About 36% of the natural disasters that have occurred in Africa in the past four decades were in Southern Africa and they carried an estimated cumulative economic loss of R640 billion.

The daring escape of four prisoners from Rooigrond Prison near Mahikeng in North West was well-planned with minimal risks, the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights says.

The City of Cape Town has moved to appease cyclists and businesses, saying it wants to maximise the safety and enjoyment for all users of the Sea Point Promenade.

Affected packs have already been pulled from shop freezers, McCain South Africa says.

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Deputy President David Mabuza will do one of his least favourite things on Wednesday afternoon: answer questions from MPs. And his views on Russia's invasion will be one of the topics canvassed.

Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi says the health department is doing everything humanly possible to finish work on the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital following a fire that broke out almost a year ago.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has officially informed President Cyril Ramaphosa Parliament is continuing with Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's impeachment proceedings, opening the way for Ramaphosa to suspend her.

A man who torched the house of his ex-girlfriend's mother - with the mother and nephew inside - was sentenced to two life terms by the High Court in North West on Tuesday.

Piketberg murder-accused Richard Smit resigned from the police a day before his internal disciplinary hearing over the shooting of his girlfriend Natasha Booise.

There was a public backlash when it was initially reported that Valentyna Nazarova was detained because she could not apply for the necessary paperwork in her country, which is in turmoil.

The future of two suspended ANC Kannaland councillors still hangs in the balance, despite a Western Cape High Court ruling declaring their suspension from the party unlawful.

Mokgethi said no decision had yet been taken on the future of the hospital whose initial refurbishment budget of R50 million has allegedly ballooned to almost R500 million.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula scheduled the motions to be heard on 30 March. The voting process will be open.

The government has urged South Africans "not to take sides" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Pretoria couple charged with the attempted murder of their then four-month-old child known as "Baby M" had allegedly assaulted him repeatedly since his birth.

A Free State man has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for beating a man to death with a knobkerrie at an initiation school.

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo got tongues wagging after telling the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) elective conference in Mthatha on Friday, that he was drunk at the very moment he was delivering opening remarks.

A Durban man could be up for the award of SA's dumbest criminal after he was found asleep in a vehicle he had allegedly attempted to rob.

President Cyril Ramaphosa nominated Mandisa Maya to be considered for the position of Deputy Chief Justice.