The prosecutor in Bathabile Dlamini's perjury case failed to convince the magistrate to postpone the case until "sometime next year". The magistrate has postponed the case until Friday.

More than 21 000 birds have died in a Western Cape avian flu outbreak.

China has won the Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy war in Africa and the rest of the developing world ahead of Russia, India and the West because the Asian giant supplies the majority of vaccines to African countries, according to a report by the Economist...

Sipho Pityana says the Absa board had given him a 48-hour notice to resign as a director on November 2, which he refused, leading to his ousting.

The country recorded 1 275 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The majority of new cases were from Gauteng.

The refugees and asylum seekers still living in two tents in Cape Town after leaving a church in the CBD, face eviction after authorities say they have done everything they can to help them.

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Cape Town emergency crews are on high alert as gale-force winds are expected to hit the Peninsula on Thursday.

A Gauteng police officer is in a stable condition after being shot and wounded during a robbery in Krugersdorp.

The police's investigation into the kidnapping of the Moti brothers continues, albeit that they have been returned, deputy police minister Cassel Mathale told the National Assembly on Wednesday.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor believes the July unrest had no impact on South Africa’s standing on the continent.

A 51-year-old Eastern Cape crime intelligence policeman was set to appear in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for allegedly drugging and raping a 21-year old woman at the local police headquarters at the weekend.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg continues to hear the challenge of the previous ban on faith-based gatherings, with Solidariteit Helpende Hand submitting that the matter was not moot as the state of disaster was still in effect.

There will be more strong coastal winds, while fire warnings have been made for parts of the country on Thursday, the South African Weather Service says.

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.

EFF MP Marshall Dlamini's trial for the alleged assault of a security officer at Parliament will continue next year.

The reconvened voting process for a mayor and deputy mayor in eThekwini Metro was once again steeped in chaos as opposition party's and the ANC went head-to-head for the last remaining metro in the country.

A traditional healer from KwaZulu-Natal has been sentenced to two life terms in prison for the rape of two women in 2019 after performing cleansing ceremonies on them.

Now that the dust has settled after the 1 November elections and the turbulent coalition talks are over, each of the 25 local municipal councils in the Western Cape had been formally constituted by the Tuesday deadline.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after he and three others allegedly hijacked an e-hailing taxi driver in Johannesburg.