A 28-year-old man has been arrested after police found heroin worth more than R1 million in his vehicle in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal.

An admin clerk at the Standerton Magistrate's Court has been released on R500 bail for allegedly soliciting money from a man involved in a maintenance matter.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is under pressure to quit after being linked to a Covid-19 corruption scandal involving R150 million. This week on The Story, we unpack the allegations and the implications for the health ministry and the Presidency itsel...

A KwaZulu-Natal police constable has been released on R5 000 bail after allegedly soliciting a bribe from a man charged with drunken driving.

Opposition MPs have stepped up the pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take action against Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for murdering his girlfriend by hitting her over the head with an amplifier.

The Piet Retief Magistrate's Court has heard the postmortem report of two men who died after an alleged assault on Pampoenkraal farm in August last year revealed their bruises "were those from mob justice".

The man accused of being in possession of 800kg of compressed pure cocaine, with an estimated street value of R400 million, has been identified.

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Namibia has expressed disappointment in what was hailed as a historic apology from Germany over the 1904 to 1908 genocide.

A vaccination plan for teachers is still in the planning phase and "nothing is confirmed yet", the national health department has said amid a leaked KwaZulu-Natal provincial health memo.

The SA Human Rights Commission will be interviewing pupils from Cornwell Hill College and other stakeholders following accusations of racism at the school.

A well-known attorney in Cape Town has been released on R10 000 bail following rape allegations levelled against him involving three minors.

The prosecution is opposing bail for eight men charged with the murder of two people on Pampoenkraal Farm in Mpumalanga last year.

The body of a newborn baby has been found dumped next to a wheelie bin in a Cape Town suburb.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says that the current predicament facing the controversial Department of Health in his province needs "urgent intervention".

Researchers in South Africa are working on a potentially new method to deter rhino poachers and smugglers by using radioactive markers to make smuggled horns detectable at global ports of entry and less desirable to buyers.

A meeting of Parliament's health portfolio committee, meant to discuss the Digital Vibes scandal, descended into chaos.

A former attorney, who was convicted of killing his four children, has been sentenced to four life terms in jail.

The trial of two men accused of murdering Free State farm manager Brendin Horner last year has been postponed again.