Johannesburg mayor Jolidee Matongo said the city was looking at creative ways to encourage men to get the jab, such as giving away raffle tickets to win a car.

An incendiary mix of strong, shifting winds and drought-parched vegetation stoked two of California's largest wildfires on Wednesday, with thousands of people chased from their foothill and forest homes in the Sierra Nevada range.

Australian authorities began doling out emergency Covid-19 vaccine supplies on Thursday in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain, as the country reported its biggest one-day rise in Covid-19 infections.

R. Kelly is a “predator” who demanded absolute fealty from the many women and underage girls he dominated in a two-decade racketeering scheme, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday as the R&B star's sex abuse trial began.

Nigel Marais, 30, appeared at the Alexandra magistrate’s court this week in connection with the murder of Eunice Moloko, 50, a correctional officer.

Sassa said if payments are not collected by the end of the month, they will be sent back to the National Treasury to fund other "government priorities".

Malaysian king Al-Sultan Abdullah's efforts to end the country's long-running political instability could transform the traditionally ceremonial monarchy revered for being above politics in the Southeast Asian nation, say analysts.

A total of 12 people have been killed in and around the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Taliban and Nato officials said, since the Taliban seized the city on Sunday, triggering a rush of fearful people trying to leave.

“The taxi industry is leading by example and I would like to thank the leaders of the taxi industry for the excellent work they are doing, of in mobilising the drivers to come and take the vaccine,” said Gauteng transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo.

Four men were arrested after a robbery at a jewellery store at a mall in Ekurhuleni on Wednesday, police said.

A 38-year-old man drowned after he fell into the water at the Port of Table Bay while working, the National Sea Rescue Institute said.

The mother of one of two toddlers who burnt to death in a blaze in Amersfoort in Mpumalanga on Tuesday night has explained how she tried all she could to get the three children out of the burning house.

Transnet will start operating a vaccination train from Thursday in support of the government's efforts to reach herd immunity against the Covid-19 pandemic.

A 16-year-old girl from Cosmo City, in the northwest of Johannesburg is just three weeks away from giving birth. She is one of at least 23,000 girls between the ages of 10 and 19 who the Department of Health reports fell pregnant between April 2020 a...

In a cashierless store, customers scan a smartphone app to enter, then cameras and sensors track what they remove from the shelves. The retailer then bills the customer using credit or debit cards on file.

Insurers are making plans to shield their businesses from steeper payouts due to worse-than-expected death claims from Covid-19.

The GCIS on Wednesday batted away criticism that there was no communication strategy around the Covid-19 pandemic and the country's vaccination rollout.

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There had also been barriers that blocked women from reporting, such as instances of police stations being closed for quarantining or decontamination and a general prioritising of lockdown violations over normal policing.

The Passenger Rail Association of SA's award of two major tenders means it will be paying more than double what it needs to upgrade two of its dilapidated depots.

The Western Cape appears to be showing "early signs" that it has reached the peak of its third wave of Covid-19 infections, but there were still concerns over rising cases in four provinces.

A senior Taliban leader has said that the role of women in Afghanistan, including their right to work and education and how they should dress, would ultimately be decided by a council of Islamic scholars.

At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the militant group moved to create a government and Western countries ramped up evacuations from a chaotic Kabul airport.

The industrial Sebokeng in the Vaal recorded the poorest air quality this winter, followed by Jabavu in Soweto

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority on Wednesday expressed concern at the high premium increases being implemented by insurers on funeral policies.

'We are going to require everyone to have been vaccinated before they come,' says Ronen Klugman, founder and owner of the end-of-matric festival.

New research shows that despite an expected increase, attacks on women may have gone down during lockdown.