About 20 taxis have been used to block a section of Cape Town's Jakes Gerwel Drive , causing severe congestion, the City's Traffic Services says.

The 18-year-old accused of killing a King Edward VII School Grade 11 pupil has been granted bail in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court in Johannesburg.

Police are on the hunt for four people who robbed a Vodacom store in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month.

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A group of 200 EFF supporters allegedly caused mayhem at the Department of Basic Education office's in Pretoria over the placement of pupils.

Three people have been arrested and charged with the murder of a KwaZulu-Natal man who went missing last Monday.

One man has drowned while another is missing in separate incidents at Durban beaches.

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa has recorded 1 094 new Covid-19 infections, which represents a 6.9% positivity rate. Three new Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded.

A Gauteng man who allegedly didn't want to accept that the relationship with his former lover was over is accused of setting her home alight and killing a five-year-old child in the process.

A man has been shot dead after defending a female friend who was groped at an Eastern Cape tavern.

A group of gunmen made off with six cars after robbing a dealership in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg on Monday.

The Hawks arrested six suspects after a shootout in central Johannesburg on Monday.

Under-pressure Police Minister Bheki Cele says EFF leader Julius Malema tried to hatch a plot with national police commissioner Khehla Sitole to have him removed.

Details of alleged sexual acts emerged against a Mpumalanga pastor during his trial at the KwaMhlanga Magistrate's Court.

The Port St John’s Magistrate's Court has postponed the case of a 27-year-old Eastern Cape man accused of raping and killing his two-year-old daughter.

The alleged mastermind in the murder of Tshegofatso Pule did not disclose Pule's pregnancy to his fiancée, the Gauteng High Court sitting in Johannesburg heard on Monday.

Villagers in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape have been left gobsmacked after being treated to a rare sighting of a waterspout weather phenomena recently.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema says there is no consistency or implementation of the government's objectives due to President Cyril Ramaphosa's belief that each State of the Nation Address is the beginning of a new term as president.

A KZN man is in a critical condition after he was shot in the back of his head in KwaDabeka, Pinetown, west of Durban on Monday morning.

The high temperatures and humidity have got the Mozambique Spitting Cobras moving around in Durban.