More than 30 people have died because a health workers' strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses' union said on Wednesday.

The Kremlin and its loyalists have said they will maintain and in some cases intensify their tough approach to internal and external critics and organisations that they view as a threat to Russia's stability.

More than 47,000 South Africans have weighed in on the issue of vaccinations in the workplace, in schools and vaccine passports in an online platform launched by a civil organisation, Dear SA.

The compensation offer is expected to pass because of SWAPO's majority, but the vote may not happen until next week because of the number of lawmakers yet to have voiced their opinions.

Democratic Republic of Congo has said it has arrested a Middle Eastern national for alleged ties to an Islamist militia in the east of DRC, potentially the first time a non-African fighter has been found working with the group.

Candles, music and a moving message from their broken-hearted father will be central to a vigil to be held simultaneously in New Zealand and SA on Thursday for three little SA sisters allegedly strangled by their mother.

A North Carolina man facing criminal charges after claiming he had a bomb in his truck parked near the US Capitol pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, after a federal judge declared he is mentally competent to stand trial.

The post office is hoping to get other supermarkets, including Spar, on board to enable people from small towns to collect their R350 grants at the store's collection points.

A new guild of artists from Nigeria's Benin City has offered to donate artworks to the British Museum in London as a way to encourage it to return the priceless Benin Bronzes that were looted from the city's royal court by British troops in 1897.

US Vice President Kamala Harris raised concerns about mistreatment of Haitian migrants by border patrol agents during a call with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, her spokesperson said.

The UN in SA will pump R20m into the implementation of an emergency response plan to assist KwaZulu-Natal in its rebuilding efforts after July's civil unrest.

A project to train artisans in diamond cutting has instead led to arrests of four government officials in the Northern Cape.

Compared to Kenya, SA ranks lower in e-infrastructure and e-security, but it shows better results in internet affordability, internet quality and e-government.

The bail application of a security guard implicated in the burning of Pietermaritzburg's Brookside Mall during the looting and unrest in July was postponed after his attorney withdrew from the matter.

Two University of the Free State students have died this week, in separate incidents in Phuthaditjhaba and on the Bloemfontein Campus.

Three KwaZulu-Natal children died after an old rondavel they were playing in caught alight

Twenty-three people were injured in a serious crash in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday afternoon.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases advises that you self-quarantine if you are exposed at work to someone who has Covid-19.

The Mbare hostels, which have an estimated population of 70,000 people, are overcrowded and severely dilapidated, and have been declared unfit for human habitation by human rights groups.

A new funeral app called Sendoff has been introduced to SA. It's the brainchild of Sendoff CEO Zolani Matebese and is believed to be a world first.

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Most South Africans have a growing appetite for credit as their prospects decline due to the pandemic- with only 3% of surveyed households saying their finances have fully recovered.

"The national seven-day moving average of daily case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to decrease, with sustained decreases seen in all provinces," the NICD said.

The SCA on Wednesday dismissed an application to appeal against a Special Tribunal order declaring a R139m PPE contract to Ledla Structural Development as unlawful and invalid.

A piece of law that prevents a single dad from registering his child’s birth under his surname unfairly discriminates against unmarried fathers on the basis of their marital status.

An overwhelming 83% of the UCT's senate voted to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory from next year - but the university says no decision has been made yet.

A lawyer from Khayelitsha, Cape Town, was arrested for allegedly being in possession of drugs in court.

The University of SA's decision in 2016 to adopt a new language policy and discontinue Afrikaans as a language of learning and teaching contravened the constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday.