Although South Africa's fourth wave of Covid-19 infections started in Gauteng, cases in that province are decreasing. Instead, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are seeing increases.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.

Tributes are pouring in for the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, who died in Cape Town.

More pets are becoming homeless as the festive season approaches, and this animal clinic plans to give them a Christmas filled with love.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a man of strong faith and conviction, but also of words. Here are some of his most famous quotes.

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Limpopo police have released the identities of the seven family members who were shot dead in Jimmy Jones Village in Malamulele.

Gauteng welcomed 214 babies so far on Christmas Day, the Gauteng Department of Health revealed in a statement.

Western Cape police arrested a 44-year-old man during a roadblock after drugs worth R4 million were found in his Toyota sedan.

Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has delivered his Christmas Eve message, saying that more people are distrustful of the government.

A man allegedly killed seven of his family members, including four children, near Malamulele in Limpopo on Christmas Day.

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.

Another less than traditional Christmas is on the cards amid the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thirty-six golf carts, dolled up in Christmas tinsel and tassels, took part in this year's Fancourt golf cart parade, which was held this week in George.

Christmas may be a wonderful time of the year for most - but, for people experiencing homelessness, it can be particularly difficult.

Stop selling guns - even toy ones. This is the clarion call of the Grassy Park Community Policing Forum as it calls on retailers to stop selling imitation firearms and for police to confiscate them.

2021 saw its fair share of tragic and jaw-dropping court action. While most South Africans will gather in festive cheer to recap the year; others will spend it from their cold jail cells.

Many feared a repeat of last year's holiday shutdown after South Africa became one of the first countries to identify the new fast-spreading Omicron variant.

Christmas in the Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, home will be buzzing with festive cheer, baby cries and lots of cute dresses as the family marks their first Christmas with their three girls.

A three-year-old girl has been rescued after her mother dangled her out of a fifth floor window in Umbilo on Friday.