South Africans are paying nearly 9% more for food compared to a year ago, according to the latest Household Affordability Index released on Monday.

"There are no sanctions imposed on Russia that will last too long. The sanctions will actually backfire," said Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla.

New York state will end its mask mandate for schools and childcare facilities on Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul said, citing a steep drop in Covid-19 cases.

On Monday the SA Human Rights Commission will continue to hear evidence from key witnesses about the July 2021 unrest and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Companies owned by Gertler, who has been under US sanctions since 2017 for alleged corruption in Congo, control mining and oil licenses throughout the central African nation as well as lucrative royalty streams from some of the world’s biggest copp...

"I keep saying Centurion is the lost city of Atlantis. Now, with the tremor, I think the water gods want to resurface," joked one social media user.

Safe havens like bonds, gold and the US dollar rallied on Monday, while classic risk-sentiment proxies like the Australia dollar tumbled.

“Russia has hit the Mriya as a symbol of Ukraine’s aviation capabilities,” the company said.

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A petition calling on government not to get involved in the deadly conflict between Russia and Ukraine has amassed more than 26,000 signatures to date.

Speaking during a Siyabonga rally in Mogalakwena, Limpopo over the weekend, Malema criticised the state of health services in the area, saying clinics should be open 24/7..

Absa IT specialist Xolela Masebeni, who allegedly fraudulently transferred R103m into six bank accounts over four months, was shot dead in the Eastern Cape at the weekend.

More than 1,200 people were arrested and 20 illegal firearms recovered during joint law enforcement operations in Gauteng at the weekend.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has recorded 1,266 new Covid-19 cases, 42% of which are in Gauteng.

Government advises those who receive at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine in a foreign country to get a second Pfizer shot six weeks after the last vaccination dose to complete the two dose regimen.

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Satellite imagery taken on Sunday showed a large deployment of Russian ground forces including tanks moving in the direction of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv from approximately 40 miles (64 km) away, a private U.S. company said.

Russia’s plans for Ukraine face rapidly rising costs due to delays caused by tougher-than-expected resistance from forces on the ground, even as its military retains overwhelming advantages.

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An attempt by truck drivers to block the N3 highway in the Spruitview area in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, was foiled on Sunday afternoon.

A tremor measuring 2.7 Richter scale was recorded in Centurion on Sunday afternoon.

Two people were injured when a BMW hit a spinning vehicle, which then ploughed into a crowd that had gathered for an illegal drag race at the intersection of Umgeni Road and Intersite Avenue in Durban on Saturday night.

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The "dire" results of the 2021 systemic test in the Western Cape shows the devastating impact of Covid-19 on children, provincial education MEC Debbie Schäfer said on Sunday.

Russian military vehicles pushed into Ukraine's second-largest city on Sunday and explosions rocked oil and gas installations on a fourth day of fighting in the biggest assault on a European state since World War 2.

A shocking total of 158,888 pupils in seven provinces have not returned to class this year.

Employees of a direct-marketing insurance company in Durban have turned to the SA Human rights commission to save them from being forced to go on a leadership course during which they are allegedly sworn at, belittled, forced to cross-dress and sing ...