The case against former Mpumalanga agriculture, rural development and environmental affairs MEC Mandla Msibi and his co-accused has been postponed to February for further investigation.

The body of a man was recovered on Sunday from a vehicle swept off a low-lying bridge in Roodeplaat, Tshwane.

Pioneer Foods on Monday launched a recall of specific batches of Safari peanuts and raisins and cashew nuts in SA, Botswana and Namibia.

One of the founders and major shareholders of the Ballito and Plett Rage festivals has accused media houses of creating panic and hysteria about the events, which he says led to them being cancelled.

Company warns staff who are not exempt but still refuse vaccination that MTN "will not be obliged to continue the employment contract".

Pastor Timothy Omotoso is back in court on Monday, where he and his two co-accused face 97 charges, including rape, human trafficking and racketeering.

Applicants for the R350 social relief of distress grant whose applications were previously cancelled can reinstate them if their circumstances have changed.

National Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Shamila Batohi will host a virtual media briefing on National Prosecuting Authority matters on Monday.

The students knew their university was the epicentre of a new Covid-19 variant spreading panic across the globe, but during the past week many worried more about how Omicron would mess up exams and holiday plans than about catching it.

Italy, which has one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates, is further cracking down on the small minority that has so far refused the shot.

A 69-year-old KwaZulu-Natal pensioner has bagged R35m in the national lottery, becoming the second pensioner in the province to become a multimillionaire in under two weeks.

France’s Republicans picked Valerie Pecresse, head of the economically mighty Paris region, to fight Emmanuel Macron in next year’s election, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to represent the centre-right party in a presidential con...

The velocity of the mutations also raises questions about how the variant evolved and adds to the puzzle of how transmissible the variant may be.

A South African-born teacher from KwaZulu-Natal who still holds his Zulu accent has been making strides in Asia's education system, and was recently appointed deputy principal of a private school in China.

Preliminary data suggests rapid antigen tests should pick up the new variant.

On December 5 2021 Capetonians took to Muizenberg beach to protest against Shell’s plans to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast.

The labour court has switched off the hopes of a former Eskom employee who was fired for ridiculing his bosses on Facebook.

Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won re-election, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he was waiting for a report back from a task team he established to investigate the possibility of making vaccination mandatory.

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Three matric pupils from Hoërskool Ben Viljoen in Groblersdal in Limpopo have died in a car accident, the school announced at the weekend.

Gauteng is leading the current spike in infections, driven by the Omicron variant, with the government and the private sector appealing to those still unvaccinated to get the jab to curb its further spread.

Three opposition candidates have rejected the partial results of Gambia's election that show President Adama Barrow with a commanding lead, they said in a statement, citing an unusual delay in tallying the votes.

A Jordanian court sentenced five senior health officials to three years in jail on Sunday for causing the death of 10 Covid-19 patients following an oxygen outage in a major state hospital, state media said.

Police watchdog Ipid is investigating the case of a Western Cape man who claims to have been raped by a police officer who arrested him.

Environmentalists are urging Shell and other oil companies to stop prospecting for oil, arguing that the world has no chance of reaching net zero carbon by 2050 if existing oil deposits are burnt, let alone if new ones are found.

Mpumalanga police were on Sunday probing the murder of a mother and son at their home in Mataffin, outside Mbombela.

Deputy President David Mabuza is expected to reaffirm SA’s commitment to greater unity of the African continent at the 21st International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)

Eswatini-born English actor Richard E Grant is spending 10 days at the four-star Holiday Inn at Gatwick in the UK after visiting his mother in Southern Africa when the Omicron variant was discovered in SA.

The Integrated Vaal River System level is at 81.5%, compared to the same time last year when it was at 57.3%.