NASA launched SpaceX's 23rd commercial resupply service mission to the International Space Station on Sunday, after postponing the launch from its original liftoff time the day before because of bad weather.

Kanye West is petitioning to legally change his name to 'Ye,' citing personal reasons.

Gauteng has administered 3-million vaccines, the health department says, as the inoculation rollout expands through partnerships with the private sector and faith-based organisations.

A petition containing more than 28,000 signatures and questioning government's "lack of political will" to eradicate gender-based violence and femicide in SA will be handed to the Office of the Presidency at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday.

The basic education minister said it was unfortunate killings happened during a month in which women were supposed to be protected.

As many as five rockets were fired at Kabul's international airport but were intercepted by a missile defence system, a US official told Reuters, as the US' nears the complete withdrawal of its troops from the city.

'If you go to a post office because your neighbour told you they received their SMS, you won't be assisted,' Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi warned R350 social relief of distress grant applicants.

Cumulative cases in KwaZulu-Natal stand at 476,193, according to the latest figures from the health department.

The seven suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Gauteng health department corruption-buster Babita Deokaran are expected to appear in the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Monday.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is probing an allegation of rape against an Eastern Cape police officer accused of violating a 14-year-old girl who is known to him.

Kaaps or Afrikaaps is a language created in settler colonial South Africa, developed by the 1500s. It took shape as a language during encounters between indigenous African, South-East Asian, Dutch, Portuguese and English people.

US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Louisiana and ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Ida, the White House said on Sunday.

The health department is running a programme in which citizens can volunteer to assist with the vaccine rollout at designated sites.

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The insurgency in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique has been placed firmly in the international spotlight since radicals linked to Islamic State launched their audacious attack on the town of Palma in March, killing over 50 people.

New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country's first recorded death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

Greek police used teargas and water cannon to disperse a group of people who threw flares and other objects during a protest in central Athens on Sunday against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations.

Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday as a Category 4 storm at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, lashing critical US oil infrastructure with winds up to 150 miles per hour (240km per hour).

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Nelson Mandela Bay mayor and Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga is recovering in hospital after sustaining injuries in a car accident in Gqeberha on Saturday evening.

Three suspects are due to appear at the Paarl magistrate's court in the Western Cape on Monday for three gang-related murders and one attempted murder.

Western Cape police have arrested 15 suspects for allegedly stealing sheep livers worth R500,000.

A Galeshewe woman was stabbed to death on Friday by her neighbour during an argument over the R350 Covid-19 grant, Northern Cape police said on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden headed to Dover Air Force Base on Sunday to honor members of the US military killed in a suicide bomb attack during the evacuation of civilians from Kabul airport last week.

The United States carried out a military strike on Sunday in Kabul, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating six cases of murder after a mass shooting on Saturday night in an informal settlement in U-section in Umlazi, south of Durban.

A 50-year-old motocross rider is fighting for his life after suffering spinal cord injuries during a freak accident at a popular track in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria.

“Despite the teaching that is continuing, there’s still a large number of learning losses that is continuing," says senior basic education department official.