Thorne Webster from Johannesburg was among thousands of Gauteng youngsters who heeded the call to take the Covid-19 vaccine.

SAPS has taken a 40-year-old male in for questioning in connection with the Manenberg cat killings.

A protest against "mandatory vaccination" is planned on the doorstep of one of Cape Town's busiest hospitals, a move described as "disrespectful" for the work being done at the facility.

Pastor Pedro Oktober of the United Reformed Church (URC) in Vredendal lost seven of his congregants to Covid-19.

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South Africa recorded 14 312 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, taking the total to 2 666 964 cases on Friday.

The former Gauteng head of the Hawks, Major-General Prince Mokotedi, was found guilty of serious misconduct for ignoring a directive to put a subordinate through a disciplinary hearing.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's evidence at the Zondo Commission is an indication that he is "guilty as a perpetrator and/or accomplice to corruption", according to suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.

The City's mayoral committee member for health, Zahid Badroodien, said staff members have been traumatised by the ongoing attacks.

Scores of Gauteng youth have joined their elders as the first day of the Covid-19 vaccination roll out for ages 18+ got under way.

The Mopani district municipality in Limpopo paid more than R513 million to companies that were awarded tenders irregularly, with some officials failing to declare their interests on the contracts.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend's eight-year-old son during a domestic scuffle in Thembalethu, near George.

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.

Hundreds of youngsters in Cape Town queued to get their Covid-19 vaccines on Friday. The system was supposed to open on 1 September for the 18-plus cohort, but the date had been brought forward by two weeks.

A 47-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped his two-year-old daughter and hid her inside the ceiling in his home after murdering her, has told the court that he wants to apply for bail.

The University of Fort Hare final year law student whose promising life was cut short after her boyfriend allegedly murdered her, had ambitions of becoming an attorney and later a judge in the Constitutional Court.

Government’s decision to open vaccinations to people older than 18 was “definitely a move in the right direction”.

The fraud and theft trial against former JB Marks mayor Kgotso Khumalo and two ex-employees has been moved to Ventersdorp.

An Eastern Cape municipality mayor was placed on precautionary suspension after his office allegedly awarded his son a R65 000 bursary to study at Wits University.