Volcanic explosions spewed red hot lava high into the air on La Palma on Saturday as a new emission vent opened, forcing the small Spanish island to close its airport and preventing some people leaving.

A suicide car bomb killed at least eight people in the Somali capital on Saturday at a street junction near the president's palace, police said, and al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab said it was behind the attack which targeted a convoy going into the palac...

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Three wreaths from family members in SA were among flowers laid on the New Zealand shore at a memorial service for the three Dickason children on Saturday.

Three Durban beaches reopened on Saturday after levels of E. coli improved "tremendously".

Twelve years of research in SA's largest private game reserve has solved the mystery of why cooperation between birds is a notable feature of the world's most unpredictable environments.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed an intent to appeal with the Minnesota state appellate court in his murder conviction for the death of George Floyd.

The owner of a struggling Johannesburg restaurant told a judge he bought a R1.8m Maserati to improve his credit record.

Rwandan forces will help secure and rebuild areas of northern Mozambique destroyed by an Islamist insurgency, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said on Friday, as Mozambican officials began encouraging civilians to return to the gas-rich region.

Gabby Petito's boyfriend, whom police have sought for six days in connection with the 22-year-old travel blogger's death during their cross-country road trip, was charged on Thursday with fraudulently using her bank debit card.

The deaf community has often been left out of spaces that able-bodied people easily negotiate.

Two days after a 14-year-old's mother gave her a cellphone to gather evidence against a Free State teacher, she used it to record him propositioning her for sex.

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A jet with 164 people on board came within 30m of disaster when the student pilot at the controls of a light aircraft mixed up "left" and right".

A 36-year-old woman and her husband will appear in the Heilbron magistrate’s court on Monday for allegedly killing her mother and grandfather in the small Free State town of Oranjeville.

Landscapers working for a big landscaping group have landed themselves in hot water after accepting a job to cut the branches of six Acacia trees which were blocking billboards at a shopping centre.

Prince Misuzulu ka Zwelithini has warned amakhosi that while they work hand in hand with the government, they should be cautious of a third force seeking to divide them.

Kwazakhele, Gqeberha, police are pulling out all the stops to apprehend gunmen who killed a wheelchair-bound man and his son.

Heritage day was spoilt for at least five families whose cars seemingly spontaneously combusted at the Cedar Junction Family Resort in Pretoria on Friday.

Police came under gunfire on Wednesday while conducting an operation to find murder suspects in Slovoville outside Soweto.

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa wants to make it compulsory for its priesthood to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

In honour of Heritage Day, boys from the Kearsney College choir in KwaZulu-Natal performed a moving rendition of the national anthem.

A Durban skate boarder is in a critical condition after suffering severe head injuries from a fall

A North West police officer has been arrested for allegedly stealing a car bumper from an impounded vehicle.

A family in Croatia has opened a “bee hotel” offering productive beehives for sale to clients who'd like to keep bees but lack the time or space to care for the tiny pollinators themselves.

Over 200 Chinese gaming companies have pledged to regulate their industry to combat gaming addiction, including through the possible use of facial recognition to identify minors, a state-backed gaming association said on Friday.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged the public to be cautious along the Port Alfred shoreline.

South Africans' favourite lunchtime grub is a braai, a global survey has revealed.