Eskom is implementing stage 2 load-shedding from 11am on Friday, and the rolling blackouts may continue into the weekend.

Convicted murderer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu returns to court on Friday for aggravation and mitigation of sentence arguments.

Mamelodi taxi drivers are fed up with the spike in hijackings, robberies and killings of taxi operators, allegedly by members of a syndicate.

“The firecracker ban didn't seem to be successful in Delhi, which led to hazardous pollution levels adding on top of existing perennial sources,” Sunil Dahiya, Analyst, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said.

IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini says the election, in which 12.3-million people voted, was free and fair.

Drugs in the same class as molnupiravir have been linked to birth defects in animal studies. Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, has said animal testing shows that molnupiravir is safe, but the data have not yet been made public.

Tunisia has discovered a tunnel near the French ambassador's residence from a house frequented by a known extremist, and anti-terrorism forces are investigating, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

Thermal scanners, also known as temperature guns, have been at the forefront of mass surveillance during the pandemic, but are they useful and can they detect Covid-19?

Leaking sewage, poor waste management disposal services, and dismal roads are some of the problems faced by the Emfuleni municipality. As the election results are finalised, one mother pleads with the area's leaders to not forget their people.

Zimbabwean boxer Taurai Zimunya has died after being knocked out in a fight in Harare.

Nancy Chabot, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test coordination lead, told reporters their mission with NASA involves directing a spacecraft to impact an asteroid to change its orbit.

House robbers 'torture' elderly woman with a blowtorch in Bronkhorstspruit.

A sergeant in the police anti-gang unit is expected to appear in court in Cape Town on Friday on a charge of corruption after allegedly soliciting a bribe from a murder suspect in a case he was investigating.

Pre-sentencing proceedings of convicted cop Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu, who murdered her lover and five relatives are set to get under way at the high court sitting in Palm Ridge on Friday.

The comprehensive stay-away vote and fragmentation of the ANC are symptoms of ordinary South Africans’ deep distrust of the political system, writes Vrye Weekblad

Coronavirus updates.

The price of fuel and fertiliser is to blame for the increasing price of food, not Covid-19, says the Transvaal Agricultural Union of SA.

“Say it again … So, you tell people that they are bitches and sluts?” the woman is heard saying to the man, who is dressed in full traffic police uniform.

Wife-killer Jason Rohde has suffered yet another blow in a series of legal setbacks.

The Gauteng government has administered more than 6-million Covid-19 vaccines. Of the figure, 3,076,767 are people who are fully vaccinated with the Pfizer or J&J vaccines.

Sitole described the incident as an act of “cowardice” and blatant disregard for human life and the law.

A tiny skull of a Homo naledi child - aged four to six - has been revealed to the world, and augments the highly controversial theory that Homo naledi deposited their dead in a ritualised fashion.

'They said she had asthma. I was thinking: why? She was not born with asthma.'

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape slipped below 1,000 on Thursday.

Retired crime intelligence officer Maj-Gen Thekiso Mogoerane, found dead in his car in 2018, was killed by strangulation, a senior forensic pathologist told the Johannesburg high court on Thursday.

The woman who trashed a bank in the buff has been arrested.

Irate naked woman behaved in a similar manner in adjacent shops, says banking group.

It's all systems go for the 2021 Ballito Rage festival, with strict safety measures and protocols in place to avoid a "superspreader" event.

Tests of Russia's Zircon hypersonic cruise missile are nearing completion and deliveries to the navy will begin in 2022, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

The warring parties in Ethiopia's conflict should cease hostilities immediately and work on a ceasefire, the regional Africa group IGAD said on Thursday.