The Gauteng health department says vaccination is necessary to reopen the economy and for the country to return to normal.

A Gauteng traffic officer was shot and killed by unknown robbers at his home on the East Rand on Sunday evening.

A kiteboarder came to the rescue of four people who were flung into choppy seas when their boat capsized at Cape Vidal, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.

On July 19 2008, a young man stumbled into Westville police station. He informed the police officers on duty that their presence was required at his girlfriend’s home in Thames street – her parents were dead.

Pope Francis on Sunday met a Colombian nun who was freed after being kidnapped by Islamist militants in Mali four years ago.

Winde said Cele's claims were misleading, adding that residents from areas including the Cape Flats have inadequate police to population ratios.

Sydney's oldest pub opened one hour early on Monday to welcome back its regulars after the city emerged from a more than 100-day lockdown, allowing Covid-19 vaccinated locals to enjoy new freedoms including a morning beer at their favourite bar.

Thousands of Tunisians protested against President Kais Saied's seizure of almost total power protested in the capital on Sunday as the growing numbers taking to the street in recent weeks has raised the risk of the political crisis unleashing unrest...

Egypt's public prosecution said on Sunday it had ordered the arrest of three people after thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccines were found dumped along a water channel.

Facebook had recently put on hold its plans for developing Instagram children, aimed at preteens, and was introducing new optional controls for adults to supervise teens.

Hundreds of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help in escaping Libya after what aid groups called a violent crackdown in which thousands were arrested and several shot.

Symptoms to watch out for while in isolation include a fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, muscle aches or other flu-like symptoms from two to 10 days after your close contact with a person with Covid-19.

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the Justice Department said on Sunday.

A 49-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his niece in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.

Four people were killed following a head-on collision between two vehicles on the N2 between Seaview and Baywest in the Eastern Cape at the weekend.

Tigers and gorillas in backyards, leopards at pubs and aardwolf pups in homes - and all in the suburbs.

According to the RBZ governor John Mangudya, at least US$500m is now circulating outside the formal banking channels which is double what is in the mainstream.

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Iraq on Sunday held a parliamentary election that drew one of the smallest turnouts on record, electoral officials indicated, a result that suggested dwindling trust in political leaders and the democratic system brought in by the 2003 US-led invasio...

The 90-year-old actor is flying as a guest of Blue Origin, but the company has said that it has also sold nearly $100 million in tickets to paying customers.

Officials in Cape Town arrested three people and confiscated four dogs during a raid on an organised dogfighting event in Atlantis on Saturday evening.

A car bomb targeting the governor's convoy shook Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least five people, security and local government sources said.

A man in his 30s was left in a critical condition after an attempted hijacking on the N12 near the R555 in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, on the East Rand on Saturday night.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation say there is a need for increased investment and access to mental health prevention and response services in Africa.

KwaZulu-Natal economic development, tourism and environmental affairs MEC Ravi Pillay has expressed sadness over the deaths of two people in a fire which broke out on a Shayamanzi luxury houseboat.

Fish River Canoe Marathon confirms double tragedy on first stage. The organisers of the Fish River Canoe Marathon have confirmed the deaths of two participants on the first stage of the race on Friday.

Lebanon's power supplies were back to normal on Sunday after a blackout the previous day when the country's two biggest power stations shut down because of a fuel shortage, the Energy Ministry said.

Police seized counterfeit cigarettes worth R6.6m and arrested nine suspects during an operation in Vereeniging on Saturday.

The City of Cape Town said on Sunday its social development and early childhood development department will be spending just shy of R27m on interventions for street people in this financial year.

The City of Cape Town said some of its traffic service vehicles have been fitted with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to help it identify cloned or duplicate licence plates, which are a growing concern.