An Eastern Cape woman has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on more than 900 charges of fraud.

Government has unveiled a master plan aimed at harnessing a R28 billion cannabis industry that could potentially create as many of 25,000 jobs and help attract foreign investment.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly transporting 2 929 abalone worth R1.2 million on the N2, near Caledon.

National Treasury said while government was confident Operation Vulindlela could help the South African economy recover, debt levels and mismanagement remained a threat.

South Africa has breached 80 000 confirmed Covid-19-related deaths.

Eastern Cape liquor traders have been encouraged to lobby their patrons to take the Covid-19 vaccine.

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The allegations that KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane hosted a super-spreader party is being prioritised by KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala.

This local company making custom leather bags was started by mistake, and now it has signed an agreement to ship its products to a wholesaler in the US.

Students are concerned about safety and security issues at the University of Cape Town - and are demanding the institution takes action.

ANC workers claim the management made numerous verbal and written undertakings to address some of their demands by the end of August.

Patriarchal and traditional structures such as paying a dowry or lobola for a woman should be interrogated and looked at in a different way, as they make men think they are entitled to women’s bodies.

The University of the Western Cape's professor of astrophysics, Carolina Ödman-Govender, said it was likely the Yuanzheng-1S rocket, which was due for re-entry.

The Commission for Gender Equality released a report this week that investigated factors which prevent biological fathers from enjoying and exercising their full parental rights.

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.

The extradition of Mozambique's former finance minister, Manuel Chang, is on hold after Mozambican civil society groups approached a South African court to halt the process.

The Special Tribunal has heard that companies awarded R39.1 million contracts to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) in the Free State are not entitled to a cent because of non-compliance.

Early findings of a study by the South African Medical Research Council and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit has found that more than half of sex workers, in a sample of 3 000, have been victims of rape.

Western Cape police suspect that the three men found shot dead in an open field in Cape Town were victims of gang violence.

Three convicted copper thieves have been sentenced to a cumulative sentence of 224 years, although they will effectively serve less than that.