The security officer who was shot on Wednesday after a robbery at a jewellery store at the Gateway mall in Umhlanga, north of Durban, has died.

Former US President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company removed in January citing a risk of incitement of violence.

A former Mthatha police captain is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of dipping into funds used to trap criminals.

Smokers are more likely to get serious Covid-19 and die of the disease, a first-of-its-kind study has found.

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Stellenbosch University MSc student Dakota Guy and her fellow researchers are trying to formulate replacement milk to be used to bottle-feed orphaned rhinoceros calves.

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday urged a judge to block a near-total ban on abortion imposed by Texas - the strictest such law in the nation - in a key moment in the ferocious legal fight over abortion access in the United States.

There were 1,635 new Covid-19 cases and 79 fatalities recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Friday.

If SA is serious about good governance, there must be consequences and accountability for wrongdoing, auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke says.

Thailand has lifted its Covid-19 travel ban on all countries, including SA, as of Friday.

Originally from Johannesburg, Siphesihle Mazibuko had celebrated his 21st birthday the day before his sudden passing, Rhodes University spokesperson Veliswa Mhlophe said.

The United Nations on Friday condemned Ethiopia's announcement that it was expelling seven senior UN officials, and voiced concern for 5.2-million people in the Tigray region who are in need of urgent assistance as malnutrition rises.

During visits to hospitals, the public protector's office identified a variety of shortcomings, including poor physical infrastructure, staff shortages and unavailability of equipment.

At issue are deals requiring phone makers to pre-install the Google Search app and the Chrome browser app together with Google Play, as well deals blocking some variants of Android.

Lava flowed from a newly opened crack in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma on Friday, carving a different path from previous flows and raising fears of more destruction, while fine ash forced islanders to don masks and goggles.

A cargo plane delivered four helicopters, weapons and ammunition from Russia to Mali late on Thursday, Malian interim defence minister Sadio Camara said.

Lockdown, riots, mass unemployment, load-shedding – it's fair to say South Africans have been through a rough 18 months.

The Quality of Life Survey has found the Covid-19 pandemic has raised the percentage of households living below the average poverty line to 36% from 25% in 2017/18.

The regional court in George in the Western Cape has slapped a former museum employee with a 12-month prison sentence for stealing copper from locomotives displayed at the Outeniqua Transport Museum.

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The regional court in East London has handed a five-year jail sentence to a man bust for illegally selling abortion pills

Western Cape MEC for community safety Albert Fritz has called on the police to leave no stone unturned in their bid to find the killers of a four-year-old girl in Cape Town.

Architect Minenhle Makhanya was a no-show at the Pietermaritzburg high court on Friday, when his hearing was supposed to resume.

Five people were arrested after the police acted on tip-offs about alleged drug dealing in Johannesburg this week.

Friday’s bail application of the six men accused of murdering Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran has been postponed.

A Civil Aviation Authority probe into a safety incident on the SAA flight that collected Covid-19 vaccines from Brussels in February has found flight and ground crew did not execute necessary procedures to prevent the incident.

Sassa works with banks to investigate whether applicants have alternative income sources before they can be approved to receive the grant.

Three more Durban policemen have been arrested in connection with the 2018 murder of Regan Naidoo, who died while in custody at Chatsworth police station, south of Durban.

The SA Liquor Brand owners Association has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement to lift alcohol trade restrictions, saying the government has finally shown an understanding of its 'dire plight'.