A 30-year-old Free State man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his girlfriend who went missing 17 days ago.

The fight against Covid-19, HIV and TB in the Western Cape got a shot in the arm after the US government, through the United States Agency for International Development, signed a five-year government-to-government agreement worth $10 million.

A departmental investigation has been launched after an awaiting trial prisoner escaped from a police station in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape.

Three home affairs officials have been arrested in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, in connection with a corruption case.

When police arrived at a horror crash scene on the R23 near Standerton, Mpumalanga, they found three bodies - but it would later emerge that only two of the deceased had died on the scene.

The body of a 42-year-old man, who was reported missing, has been found decomposing in a garden in Daggakraal, Mpumalanga.

Five people have died in a house fire in Pretoria West. The youngest victim was six years old.

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Agnes Bezuidenhoudt has voted in every election since the dawn of democracy. And despite being 100 years old, she, like thousands of others, braved the downpour and inclement weather on 1 November to make her mark.

South Africa has recorded 245 new confirmed Covid-19 infections and 35 new deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 89 387. To date, 13 030 428 adults are fully vaccinated.

Would-be beneficiaries of unclaimed pension funds say they are unable to claim what might be due to them.

In 2008, the City of Johannesburg agreed to sell land to a politically connected consortium for R280 million. The land was transferred but the purchase price was never paid.

A Durban University of Technology student charged with arson and public violence spent his second night in jail after not being able to appear in court.

Student leadership at the University of KwaZulu-Natal have vowed to challenge the decision by the institution to require them to vacate residences by November 30.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a man who claimed damages against the Passenger Agency of South Africa for injuries sustained when he was pushed out of a moving train in November 2011.

Department of Basic Education director-general Mathanzima Mweli has requested an urgent meeting with Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Basic Education heard.

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.

Patrollers keep Eldorado Park safe.

The East London Regional Court has dismissed an application by a lawyer and his alleged accomplice to be acquitted of fraud charges.

The trial date has been set for the murder case of Alutha Pasile accused of murdering and dismembering University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni in August.