The newly-elected mayor of Johannesburg, Jolidee Matongo, has died.

The Jacob Zuma foundation says the former president has instructed his legal team to take his battle with the Constitutional Court, over his incarceration, to the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights.

In videos shared on social media, scores of unmasked people are seen carrying placards, calling for no vaccinations. There was also little to no physical distancing.

Patricia de Lille visited the voting registration site at the Northwood Primary School in Mitchells Plain.

The South African National Parks said the penguins were believed to have died suddenly between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

The newborn's lifeless body was discovered by a group of people who were cleaning the beach.

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According to the IEC's chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo, thousands visited voting stations to register, re-register, and to update their registration and address details.

There is nothing as depressing as finding plastic on the shore.

The government is not opposing a two-part high court application by AfriForum to have former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole set aside.

Owners of the Bothong Rhino and Lion Park were still reeling from shock after a female rhino and her calf were shot and killed by poachers on Wednesday.

DA leader John Steenhuisen has urged South Africans not to throw away their votes by voting for independent candidates and smaller parties.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa's voter management devices are experiencing technical difficulties.

One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane on Saturday registered to vote in the upcoming local government elections.

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.

A South African mother accused of murdering her children in New Zealand has been sent for mental evaluation.

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of a mother and her teenage son who died after a wall collapsed onto their home in Waterloo, KwaZulu-Natal.

A 30-year-old Free State man has appeared in court for allegedly attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend's teenage sister.

The ANC experienced "technical glitches" and failed to meet the deadline to register councillors for the elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa said during his party's voter registration campaign in Soweto.

News24 specialist legal reporter Karyn Maughan has 20 years' experience in the media. In this interview, she talks about her concerns for the judiciary, Twitter and why she has always known she is meant to be a journalist.