The SIU has obtained authorisation to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the Road Accident Fund, the Overstrand Municipality and Alexkor.

Six people have died in a head-on collision north of Polokwane in Limpopo.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the long-waited Special Investigating Unit report into Covid-19 PPE corruption.

Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has attracted opportunists and careerists, who use their access to state power to enrich themselves rather than serve the nation.

Three pupils from Bonteheuwel High School are "beaming with pride" after pitching their green business concepts to a judging panel, which saw them walk away with bursaries and technology tablets at the National Youth Green Entrepreneurship Programme.

Security will be tight at the memorial service of FW de Klerk in Cape Town on Sunday, with some groups theatening to disrupt it.

The National Assembly used its traditional farewell speeches on the final sitting of the year to bid adieu to one of its longest-serving members - the DA's James Selfe.

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Although South Africa has made great strides since signing its Constitution into law 25 years ago, more still needs to be done says Justice Minister Ronald Lamola.

Two airport staff have been killed and another was rushed to hospital after the car they were travelling in came under attack.

The omicron variant of the coronavirus was already in the wastewater of an airport a day before its discovery was officially announced, says the SA Medical Research Council.

The South African Weather Service has forecast severe thunderstorms for parts of the Eastern Cape.

2021 has been a tough year for South Africans. Load shedding, Covid-19, a changing political landscape, and a battered economy have all taken its toll on the health and emotional well-being of most South Africans.

A woman was found dead in her home in Parklands, Cape Town, when police were tracing the owner of a vehicle that had crashed on the West Coast road, leaving the driver dead.

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.

With only a few hours before the process for all pupils who applied for placement in Grade 1 and 8 for 2022 is supposed to be completed, the Gauteng education department is scrambling to find space for all the applicants.

A 34-year-old Limpopo man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of raping his 12-year-old niece and then convincing her parents to drop the charges, which the State refused to do.

An Eastern Cape lawyer, who was barred from practising, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, five of which was suspended for 5 years, on charges of fraud, theft and contempt of court.

The Western Cape ANC leadership has rushed through to the Kannaland Municipality to investigate why one of its members participated in a council sitting, despite the party withdrawing from its coalition with Icosa.

Since the start of the festive season, 447 cars have been "discontinued" on South Africa's roads, and over 43 000 traffic fines issued.