The search for the elusive driver of a Range Rover who put on a show by dangerously driving through water before ending up with a partially submerged SUV is continuing.

China has fired medical chiefs after a pregnant woman lost her baby outside a hospital that denied her entry due to Covid controls, as officials in the central city of Xi’an face scrutiny for their strict lockdown measures.

Fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Australia's daily coronavirus infections soared to a fresh peak on Thursday, overwhelming hospitals, while isolation rules caused labour shortages, putting a strain on businesses and supply chains.

"There is nothing as dangerous as coming to a conclusion which is not informed by a proper analysis by those trained to do so," said Mapisa-Nqakula.

Boris Johnson warned of serious challenges ahead in tackling the omicron Covid-19 variant, as he eased testing rules to free up capacity to cope with a virus caseload that’s surging across the U.K.

Six people were attacked by a swarm of bees while mowing a lawn in Ballito, north of Durban, on Thursday morning.

The hunt for natural gas is spreading to Asia’s developing economies, with India and Indonesia adding to the global demand pressure.

The spectrum licences are needed to lower data costs and add network capacity but Telkom says the auction process is "tainted by a number of reviewable errors".

US military bases in Japan introduced stricter measures on Thursday to tackle an increase in Covid-19 cases as the government expressed grave concern over the outbreak.

Justice minister Ronald Lamola said the attack on the Constitutional Court is an attack on democracy.

Hypersonic weapons usually fly towards targets at lower altitudes than ballistic missiles and can achieve more than five times the speed of sound - or about 6,200 km per hour (3,850 mph).

A hiker who went missing on Table Mountain on Wednesday afternoon has been found dead.

“Clients who get married or change their surname at the department of home affairs are urged to update Sassa of the change,” the agency said.

eThekwini has temporarily closed the North, Bay, Battery, Country Club 1 & 2,  eThekwini and Laguna beaches due to a discharge of "very abnormal" murky water from the uMgeni river.

An 11-year-old kidnap victim spent the first night with her family on Wednesday night since being snatched from the EP Baumann Primary School in Mayfair, Johannesburg, on November 17.

A fire on the slopes above the University of Cape Town's sports centre overnight was swiftly extinguished.

As more people travel between provinces after the festive season, they are at risk of contracting Covid-19. Here's what you can do to try keep safe.

Official deaths due to Covid-19 declined to 425 from 428. The excess death decline was the first in three weeks.

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"I have to confess to a private irritation (now public) about people who every day post perpetually happy photos of themselves with friends and family in the festive season."

Large swarms of brown locusts could be seen in parts of the Northern Cape on Wednesday.

Italian police have caught a top mafia fugitive who had been on the run for nearly 20 years thanks to the help of the Google Maps app

SA recorded 11,106 new Covid-19 cases and 110 deaths in the past 24 hours, the NICD said.

At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in an early-morning fire on Wednesday in a Philadelphia apartment building after smoke detectors failed to go off, the Philadelphia Fire Department said.

A top-performing school in the Eastern Cape has asked its pupils to bring drug and pregnancy test results when they arrive for their first day back.

The fire at parliament has been contained after the flare-up in the roof of the National Assembly on Monday..

A gravely ill suspect - one of four people charged with the Inanda drive-by shooting of three ANC members in September - was granted R3,000 bail in abstentia in the Ntuzuma magistrate’s court on Wednesday.

The crew and passengers on a charter flight to Limpopo had a lucky escape when their aircraft collided with a large bird, snapping off a propeller blade and sending it hurtling into the cabin.

The City of Cape Town confiscated 8,699 bottles of alcohol, which amounts to 5,000 litres, at public beaches and other amenities throughout the festive season.

Implicated individuals include former president Jacob Zuma and his allies, former GCIS CEO Mzwanele Manyi and ex SAA boss Dudu Myeni.