Left with just one working cellphone, a set of clothing each, substitute passports and little cash, four German men are trying to plan their next step after a deadly houseboat cruise on Lake Jozini in KZN.

Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu has apologised to communities depending on the Vaal River for government’s inability to solve the pollution plaguing the key waterway.

The health department has published a new advisory with recommendations the government should consider during the local government elections.

A local teenager is still missing after being swept out to sea in St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal on Monday afternoon.

Travel into Johannesburg from southern Africa is set to become more convenient early next year at a newly unveiled transit hub offering access to banking, food and retail.

Applicants should make sure their cellphone numbers have gone through the Rica process if they choose to be paid through cardless banking at an ATM.

Healthcare workers are suffering mental health strain, depression and heightened anxiety brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Gauteng health department says people who have not received their vaccination code via SMS should confirm their details with the online registration portal to check if they were captured correctly.

The University of Witwatersrand opened a R22m surgical skills lab in Johannesburg on Tuesday, a day after opening a new genetics lab and two weeks after announcing a R70m burns unit.

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Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo has paid tribute to former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng by calling him a guardian of the constitution.

Nearly 4.3 million people quit their jobs in the US in August 2021

Botswanan judges on Tuesday postponed ruling on a case in which the government is seeking to overturn a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex

There were 592 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Tuesday.

Mpumalanga agriculture MEC Mandla Msibi will spend another night behind bars after his case was postponed in the Nelspruit magistrate’s court on Tuesday.

An entrance to the FNB Stadium in Soweto had to be closed on Tuesday evening after fans without tickets for the Bafana Bafana versus Ethiopia game tried to force their way into the venue.

Council in trouble after workers lose wages from council downgrading salary scales, allegedly without due processes

A primary school teacher found guilty in April of assaulting an 11-year-old grade 6 pupil over the alleged theft of a bottle of sparkling water has been sentenced to a fine of R10,000 or 10 months direct imprisonment.

The state said on Tuesday it is ready for the trial of the 14 people accused of looting VBS Mutual Bank, but some of the accused were not ready for different reasons.

Two male cheetahs were flown in from KwaZulu-Natal while an adult female and her sub-adult female cub were flown from the Northern Cape.

Gauteng MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi has again expressed his stance on Orania, saying it "will go".

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a robbery at a jewellery store at Centurion Mall in which the owner was killed, Gauteng police said on Tuesday afternoon.

A tyre blowout is believed to have caused a luxury coach to lose control and crash on the N3 highway on Tuesday.

The attack was caught on video from a bodycam worn by a public safety officer which provided crucial evidence leading to the arrests of the three suspects.

Here are six ways to check whether you have unclaimed benefits or savings.

The Competition Tribunal has ordered Tourvest to pay a fine of R9m for collusive tendering.

An SPCA rescue dog took a bullet for her adopted family while trying to protect them during a violent home invasion in Benoni

The World Health Organisation is awaiting full clinical data on the antiviral pill made by Merck & Co Inc to treat mild-to-moderate Covid-19 patients, a WHO spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after the company said it had applied for US emergency us...