It is two years since the fatal Melville drive-by shooting in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Artist Lebani Sirenje, who is renowned for painting portraits of prominent South Africans at their funerals, enthralled mourners with two paintings of the Arch on Friday morning.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the first part of the report into state capture on Tuesday.

The Serum Institute of India has applied to the country's drug regulator and health ministry for full approval of its Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, the company's CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Friday.

A 10-year-old boy drowned after being swept away while attempting to cross a low-lying bridge in KwaZulu-Natal, and a second person is missing.

Twenty-six people were injured when a bus crashed on the N3 Durban-bound after the Mariannhill toll plaza in Pinetown.

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The tourism and hospitality sectors, among those that have been most affected by the Covid-19 lockdown due to restrictions on their trading hours, have welcomed the lifting of the curfew before New Year's Eve.

An investigation into the unsolved case of a 10-year-old hit-and-run victim who was then abducted and died alone.

The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) said older person’s grants will be paid from January 4 and disability grants from January 5.

Here is a look at what has changed - and not changed - since the beginning of the year.

While travelling it is important to follow all Covid-19 prevention measures, such as wearing a mask, washing hands frequently, maintaining physical distance and avoiding crowded or poorly ventilated places.

It was another rough and challenging year with variants, surges, third and fourth waves, riots, load-shedding and a hunt for 10 imaginary babies.

A wave of panic swept over SA and the globe when the Omicron variant was announced along with news that mutations might affect the efficacy of existing vaccines. But this week, two important studies revealed their findings.

A KwaZulu-Natal forensic crime scene expert has recalled his hellish assault at the hands of panga-wielding assailants while trying to protect an electrical substation in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, two weeks ago.

SA's curfew has been lifted with immediate effect following a special cabinet meeting on Thursday.

Severe thunderstorms and torrential rains wreaked havoc across parts of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands with fallen trees blocking part of the N3 highway on Thursday.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday at the age of 90 after a long illness, is described as a “family member” and “hero of note”.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported an additional 126 Covid-19 related deaths on Thursday.

More than 4,000 motorists have been arrested on SA's roads this festive season as traffic authorities gear up to intensify operations on New Year's Eve.

SA could enter the new year under new Covid-19 regulations that will lift the midnight curfew and ease restrictions on gatherings.

Cape Town Interfaith Initiative chairperson Berry Behr and other religious leaders joined hundreds of mourners at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town's CBD to honour the late archbishop Desmond Tutu on December 30 2021.

Ethiopia wants to pass a supplementary budget worth 122-billion birr (R39.55bn) to help finance programmes to rebuild areas destroyed by war and provide humanitarian aid, its finance ministry said on Thursday.

The case against a 20-year-old North West woman who allegedly confessed to ordering a hit on her entire family in 2016 has been postponed to January 13 for a formal bail application.

The Constitutional Court has ordered that an Ethiopian man who entered SA illegally is entitled to remain in the country, pending the outcome of his asylum application.

The fourth unit of Eskom's Kusile power station is up and running and expected to soon contribute an additional 800MW to the country's power system.

A week before her flight to Saudi Arabia, Landman, 30, tested positive for Covid-19.

The SA Weather Service has issued a warning for severe thunderstorms and hail over parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.

Clouds gather above the Cape Town city bowl as residents pay their final respects to Desmond Tutu who died aged 90 on Sunday.

Are you satisfied with the 'solutions' to this year's crises?