Due to the unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, several stores in both provinces are not exchanging items for the “right size” or issuing refunds without an original slip.

The boy's father, Nantes Nortjé, was charged following his disappearance and found guilty of his murder, although at the time the body had not yet been found.

A SANDF driver is expected to appear on Friday before a military judge facing an internal charge of negligent loss of state property.

A bid to make Covid-19 jabs compulsory for security guards living at a lifestyle estate in Gauteng has been foiled due to the intervention of the SA Human Rights Commission.

Four people have died and 10 others sustained injuries after a head-on collision involving a bus and a minibus taxi on the N1 outside Musina, Limpopo, on Friday morning.

A fire broke out in a Tesla Inc Megapack battery unit in Australia on Friday during testing of one of the world's biggest energy storage projects, run by France's Neoen SA, fire authorities said.

The first person convicted under Hong Kong's national security law will face nine years in prison for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said on Friday, in a watershed ruling with long-term implications for the city's judicial landsc...

Three humans have been treated after cases of rabies in jackals and a honey badger were reported in the west of Gauteng.

"I slipped in the shower and tried to hold on to the water," wrote one user.

SA now has a bountiful supply of Covid-19 vaccines and a pipeline that will last until the end of the year.

President Joe Biden on Thursday urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing, mask mandates and travel restrictions.

A Los Angeles judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to throw out two sexual assault charges against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, while prosecutors refiled a third charge that had also been challenged.

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed Ridha Garsalaoui, a former national security adviser to the presidency, to run the Interior Ministry and pledged to protect rights and freedoms.

Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday, calling on the United Nations refugee agency to relocate friends and family who they say are trapped in two refugee camps by fighting in the Tigray region.

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Rwanda killed 14 insurgents in Mozambique in fighting this week, an army spokesman said on Thursday adding that a Rwandan soldier had sustained a minor injury.

US lawmakers have put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1bln of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Frantic voice notes from a 15-year-old girl alleging that she was being kidnapped were widely circulated, until police in the North West discovered it was a hoax.

The Council for Geoscience said preliminary data indicated that the earthquake measured 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale.

Infrastructure in the province was severely damaged during the recent destruction and looting. About 250 people lost their lives.

Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and her deputy Joe Phaahla are on Friday giving an update on the Covid-19 response and the vaccination rollout plan.

The portfolio committee on police is of the "considered view that the general instability within the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) as a result of various causal factors is a cause of grave concern".

National police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole admits that too few police officers is 'handicapping' the force.

For the second time in two years, migrants in Johannesburg have witnessed the destruction of their enterprises. Many don’t know if they can pick up the pieces again.

Dr McKay said he also advises patients who suffer from the after-effects of Covid-19, known as Long Covid, to strengthen their immune system with vitamin supplements.

Maybe this unrest, looting and violence was the wake-up call we needed to prevent a far more serious revolt in future. It is still possible to put SA back on the path to economic growth and stability, writes Max du Preez.

'They recruit municipal officials, they recruit political players, they recruit members of the SAPS. And that is something that has to be looked into,' said Western Cape chief director for transport regulation, Yasir Ahmed.

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Tatjana Schoenmaker scooped SA’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games as she won the women’s 200m breaststroke in a world record on Friday morning.