Shoprite Checkers must pay a former employee R25,000 in compensation after she was sexually harassed by a general manager.

McDonald’s Corp. settled a lawsuit that had accused the fast-food chain of discrimination by the Black franchise operators of four of its restaurants in Tennessee.

President Joe Biden highlighted Senator Bob Dole's concerns about US democracy in a tribute on Friday to the former Republican presidential candidate, a World War II veteran Biden called a hero.

First National Bank (FNB) faces a court fight after failing to sound the alarm when R1.2m in cash was withdrawn from a bank account in two days.

A score of people were trapped on Friday in a nursing home in northeastern Arkansas after it was struck by a tornado that killed two people and injured five, media said, citing a county official.

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is "thinking of" leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer, the world's richest man tweeted on Thursday.

Cape Town’s marine and environmental law enforcement unit apprehended four suspected poachers in a marine protected area near Llandudno on Friday.

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SA recorded 19,018 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Friday night.

"I'm healthy and I never got the virus so I don't see the reason why I should be vaccinated. I don't think my son will be vaccinated. I think that will happen the last minute when they push everybody, but I won't take my kids for vaccination."

Four SA whistle-blowers, including the slain Babita Deokaran, were honoured at the "Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblowing Awards", which were held this week.

Bathabile Dlamini will have to wait another week to hear whether she will be acquitted of perjury.

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday reinstated the life sentence imposed on a man who raped his step-daughter numerous times since 2011, when she was 12.

Huge consignments of illegal cigarettes, hookah pipe tobacco and scrap metal amounting to R40m were uncovered during two major operations by the SA Revenue Service customs division in Durban and Polokwane.

A mixture of shock, outrage and incredulity met video footage this week of a Cape Town motorist driving an Opel Corsa with its back right wheel replaced with a flatbed trolley.

An alleged hijacker shot himself in the leg during a scuffle with a man he had allegedly taken hostage in Durban.

The SA Medical Research Council says its scientists have detected the Covid-19 Omicron variant in Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay.

The Gauteng education department said it is hopeful that 4,712 grade 1 and 8 pupils will be placed by the end of Friday.

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The Hawks have arrested two men in the North West for being in possession of a lion’s head.

SA Breweries has launched a platform to curb irresponsible drinking as the festive season approaches.

Hospitalisations in SA from the Omicron coronavirus variant are rising at a slower rate than surging case numbers, while severe disease is limited and there’s only a small uptick in deaths.

The Omicron strain may be spreading faster in England than in SA and could top 1-million cases by the end of December, UK experts warn.

The SA Revenue Service, using hi-tech data analysis systems, is ramping up operations against tax dodgers and targeting South Africans squirrelling away money and assets in offshore havens.

A 34-year-old Limpopo man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his 12-year-old niece who was later forced by family members to forgive him.

The National Consumer Commission has launched an investigation into the makers of Howe Instant Noodles as the company disputes that its product caused the deaths of three children in the Eastern Cape.

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"Given that Omicron is clearly everywhere in the UK now, the ongoing punishment of SA in terms of red list travel restrictions seems pointless and particularly unfair," Morgan said.

Unsuccessful applicants for the R350 social relief of distress grant have the right to dispute their applications being declined.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson says the city has urged event organisers to postpone or cancel planned large gatherings ahead of the festive season due to a resurgence in Covid-19 infections.