Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico's national oil company has declared that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers.

Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rains over the Caribbean's largest island in its wake.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday "ideologies" posed risks to national security and urged parents, teachers and religious leaders to observe the behaviour of teenagers and report those who break the law to the authorities.

"The owner said he is a sangoma, the snakes are his kids. There were two snakes in the car," said Gauteng community safety spokesperson Pinkie Numa.

Russian emergency services have located where a missing An-26 plane crashed into the sea, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, after the plane with 28 people on board went missing while preparing to land in Russia's far east.

Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested nine people, including six secondary students, on suspicion of terrorist activities, the latest to be targeted under a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the financial hub last year.

Egypt's irrigation minister said on Monday he had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), for a second year.

France's champagne industry group on Monday blasted a new Russian law that forces foreign producers to add a "sparkling wine" reference to their bottles of champagne, and called for the halting of exports of the bubbly drink to Russia.

Israel reported on Monday a decrease in the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in preventing infections and symptomatic illness but said it remained highly effective in preventing serious illness.

The death toll from a collapsed Miami-area condominium rose to 28 on Monday after the controlled demolition of the remainder of the building on Sunday night enabled rescuers to expand their search, officials said.

The levels of large dams like the Clanwilliam Dam have increased from 23.6% to 74% in one week.

A driver was cut free from a early morning wreckage on the M7 near Malvern in Durban on Tuesday.

Former Nelson Mandela Bay teacher and water polo coach Dean Carelse was charged with 14 counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16, five counts of stealing, two counts of forgery and one count each of grooming and observations or recordings in ...

Four security guards were fortunate to have sustained only minor injuries when their cash-in-transit vehicle was bombed along the N1 south near the N17, west of Johannesburg, on Monday evening, paramedics said.

As SA's booze ban enters its second week, the industry's biggest association is pleading with revenue service Sars to give it a tax holiday.

Experts give advice on what to do once you have tested positive for Covid-19.

As the regime meets demands for democracy with violence, activists and ordinary people affirm a resolute commitment to continuing resistance, even as they are murdered and injured.

The Pietermaritzburg high court will hear the former president's application virtually at 11.30am.

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“There’s a big risk of denting passenger trust when you suspend flights for several weeks," said Miles van der Molen, CEO of CemAir.

About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel.

While the number of new cases was the lowest in more than a week, this came at a positivity rate of 31.6% - meaning that nearly one in every three people to test returned positive results.

Telkom said cable theft on Monday morning resulted in a reduction in capacity for its fixed-line and mobile customers in KwaZulu-Natal.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday for the final step in easing England's Covid-19 lockdown, including the removal of laws governing social distancing and face coverings, and an end to official advice to work from home.

Balloon pilot Bill Harrop, who pioneered hot-air balloon tourism in SA, died on Sunday, just eight days after his wife, Mary.

Two journalists for Joburg-based non-profit publication New Frame were "detained, assaulted and tortured" while covering pro-democracy protests in Eswatini, the title said on Monday.

The matter against five men accused of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, as well as possession of suspected stolen property, was withdrawn in the Durban magistrate's court on Monday.

If you shop for such items from home, pull up a chair for a long wait because retailers are not coping with demand

An explosion at Rand Water's Palmiet booster pumping station has resulted in the depletion of reservoir levels, affecting some parts of Joburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane.

Charges against a Durban man arrested for breaking the curfew when he went out to help a friend left stranded after being mugged were dropped on Monday.