"No additional grant type is offered apart from the ones announced by Sassa," said the agency.

Under a vast gray sky, fisherman Daniel de Matos Rosa waded through the shallow waters of a southern Brazilian lagoon clogged with dead fish - the latest mass casualties of the country's punishing drought.

Removing the national state of disaster is at the top of the Federated Hospitality Association of SA's wish list as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his annual state of the nation address on Thursday.

Tunisia's police have shut the Supreme Judicial Council building, its head told Reuters on Monday, as President Kais Saied vowed non-interference a day after he dissolved the council, accusing its members of bias and corruption.

Military leaders have said the coup was necessary as a corrective measure, that the right to protest is protected, and have called investigations into protester deaths.

A former sergeant at the police crime intelligence unit was among four suspects arrested after storming into a shop and robbing staff at a mall in Mpumalanga.

Sparks allegedly cost studios tens of millions of dollars over nearly a decade by leaking movies and TV shows before their scheduled release dates.

Weighing in on the recommendation, Madonsela pointed out the decision on who would be the next chief justice would be made by the president alone, and he is not bound by the recommendation.

A Durban schoolgirl who was whisked away in a car outside her school on Monday afternoon, in what was believed to be an abduction, is safe and sound.

The inquest into the deaths of 144 Life Esidimeni psychiatric patients continues in the Pretoria high court.

Several parts of Tshwane were affected by water supply problems on Tuesday due to a power failure at a Rand Water booster station.

Actor and former EFF MP Fana Mokoena has defended Bongani Bingwa after the 702 radio host's views on immigration sparked sharp debate and claims he is "attacking" South Africans.

The City of Johannesburg is not the only entity to have been targeted by an alleged serial burglar with a "penchant" for computer hard drives.

Food producer Tiger Brands has emphasised its commitment to resolving the listeriosis outbreak matter in the shortest possible time.

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Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has undertaken to decide whether to fire a community representative from the board of the National Nuclear Regulator by February 15, heading off a court appearance that had been scheduled for Tuesday.

Sahpra has announced the authorisation of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine and the Covid-19 vaccine MC Pharma, also known as Sinopharm/BIBP vaccine, for use in SA

Piel Island is looking for a new monarch, and applicants have until Wednesday to apply.

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Twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie entered a plea deal with the state and have been sentenced on terrorism-related charges.

SA recorded 1,228 new Covid-19 cases and 186 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Monday.

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter said the utility was implementing consequence management against power station management and staff who were not performing. “We are not satisfied at all with the performance of some of our senior executives," he said.

The secretary-general of the EFF, Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini, said the case was a waste of time and state resources and Roets was in court to “promote his book”.

The alleged hate speech matter between AfriForum and EFF leader Julius Malema and party member Mbuyiseni Ndlozi was back in the equality court on February 7 2022. AfriForum is alleging hate speech as the pair continue to sing the “Kill the Boer” ...

A member of the public reported hearing the man screaming for help.

Sibongile Mani, who splurged nearly a million rand in National Student Financial Aid Scheme funds erroneously paid into her account, has been convicted of theft

Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with corruption at the SA Police Service for the acquisition of personal protective equipment valued at about R1.9m.

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday set aside the public protector's finding that former Western Cape premier Helen Zille had breached sections of the executive ethics code.

Eskom will implement stage 2 load-shedding from 9pm on Monday to "conserve and replenish" emergency reserves.