The corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma has been adjourned to later this month, depending on his medical condition, his “special plea” to remove prosecutor Billy Downer will be heard.

Somalia's two most powerful leaders were locked in a standoff on Wednesday after they named different men to head the politically unstable Horn of Africa nation's intelligence service.

Nnamdi Kanu, who holds British citizenship, leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which campaigns for secession in part of southeastern Nigeria.

"There are no adequate words to express our sorrow at the loss of a child. We hope that the families will find comfort in the knowledge that we, too, share their loss,” said Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.

The KwaZulu-Natal government wants to use sporting, arts and cultural events to address racial tension in the province.

Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia's Amhara region, local officials said.

North Korea celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its foundation with a night time military parade, state media reported on Thursday, publishing photographs of marching rows of personnel in orange hazmat suits but no ballistic missiles.

Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping centres.

Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover of her country. But she is not surprised.

A lawyer for a man linked by prosecutors to the anti-government Oath Keepers group on Wednesday asked a judge to consider moving his possible trial on charges of involvement in the US Capitol riot away from Washington because he believes jurors in th...

West African leaders met on Wednesday for emergency talks on Sunday's military coup in Guinea that ousted President Alpha Conde amid growing criticism of the regional response to a series of setbacks to democracy.

A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get people to show up to protests in the US, researchers said on Wednesday.

Michigan officials on Wednesday demanded that lawyers who unsuccessfully sued to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat in the state pay about $200,000 to reimburse for legal fees and related costs.

“We have gazetted for public comment an added option to make new licence cards. In the future you should be able to make them online and pay the R250 you would have paid had you opted for the current option of DLTC [driving licence testing centre],...

Durban households have been slapped with fines of over R1,000 for illegally using municipal services as part of the city's clean-up operation.

Investigating officer listened as Ndlovu requested a sign-off on policy documents which would ultimately see her cash in on thousands of rand after her lover’s brutal death.

"At the end of the day, it probably doesn't really matter if you get the vaccine without realising you have Covid-19, especially if you are asymptomatic. If you are symptomatic, if you have any symptoms, whether you think it is Covid-19 or not, wait...

The university became the first in Africa to receive honorary bronze membership of the International Society of City and Regional Planners, which has been in existence for 57 years.

A car tyre blowout has resulted in the death of a Gauteng man and left five others injured.

NASA's Mars science rover Perseverance has collected and stashed away the first of numerous mineral samples that the US space agency hopes to retrieve from the surface of the Red Planet for analysis on Earth.

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In many instances precious minerals such as gold, copper and diamonds are smuggled into SA across the 225km border shared by the two countries, as are undocumented foreign nationals and contraband cigarettes.

Correctional services commissioner Arthur Fraser confirmed during an SABC interview that the medical parole advisory board did not recommend former president Jacob Zuma's release - but that he overruled it.

Almost 9-million South Africans have applied for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant.

“Gauteng and Limpopo have already met the end-of-wave threshold criteria," NICD acting executive director Prof Adrian Puren said.

A man who said a masked gang assaulted him with a knife in Madrid and carved a homophobic slur into his buttocks has since told police the injuries were consensual, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

The North West health department says investigations are under way to determine the cause of fire that broke out at Christiana Hospital on Wednesday morning.

US job openings raced to a new record high in July, suggesting that last month's sharp slowdown in hiring was due to employers being unable to find workers rather than weak demand for labor.