On the eve of the re-opening of schools, UNICEF calls for urgent action to protect schools and urges ongoing compliance to Covid-19 measures so every child can be in class.

The first International Drowning Prevention Day has been marked at Rocklands Beach in Cape Town.

The Special Investigating Unit's has filed submissions on the awarding of a R150 million health department contract to communications company Digital Vibes which show that the tender process allegedly was set up to favour the company.

A South African National Defence Force member has been arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit heist that took place in the Klein Karoo town of Oudtshoorn earlier this month.

Tiger Brands, South Africa's biggest food manufacturer, announced on Monday that it is immediately recalling about 20 million KOO and Hugo's canned vegetable products over safety concerns due to potentially defective cans.

Police have launched a manhunt for three people after the attempted shooting of a traffic officer in Phokeng, North West.

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Government will assist small businesses that don't have Sasria cover with financial assistance following the looting during the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

If you "attend" a venue with more than 50 people indoors, or 100 outdoors, you could be criminally liable for a fine, or imprisonment, under the new Level 3 rules.

The SANDF will support policing agencies at taxi violence hotspots around Cape Town after a deadly route war closed some routes and ranks..

A woman was critically injured when a dividing wall collapsed in Cradlestone Mall.

People between the ages of 18 to 34 will be vaccinated against Covid-19 from 1 September.

People aged between 18 and 34 will be eligible to be vaccinated from September, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday as he moved the country to adjusted Level 3 lockdown and lifted the alcohol ban. Read his full speech.

South Africa returns to Adjusted Alert Level 3 lockdown, with restrictions on alcohol, social gatherings, and travel eased from Monday.

The sale of alcohol has been lifted, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday following consultations with the National Coronavirus Command Council.

Four AK47s are among the illegally owned guns seized by police during a crackdown in Gauteng.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

The Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) will be reinstated until March 2022.

New cases of Covid-19 have dipped below 10 000 for the first time in weeks, but off a smaller number of tests.

A Northern Cape bottle store employee was nabbed for selling alcohol during the lockdown ban.