Public works minister Patricia de Lille said it was a "very sad day for democracy in SA" after a fire broke out in parliament in Cape Town on Sunday morning.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and it "might take a while" to establish what sparked the blaze.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town laid the ashes of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to rest at the St George’s cathedral during a private, early morning family service on Sunday, with a call to rename Cape Town’s airport after the Nobel Peac...

Parliament caught fire on Sunday morning, the City of Cape Town confirmed.

Beach lovers celebrated the new year with a splash.

Members of the Tutu family, the clergy and various dignitaries attended the funeral of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on January 1 2022. Tutu was honoured with a category one state funeral at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town where his as...

A stoppage-time goal from midfielder Rodri gave Premier League leaders Manchester City a 2-1 win at Arsenal on New Year's Day as the home side finished the game with 10 men following the sending-off of defender Gabriel.

The United Arab Emirates will ban non-vaccinated citizens from travelling abroad from January 10, the state news agency WAM reported on Saturday, citing the foreign ministry and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority.

New Year's Day in Cape Town has been marred by two drownings just hours apart.

This year has seen courts hand down a number of heavy sentences for a variety of convictions.However, the one that stood out was that of Nomia Ndlovu, the former policewoman who was in November sentenced to six life terms for a string of murders she ...

The chaos in both provinces erupted after Zuma handed himself over to police to serve a 15-month jail sentence on June 29 for being in contempt of court.

On July 27, a North West mother who lost her job due to the Covid-19 pandemic received a surprise windfall - winning R158m to become the second-highest Powerball jackpot winner in the history of the SA National Lottery.

Kaizer Chiefs chairperson Kaizer Motaung says the club was “dumbfounded” at the Premier Soccer League’s decision to not allow the postponements of Amakhosi’s DStv Premiership matches in December due to an outbreak of Covid-19.

A small group of minstrels will gather at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on Sunday in an effort to keep the spirit of the traditional January 2 carnival alive.

Shark-bite kits have been installed on four beaches in Plettenberg Bay following a fundraising campaign carried out by the local National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) lifeboat station.

Cape Town police arrested a man on Friday morning after finding 1,000 Mandrax tablets in his bag.

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement marched on in 2021 but to the beat of a quieter drum as sport moved from protest to action by implementing some of the change athletes helped put in the spotlight.

Retired Bishop of Natal Rev Michael Nuttall was overcome by emotion as he gave a moving tribute to the late Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at his funeral on Saturday morning at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.

At least 12 pilgrims died and more than a dozen were injured in a stampede at a Hindu shrine in Kashmir on Saturday morning, police said.

Mourners from across the world will remember the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at an official state funeral held at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Saturday morning.

China ended its final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local coronavirus cases for any seven-day period since subduing the country's first epidemic nearly two years ago, despite an arsenal of some of the world's toughest Covid-19 measures.

Keep up with the funeral service of archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

After nearly two years of bruising lockdowns which saw Gauteng's commuter rail network destroyed by thieves, Metrorail commuter train services continue their slow comeback.

The world bids farewell to 2021 on Friday night. Here's a look at some of the festivities and preparations from various parts of the world, including Australia, Japan and Taiwan.

The province with the most new Covid-19 cases reported on the last day of 2021 — as the country gears up to celebrate New Year's Eve without a curfew in place — is the Western Cape, followed by KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

A New Year's Eve tip-off led to the arrest of two men, who the Hawks caught transporting more than R1m worth of drugs from Gauteng to Cape Town on Friday.

November was Russia’s deadliest month of the Covid-19 pandemic, deepening a demographic crisis that President Vladimir Putin says is a threat to the country’s future.

Private security guards securing refugees' monthly allowances were overpowered and robbed of US$60,360 (R962,742) at Tongogara Refugee Camp at Chipinge in Zimbabwe.

Spikes in car and home insurance premiums are on the cards for next year, thanks to various Covid-19-related knock-on effects.

When World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe began his review of the year by highlighting "some jaw-dropping performances" he perfectly encapsulated the sport's current paradox - people are stunned by what they are seeing, but not necessarily impressed.