Police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said 12 truck drivers, whose vehicles obstructed the flow of traffic and who defied instructions by police to remove their trucks, were arrested on Sunday.

Mavhinga documented human rights violations during the turbulent and violent final years of the Robert Mugabe government.

Zambia has detected its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in three people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week, the health ministry said on Saturday.

A Tshwane district Covid-19 vaccination team was robbed at gunpoint in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, on Saturday, the Gauteng health department said.

Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.

One dwelling was partially damaged and several informal structures were completely destroyed.

Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections in South Africa that is driven by the Omicron variant should prompt vigilance but not panic as infections have been mild, a health official says.

Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday's presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the electoral commission.

At least 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus carrying a group of religious faithful was swept away by flood waters as the driver tried to cross a river in the eastern Kenyan county of Kitui, the county governor said.

A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that the son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi could run for president, his lawyer said, as arguments intensified over the conduct of an election aimed at ending a decade of turmoil.

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The high court has found the government liable for veldfires that gutted a neighbour’s property.

SA women's life expectancy dropped by a year in 2020 and is likely to fall further in 2021 because of Covid-19, according to a new article in the SA Medical Journal by experts from the University of Cape Town and the SA Medical Research Council .

Eskom has announced it will implement stage two load-shedding from 9pm on Saturday but warned the lights could go off earlier if the power system deteriorates further.

More than 100 people banged pots and brandished placards in front of a Shell garage in Cape Town on Saturday in protest against the company’s intentions to conduct a seismic survey off the Wild Coast.

A Free State teacher has been dismissed after being found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a 22-year-old pupil.

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande has urged police to "swiftly" investigate the drowning of two North West students in a hotel pool  this week.

A Gauteng teacher who was sacked for assaulting two pupils with a pipe, referring to them in derogatory terms, and swearing at a female colleague has had his application for reinstatement dismissed by the Education Labour Relations Council.

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande says he is concerned about increasing cases of bogus institutions awarding honorary doctorates, mostly to celebrities.

A government agency's accounts manager is embroiled in disciplinary action over alleged fraud involving R4.5m.

SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni and two senior officials are receiving full pay while investigations into assault and sexual harassment allegations are conducted.

Two officers were responding to a domestic violence report near Bergville on Friday afternoon when they were attacked. Now the suspect faces an attempted murder charge.

A distressed Cape Town community is appealing to warring gangs for a ceasefire after three children were shot and injured on their way to school on Friday.

A Dutch businessman accused of duping a bank to give him a R6.8m loan using a four-star guest house as security has failed to convince the high court to allow him to attend his daughter's birthday party in the Netherlands.

The N3 highway between Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal was fully reopened early on Saturday morning after a truck protest that severely disrupted traffic, management of the N3 Toll Concession said.

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Top SA scientists slam the global travel bans, saying they were not only ineffective but did significantly more harm than good.

The Fort Calata Foundation has expressed disappointment with the NPA for missing the deadline to provide the families of the Cradock Four victims with an update on their case.

Management of the N3 Toll Concession said on Friday evening that traffic congestion due to a protest on the highway between Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal will take some time to clear.

The annual practice of some schools illegally withholding pupils’ end-of-the-year report cards because of outstanding fees or pupils' failure to return textbooks has reared its ugly head once again.