“Go diragalang? [what's happening?]” are two words that saved a Zimbabwean man from being killed by a mob that was raiding homes of suspected illegal immigrants in Diepsloot on Wednesday night.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of 200 army members to counter the threat of piracy and related illegal activities in the Indian Ocean.

Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of Covid testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and Chinese cities tightened curbs - even in places with no recent infections.

Asset owners managing more than $10.4 trillion have urged governments not to let worries about security of fossil fuel supplies impede the transition to greener energy needed to limit catastrophic climate change.

Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the "tragedy" of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major offensive.

Morocco said on Thursday it will open a new page in its ties with Spain, apparently ending a diplomatic crisis after Madrid supported Rabat on the question of sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the situation in the town of Borodianka was "significantly more dreadful" than in nearby Bucha, where Russian forces' suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned.

A pack of African wild dogs has been released in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The Judicial Service Commission will today interview candidates for judge president and three vacancies in the KwaZulu-Natal high court.

A Palestinian who killed two people in a Tel Aviv bar was shot to death on Friday by Israeli security forces after an hours-long manhunt through the city.

French President Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio on Friday he had entered the presidential campaign later than he wished.

For four days Glenwood residents were forced to endure loud music and drunk behaviour when more than 2,000 students attended an unauthorised party at Howard College.

The rand fell on Thursday, struggling against a stronger dollar after meeting minutes showed the US Federal Reserve preparing to move aggressively to head off inflation.

With routine diagnostic testing in Africa focused on travellers and people who present at hospitals with symptoms, seroprevalence studies provide data on asymptomatic cases that otherwise go undetected.

People exposed to a disaster in their communities are likely to experience depression in the long-term with black Africans, women, those who are illiterate and the poor at greatest risk, a University of KwaZulu Natal study suggests.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19, but is not currently experiencing any symptoms, her spokesman said.

The office of the police commissioner in KwaZulu-Natal has called on communities to work with it in the fight against gender-based violence and child abuse.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks to infuse...

Independent Media’s entry of a social media campaign promoting its “baby trade” video series based on= its debunked Tembisa decuplets reportage to a global news contest has been withdrawn amid controversy over its veracity.

The SA Weather Service has warned of the risk of flooding in parts of the country as rainy and cold conditions are expected to set in from Friday throughout the weekend.

The SA Revenue Service this week carried out search and seizure operations related to investigations into illicit financial flows and illicit trade in gold, alcohol, clothing, cigarettes and tobacco products.

Eskom said it was struggling to keep up with increasing equipment failure and as a result was experiencing network overload.

Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for a hit and run suspect who was driving a red Polo that hit a grade 2 pupil on Thursday on the R71 near Majeje bridge in Namakgale policing area.

With the state of disaster lifted and stadiums set to open to the public, government invited unjabbed sports fans to vaccinate at stadiums before being allowed entry.

Anyone who has suffered a serious Covid-19 injury, or the dependent of a deceased person whose death was caused by the vaccine, can claim from government's Covid-19 Vaccine Injury No-fault Compensation Scheme, with claims having to meet certain crite...

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The Limpopo health department said a set of conjoined twins has been born at the Jane Furse Hospital

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Minister of agriculture Thoko Didiza on Wednesday revealed that her department had spent more than R80m combating the latest brown locust outbreak that has swept through several provinces, destroying crops.

The UN General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.