A prosecutor, a lawyer and a police officer have been hauled to court for allegedly demanding money from a man accused of rape in exchange for his release on bail.

The high court has thrown the book at a man who took part in a foiled cash heist at a Cape Town supermarket in 2017.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called an emergency meeting to discuss a worsening fuel crisis on Friday but was rebuffed by the prime minister as political paralysis obstructed efforts to find a solution, even as much of the country grinds to a halt.

A couple who stole a government clerk’s life savings with promises to turn her into a multi-millionaire will serve eight years behind bars.

A bank manager who repeatedly failed a test on the regulations affecting the department she headed - then cheated in order to pass it - has failed in a court attempt to save her job.

Allegations of racism and nepotism at the top of the National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape have erupted into the public domain in the Grahamstown high court.

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Lawmakers in the New York Assembly have suspended their impeachment investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of his promise to step down from office over sexual harassment complaints, Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement on Friday.

In the past 18 months, most women have neglected to have important cancer screenings due to the fear of contracting the coronavirus while visiting health facilities, surveys by the healthcare organisation Right to Care and the Africa Health Research ...

Two German nationals, Jens Leunberg and Kristina Adler, were on Friday sentenced to 25 and 10 years' imprisonment respectively for fraud and the murder of fellow German national Claus Schroeder.

Close to 20 people were injured when a minibus taxi and a vehicle collided on the M27 in Waterloo, north of Durban, on Friday afternoon.

SA recorded 13,921 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, again driven by infections in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

The SA Human Rights Commission has called on law enforcement agencies to deal decisively with people spreading a message inciting harm against foreigners.

Sentencing proceedings against five farmers convicted of killing two farm workers in 2016 have been postponed to September 9.

Facebook Inc on Friday rolled out end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls on Messenger, adding another layer of privacy to its widely used communications platform.

French President Emmanuel Macron will stay away from a United Nations conference on racism next month because of concerns about anti-Semitism, his office said on Friday.

Zambia prepared on Friday to begin announcing results of a tight presidential election between top contenders President Edgar Lungu and main rival Hakainde Hichilema held amidst restrictions on internet access and violence in three regions.

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Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has given the thumbs up to a new two-phase application system, and says it appears to be working.

Shortly after at least seven shots were fired at a black Mercedes-Benz and it crashed in Erasmia, Centurion, a man who refused to back down shouted at a security officer on patrol: “My wife is in that car !”

Netcare has distanced itself from the views expressed by a prominent Cape Town heart surgeon who advised people in a video that has gone viral against taking Covid-19 vaccines.

Nine people were in a bus when it overturned on Friday, killing two school pupils at Mantlaneni location in Ntabankulu.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorised a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc for people with compromised immune systems.

Hundreds of people, including dozens of dissident artists and opposition activists, remain detained in Communist-run Cuba a month after unprecedented anti-government protests, according to rights groups.

A man who is serving time for a previous murder has been arrested for allegedly killing a female official at Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Johannesburg.

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum urged South Koreans on Friday to minimise holiday travel and asked companies to show flexibility in letting people work from home amid a worsening fourth wave of Covid-19 infections and a shortage of vaccines in the countr...

Fraudsters spend months grooming their victims into believing that they are in a relationship with them, before sending a parcel, supposedly full of money. Then they solicit cash.

Drugmakers Pfizer Inc, BioNTech and Moderna Inc are expected to reap billions of dollars from Covid-19 booster shots.

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Scam artists posing as Durban metro police are "selling jobs", the eThekwini municipality warned on Friday.