North West police have arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping and murdering his former girlfriend's seven-year-old daughter on Thursday.

Four suspects have been killed, another four wounded, and 23 people arrested over an alleged plan to hijack a truck in Gauteng.

The third wave of Covid-19 infections has first responders spending hours locating beds at Gauteng hospitals.

Independent Media will appoint an external, independent inquiry into the publishing of the story of the "Tembisa 10".

Thieves broke into the Tyefu police station in the Eastern Cape this week, making off with several firearms, ammunition and computers.

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The Gauteng health system seems to be buckling under the pressure as a third wave of Covid-19 infections continue to rise.

Two security guards implicated in the assault of an elderly patient at Estcourt Hospital have been dismissed by their employer, the Kwazulu-Natal health department has said.

EFF leader Julius Malema has threatened to engage in mass action protests including a protest outside the home of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) chairperson if Sputnik and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines are not authorised ...

The case against a "subdued" Galinda Nelson, accused of chaining a child to a bed and beating another with a horsewhip, will go to trial in November.

Hospital group Netcare says it has substantially increased its Covid-19 bed capacity to assist as many patients as possible as cases increase, especially in Gauteng.

More than 7 000 non-government education workers have been left behind in the Eastern Cape vaccination drive due to delays.

The DA is pushing for amendments that would give the nation's nine premiers powers to call for referendums.

The KwaZulu-Natal health department says it will go to previously disadvantaged communities and engage on the ground as much as possible, this after the slow pace of vaccinations among senior citizens in rural and township communities.

Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni says there is no high-level operation against the Independent Media Group.

Animal welfare society dispatched an 8-member search and rescue team to Jim Se Bos informal settlement to scour the scorched and blackened remains of what was once home to 564 now displaced residents for any injured animals.

Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule was himself part of the decision that led to his suspension as an ANC official, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg heard on Friday.

It's been 21 days since Shane Jordaan, 30, is alleged to have disappeared from a mental health facility in Tshwane - and his family are still searching for answers.

The health department and the National Coronavirus Command Council are to meet next week to discuss whether it's necessary to impose tighter lockdown restrictions amid the country's third wave of Covid-19 infections.

The fraud and money laundering case of DA ward councillor Nora Grose has been postponed as the probe against her continues.