A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes Aids, researchers reported on Tuesday.

SA must remove the negative PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated incoming travellers to stimulate tourism demand, says the Tourism Business Council of SA.

The City of Tshwane has through its forceful revenue collection campaign clawed back more than R300m owed by businesses and government offices in and around the capital city.

Former president Jacob Zuma has been denied leave to appeal the dismissal of his “special plea” to remove lead prosecutor advocate Billy Downer from his corruption trial.

The City of Cape Town is the first municipality to open its doors to independent power providers.

Tesla CEO donates $5.7bn shares to charity, a move which coincides with sparring with US senators over wealth tax

The “shoot the boer” case returns to the Equality Court sitting in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Western Cape judge president Mandlakayise John Hlophe is charged with gross misconduct by  the Judicial Service Commission and three others.

Former president Jacob Zuma's case will be back in the Pietermaritzburg high court for judgment on his application for leave to appeal.

The Life Esidimeni inquest stands as a crucial accountability process for a national tragedy that ought never to have happened and should never happen again.

The SA National Roads Agency has warned that the R21 northbound will be reduced to two lanes in the direction of Pretoria, just after the Olifantsfontein interchange, for the foreseeable future, resulting in peak hour congestion.

Former president Jacob Zuma is not expected in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Wednesday when judge Piet Koen is expected to rule on whether he can head to the supreme court of appeal.

A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico's southern border sewn their mouths shut on Tuesday in a bid to convince the country's immigration authority to grant them passage towards the US border.

A spokesperson issued a statement on behalf of Cuomo in which the former primetime host claimed Zucker and Gollust were both aware and "fully supportive" of what he was doing to help his brother, Andrew Cuomo.

Health minister Joe Phaahla said the pandemic was far from over.

Johannesburg Roads Agency depot workers have been instructed to return to work full-time from Wednesday after the agency was forced to operate with a reduced staff complement under Covid-19 regulations.

The Johannesburg Specialised Crimes Court on Tuesday denied bail to James Ramanjalum, a former manager in the police supply chain, and businessman Kishene Chetty.

“It is unacceptable that racism still rears its ugly head in the 28th year of our democratic dispensation," said Sadtu.

Prince Andrew's decision to settle a claim that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl decades ago may bring an end to his legal difficulties, but the damage done to his reputation means he is unlikely to ever play a role in public life again.

The city has since moved to clarify Sars is the tenant and is owed by its landlord.

Gunfire and explosions went off in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the early hours of Wednesday as al Shabaab militants attacked police stations and security check points, the internal security minister said.

Early indication is that imports of lemon juice from SA and Brazil harm the US industry materially.

The family of a woman killed during filming of the Western "Rust" filed a wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and others on Tuesday, claiming they disregarded several standard industry practices meant to keep movie sets safe.

Boxing icon and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao said he will welcome an international probe into President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs if elected, and promised to fight narcotics “the Right way”, with due process, not street shoot...

The NICD says observing non-pharmaceutical measures can help minimise or prevent infection.

On Monday the programme was launched at Red Cross Children’s Hospital, one of the two centres of excellence that treat blood cancers in SA

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According to Nayager, the Hatfield Gautrain station has a pre-paid electricity meter and its account is not only up to date but is in fact in credit to the value of about R120,000. The water account is similarly up to date.

On Tuesday morning, Biti issued a statement on social media confirming the arrest, which he described as “wanton abuse of our rights and the rule of law".

There have been 97,431 fatalities and 3,645,269 cases recorded across SA since the outbreak of the pandemic.