The DA said reopening extramural activities, tracing school dropouts and making up for lost teaching and learning time should be high on the list of priorities for the basic education department.

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Tsunami-hit Tonga said two wharf workers had come down with Covid-19, prompting the previously virus-free nation to go into lockdown on Wednesday, but the waterfront workers were not on docks being used by foreign navies to deliver aid.

Rwanda on Monday reopened a border crossing with Uganda closed three years ago when the government accused Kampala of harassing its nationals and supporting dissidents bent on removing the government in Kigali.

At least 25 people died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market in the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, police said.

An intruder believed to have broken into the Hercules police station in Pretoria spent several days hiding out in the ceiling before he was caught on Sunday night.

Higher education minister Blade Nzimande has rubbished claims that pupils can be accepted at universities with a 30% matric pass, saying it is a false narrative.

A 40-year-old suspect was apprehended for rhino horn smuggling at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport as he was about to board a Qatar Airways flight to Malaysia this week.

The presidency sent him well wishes and thanked him for his leadership, while many wanted to know when he is retiring.

The operation, which aims to eradicate corruption and “clean up” Prasa, has led to the discovery of 3,000 alleged ghost employees.

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"This load-shedding is necessary due to a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of two more generating units during the night,” Eskom said.

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Petrol price hikes, proposed electricity tarrifs and now load-shedding.

A group pretending to work for City Power has been arrested for cable theft in Roodepoort after attempting to bribe their way out of cuffs.

On Wednesday Supreme Court of Appeal judge president Mandisa Maya will be interviewed.

Freedom Under Law has expressed concerns about EFF leader Julius Malema and advocate Dali Mpofu interviewing judges for the chief justice position.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has formed a committee to monitor local media to ensure news outlets “adhere to its regulations” ahead of by-elections in March.

"Another part of Zondo report, more info on the grand scale looting by the cadres, still no consequences," wrote one social media user.

Eskom announced it would implement stage 2 load-shedding from Wednesday.

An elderly woman and her two grandchildren were taken hostage in their home by a man fleeing the police in Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.

The question whether three years is long enough to make a difference as chief justice dogged justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga when he was interviewed for the top judicial position in the country.

While further studies are needed to understand if second-hand smoke can lead to the spread of Covid-19, experts say it is theoretically possible.

Constitutional Court judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga gave a “decent” but not convincing performance at his interview for the position of chief justice.

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The pythons were taken to the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital for treatment, and the rabbits were rehomed "to loving families" by the SPCA.

SA recorded just more than 3,000 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Tuesday.

In the second instalment of the state capture inquiry report released on Tuesday, Zondo says former Transnet group CEO Brian Molefe, CFO Anoj Singh, Gupta lieutenant Eric Wood and financial services company Regiments Capital, with its associated pers...

Law enforcement agencies have been directed to launch criminal investigations against officials at state rail and ports company Transnet for their alleged involvement in the procurement of 1,064 locomotives — the price of which was unlawfully incre...

Eskom warned on Tuesday that load-shedding could be implemented if South Africans don't reduce their power consumption.