Eighteen schools in the Northern Cape remain closed as the province battles high Covid-19 infections.

Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a bakkie on the N1 near Laingsburg in the Karoo

A 33-year-old taxi driver is under police guard in hospital after he allegedly killed a man and his son at a petrol station in Makhado in a suspected act of road rage.

Stricter lockdown measures are expected, especially in the four provinces that are currently experiencing a Covid-19 resurgence.

A former municipal finance official was sentenced to five years in jail for fraud after she made fictitious payments to suppliers that never carried out any work for the municipality.

A 36-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man, who is believed to be a drug dealer, is expected to apply for bail in the Verulam Magistrate's Court in Durban.

Police have arrested a man who is believed to be part of an Upington-based human trafficking syndicate and discovered that two illegal immigrants were allegedly trafficked as cheap labourers.