A 25-year-old man has appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gauteng for allegedly running a financial service scam.

The Nelson Mandela Bay metro is on a knife's edge, following the municipal elections, with the ANC and DA in a neck-on-neck race to gain outright control of the metro.

Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for about 15 armed robbers following an ATM bombing in Acornhoek.

South Africa has recorded 344 new confirmed Covid-19 infections and 23 deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 89 220. To date, 12 620 859 adults are fully vaccinated.

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic started, Tembisa Hospital has no Covid-19 patients

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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.

A report by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has revealed there is no evidence of systematic gender discrimination during the municipal elections on 1 November.

Cape Town's mayor-in-waiting Geordin HIll-Lewis took a stroll through the IEC election results centre.

Capitec bank says it is investigating an incident at a Cape Town, after a naked woman was seen throwing items from tables while the public watched on.

A domestic worker has been arrested on a fraud charge in Mpumalanga after she allegedly took photos of her employer's important documents, ostensibly to use it for criminal purposes.

The dispute between the SA National Roads Agency and the Amadiba Crisis Committee looks set to escalate.

The ANC national working committee will map out the party's coalition plans this weekend, however treasurer-general Paul Mashatile insists it is not desperate.

The ANC has lost its majorities in two Mpumalanga municipalities.

A former Cape Town cop has given up serving his country to cook up a storm in the kitchen as he heads up two restaurants that specialise in South African cuisine.

Farmers have been warned of a Covid-19 relief fund scam doing the rounds, run by "faceless people".

The DA in Limpopo has ruled out any possibility of coalition agreements with either the ANC or EFF.

The final media briefing at the Electoral Commission of South Africa Western Cape results operation centre was marred by an outburst from disgruntled political parties who called for a re-election and questioned the integrity of the IEC.

The ANC has lost its grip on the ailing Maluti-a-Phofung municipality in Free State. A group of ex-ANC councillors who came together under Map16 said they are elated at the election results.

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