The VS Gaming finals came to its conclusion this past weekend.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde wrote a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting a consultation with provinces before any possible extension of the state of disaster.

Nigerian security agents on Thursday rescued 187 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Zamfara, police said, after authorities launched a sweeping security operation against the kidnappers.

The police are investigating the murder of a 75-year-old Durban woman who was found bound and strangled in a granny flat on her property.

DeathLoop is the exception to that rule until you realise that firepower and accuracy are the least demanding parts of the experience.

A man from Glens Falls, New York, who prosecutors said smoked marijuana inside of the Capitol during the January 6 riot, pleaded guilty on Thursday to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

The one-day cups will feature R1,000 in cash, while the ultra cup will offer a R10,000 prize pool. Entry to the cups is free.

Around 13-million people in SA are fully vaccinated, which means 33.4% of the adult population, said health minister, Joe Phaahla.

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Following the announcement and September cups in the Vox Cup Series, ACGL has announced October’s Vox Cup schedule.

A woman was killed and 14 people injured when a minibus taxi crashed through a wall in Durban on Thursday night.

Thunderstorms and rainfall are expected to clear across Gauteng on Friday evening, the SA Weather Services said.

"I am not sure if I will answer this right but I think constitutional supremacy deals with the constitution and parliament is where the rules are made," said Mogale in her answer.

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Minister of health Joe Phaahla, together with deputy minister of health Sibongiseni Dhlomo and a panel of experts, convene a media briefing on government's efforts in the fight against Covid-19 and the national vaccination rollout programme.

Five people, including an infant, were killed in a head-on collision on the R555 just outside Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Wednesday evening.

What are your plans for the weekend? Maybe not much, with Eskom possibly implementing load-shedding beyond Saturday morning.

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National spokesperson of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, Sibongiseni Delihlazo, says, “This is a ticking time-bomb that is just waiting to blow up in the face of South Africans.”

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Two suspects were shot and wounded after a high-speed chase with the Hawks in Sandton on Thursday afternoon.

A 35-year-old man was arrested after he was found in possession of explosives in a village in the North West this week, provincial police said on Friday.

An official from the North West department of economic development, environment, conservation and tourism has been arrested in connection with illegal rhino horn trade.

In politics, it is crucial to be taken seriously by both your supporters and your opponents. Stigmatisation poses the biggest danger to any orator. Is it too late for Cyril Ramaphosa, asks Vrye Weekblad?

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Thandi Mkhabela's money used to slip through her fingers. Now the 34-year-old mother of four earns interest on monthly savings, has paid off debts and is planning to extend her house, without ever dealing with a bank.

A week after Appletiser announced a recall of six batches of its product due to elevated levels of a mould toxin, Pioneer Foods has announced a recall of several LiquiFruit brands for the same reason.

Nearly 200,000 UK tourists used to visit the Western Cape every year. And now, after the UK removed SA from its Covid-19 travel red-list, the province wants them back.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu celebrated his 90th birthday at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday.