Three family members are facing fraud charges for allegedly cheating Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape out of R13.9m.

The Gqeberha specialised commercial crimes court sentenced a bookkeeper for Road Accident Fund (RAF) fraud amounting to R500,000 on Friday.

The war in Ukraine has killed 136 children in the 31 days since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's office of the prosecutor general said on Saturday.

The SABC board on Friday said it was hopeful that the March 31 deadline for the analogue switch-off (ASO) would be extended.

Several Zimbabwean women are allegedly trapped in abusive working conditions as domestic workers under the Kafala visa sponsorship system in Oman, in the Middle East.

A 37-year-old police sergeant was killed during a shoot-out with suspects at a guest house in Kabokweni, Mpumalanga, on Friday morning.

The Secunda regional court has sentenced a Zimbabwean national who was found in possession of a live pangolin to a 10-year jail term.

Emalahleni-based transport company Massyn Vervoer says  it has taken a decision to close its tautliner division with effect from April 30.

Operation Dudula's Durban wing was on Friday denied permission to hold a march on Sunday.

The Free State high court on Friday granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a forfeiture order for R18m that was fraudulently paid into SA bank accounts by Lesotho government officials.

As Zimbabwe heads for by-elections on Saturday the process has been marred by allegations of vote-buying, intimidation and irregularities.

Despite strategies to accelerate the repairs to and refurbishing of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, the process is still being hampered by crime.

Certain taxi routes and ranks in Nyanga could be closed down and operating licences suspended if the violence between rival associations continues, the Western Cape transport MEC warned on Friday.

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The Hawks said the university’s former financial administrator Wendy Zimasa Xabiya was convicted this week after it was found she stole R480,000.

Police minister Bheki Cele has joined the throng of people celebrating Ntuthuko Shoba's conviction on Friday for ordering the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule.

It was an emotional victory for Tshegofatso Pule's family as the man accused of masterminding her murder was convicted.

The International Labour Organization has elected Gilbert Houngbo of Togo as its new director-general. He will take office in October, becoming the first African to hold the position.

South Africans have welcomed the guilty verdict against Ntuthuko Shoba for the premeditated murder of his pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule in June 2020.

The Johannesburg high court has found former JSE analyst Ntuthuko Shoba guilty of the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule.

A Mozambican businessman working in Gauteng, Faizel Charloos, who was arrested for allegedly orchestrating last year’s kidnapping of Jahyr Abdula, has been remanded after he appeared in the Benoni magistrate’s court on Friday.

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The arrest of Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla "Lux" Dlamini has drawn mixed reactions online, including among politicians.

The Johannesburg metro police department’s banning of an anti-xenophobia march planned for Human Rights Day has been overturned by the high court.

The Johannesburg high court has found former JSE analyst Ntuthuko Shoba guilty of the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule.

The Durban University of Technology has blamed police inactivity for another “violent” protest at the institution on Thursday.

Four men are standing trial, accused of the brutal murders of Dorah and Rorisang Matseme.

A New York man was indicted for allegedly running a “cash-to-Bitcoin” money-laundering scheme which he openly bragged about on social media, telling clients he could help them stay “completely off the radar".

Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla 'Lux' Dlamini's bail application will be heard on Monday, meaning he will remain in custody over the weekend.