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The widow of slain Butterworth cop Kolile Kulu has been charged with his murder.

A Netcare employee who was accused of trying to dump a dog in the Boksburg area has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an inspection by the SPCA and an internal investigation by the hospital group.

A 30-year-old Mpumalanga man has been hauled before court to answer to a charge of murder after the death of a two-year-old girl from suspected poisoning.

Life was hard for Vuyokazi Marwanqana when she boarded a Friday night bus at Park Station in Johannesburg, looking forward to giving birth at home in the Eastern Cape. And it was about to get worse.

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The extravagant outdoor celebration, featuring sushi bars and grilled lobster tails on the menu, was attended by guests in tuxedos and glitzy gowns.

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The department of basic education has announced that a new history curriculum will be taught at schools from 2024.

On the day SA officially launched its digital e-vaccination portal another 132 Covid-19 related deaths were reported, bringing total fatalities since the start of the pandemic to 88,236.

The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has targeted 52 non-compliant companies that received R1bn in contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other Covid-19 related services.

Stage 2 load-shedding will continue throughout this weekend right up until 5am on Thursday as Eskom grapples with more breakdowns and depleted emergency power reserves.

The exams, which officially start on October 27 and end on December 7, will be written at more than 11,000 exam centres.

A former department of health official from the Northern Cape and two company directors have been released on bail for alleged tender corruption amounting to R384m.

As the global Covid-19 response draws closer to ending its second year, the SA tourism industry, battered by local and international lockdowns, is finally seeing light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel.

The airline will restart services to Cape Town, offering three flights a week in November before moving to a double daily service in December.

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The group destroyed essential infrastructure in Ladismith, in the Western Cape, by digging and pulling it out using a truck.

The Hawks have launched an investigation into the controversial R15m Lesseyton Sports Facility built in the Enoch Mgijima municipality.

SA's biggest metalworkers' union said on Friday its members were considering a new proposal to end a strike in the engineering sector, now in its fourth day.

A magistrate who was hoping to be promoted to a judge on either the Mpumalanga or Limpopo high court benches on Friday decided to withdraw from the Judicial Service Commission's interview processes, labelling them unfair.

EFF leader Julius Malema said Western Cape judge president John Hlope was the most "highly qualified" candidate on the list, despite previously suggesting he was a “rotten potato” in SA's judiciary.

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were given the award "for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia," Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told a news conference.

Federal prosecutors brought charges in Manhattan against 18 former NBA players for allegedly defrauding the league's health and welfare plan between 2017 and 2020.

Gupta-owned company Islandsite Investments co-director Ronica Ragavan was arrested on Friday morning, the National Prosecuting Authority Investigating Directorate said.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee," the award-giving body said on Thursday.

President Joe Biden will restore the boundaries of three American nature reserves, known as national monuments, that were reduced in size by former President Donald Trump to allow commercial activity, the White House said on Thursday.

A teenager who stabbed an 18-year-old girl 25 times, and after realising that she was still alive, set her alight, has pleaded guilty to charges of rape and murder in the North West High Court.

Australian doctors warned a too-rapid easing of Covid-19 curbs in Sydney could put pressure on health systems and risk lives, as the city prepares for key restrictions to be relaxed next week after more than 100 days in lockdown.