A group of gender activists and institutions have written to the acting speaker of Parliament, requesting an inquiry into the functioning of the Commission for Gender Equality.

The UK-based mining firm has made another significant discovery at the Kareevlei mine in the Northern Cape.

Petrol and diesel prices are largely determined by the oil price, as well as rand strength – given that SA must buy oil in dollars.

Around 54,000 people die in South Africa every year from non-natural causes. On an annualised basis, confirmed Covid-19 deaths have breached that level.

Suspended ANC member Carl Niehaus has vowed to challenge an allegation that he violated lockdown rules by addressing a gathering outside the prison where former president Jacob Zuma is imprisoned.

Health experts and the basic education department have appealed for calm amid an increase in Covid-19 cases among children.

Any complaints, queries or suggestions about content on News24 may be sent to our public editor George Claassen.

A hefty fine has been handed to a man convicted of attempting to smuggle money across the Botswana border. He must pay a fine of R100 000 or face imprisonment after nearly R200 000 was found hidden in his vehicle.

Despite improvement in the new vehicle market for the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, a full recovery will take until 2023, says Naamsa.

A Northern Cape man has been arrested after attempting to flee a murder scene by catching a lift in a police vehicle.

South Africa recorded 7 983 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday and 299 deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 77 440.

The mother of a dead child has given Viewfinder access to the tapes of a disciplinary hearing of the police officer accused of killing her son. The tapes reveal the inner workings of police hearings, from which brutality-accused officers routinely em...

For more than a month, Durban has suffered through the toxic fallout from a fire at the UPL chemical warehouse.

A Cape Town pensioner died just days before he was due to get his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

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.

Schools are due to go on holiday from 1 October, but the department is proposing it be cancelled.

Adam Damons was injured during a drill at the fire station in 2010, after which he was unable to perform the physical duties required of a firefighter.

A Congolese national has been released on R5 000 bail after he was arrested in Mpumalanga for allegedly practising medicine without a licence.

Twenty-eight people are now confirmed to have died in the bus crash on the N2 between East London and Butterworth on Monday afternoon.

The Department of Correctional Services said Gerhardus Andries Venter, 35, escaped from custody on Sunday. He had been in prison for only 53 days, serving 24 months for theft.