Two men have been shot dead during the attempted hijacking of a police officer in Cape Town.

A suspected hijacker died, and two others were arrested in connection with a hijacking and kidnapping in Mpumalanga.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has asked the High Court in Bhisho to interdict the Hawks' investigation against him, calling the probe "unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid".

Nine people have been arrested in raids on an alleged Western Cape abalone smuggling ring. During the operation, police confiscated abalone worth more than R20 million.

A man has been arrested in a R4.5 million drug bust in Cape Town.

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The City of Ekurhuleni dodged claims that a waste collection programme to empower the city's poorest had instead short-changed them. But according to a forensic report, city officials knew all along.

South Africa recorded 942 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday and 37 deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 88 466. To date, 10 370 743 people are fully vaccinated.

An official extension on Wednesday means the national state of disaster will hit 610 days in mid-November.

Tree planting, the legalisation of cannabis for poverty alleviation and incentivisation of off-the-grid living - these are among the many elaborate plans parties contesting for a seat in the City of Cape Town is promising the electorate.

While sifting through beleaguered water polo coach David Mackenzie's past, Joburg writer Deon Wiggett found more hidden skeletons and closely guarded evidence that pushed him to investigate the behaviours of teachers outside of St Andrew's College.

ANC deputy president David Mabuza has told residents of QwaQwa in the Free State to vote for the ANC because the party had brought them freedom.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

The principal of Heathfield High School in Cape Town has been found guilty in a disciplinary hearing for not reopening the school as instructed during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Constitutional Court seasoned Justices Sisi Khampepe, and Chris Jafta have joined their former boss Mogoeng Mogoeng in retirement.

The case against two men accused of robbing a jewellery store and murdering the owner has been postponed as the police are still profiling the pair to see if they have previous convictions or pending cases.

"We cannot claim to want human rights for ourselves, but deny it for others," the minister says.

Two people including a relative of the late alleged Durban drug kingpin Teddy Mafia were shot during a brazen mid-morning incident in Shallcross, on Wednesday.

Several minibus taxis and two cars were set alight in an alleged violent brawl in Gqeberha on Wednesday.

The case against a man accused of an horrific knife attack on his friend's parents has been placed back on the roll after it was struck off earlier this year due to delays.