A selection panel is to shortlist suitable candidates for the chief justice position for President Cyril Ramaphosa's consideration.

A 29-year-old Bangladeshi national who is accused of killing his wife and their baby is still on the run after he escaped while in police custody.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her deputy, Kholeka Gcaleka, released the outcome of investigations into the state of public healthcare facilities.

Amid the chaos as police and SARS custom officials raided stores suspected of selling counterfeit goods, with an estimated value of R24.5 million, in the heart of Johannesburg's CBD, only one shop remained standing.

A former Hawks captain was convicted in connection with R4 000 that went missing after the money was used in a sting operation in 2016.

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The Digital Vibes scandal has become the latest political football between the ANC and DA in Parliament.

The Special Investigating Unit's damning report into the R150 million Digital Vibes saga was finally authorised for release by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday this week.

Retail giant Pick n Pay has lost its appeal in a case of a KwaZulu-Natal woman who was struck on the head by an automated boom gate at one of their stores in Durban North in 2015.

The family of a teenager allegedly raped at Stellenbosch Hospital where she is receiving psychiatric treatment on Friday called for the suspension of the hospital manager, security guard on duty and a nurse said to have witnessed the incident, pendin...

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released the outcome of investigations into the state of public healthcare facilities in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Just two days after he made his return to the Free State provincial legislature, Mxolisi Dukwana has now been appointed MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

The excitement over the occupation of more than 200 RDP houses was short-lived for some of the occupiers on Thursday.

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.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina were in the Kathlehong as part of the government's Vooma Vaccination drive.

Newly elected Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Moerane has vowed to accelerate service delivery in the 30 days he will serve in office.

Eleven SAPS officers have been dismissed for cases relating to rape, corruption, and death due to police action, according to IPID.

South African ultramarathon runner Nontu Mgabhi, who previously ran seven marathons across seven continents in seven days, is now taking on the Marathon des Sables, one of the toughest footraces on the plant.

Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato has called for the lifting of the state of disaster, echoing Western Cape Premier Alan Winde in urging the national government to end the lockdown.

The bail application of the six men charged with the murder of Gauteng Department of health official Babita Deokaran has once again been postponed.