DA Gauteng health spokesperson Jack Bloom says South Rand Hospital patients have suffered as surgeries have been delayed, and some patients have had to be sent to other hospitals for emergency procedures.

The UN in South Africa has expressed "grave concerns" about violent attacks on foreign nationals after Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi was assaulted and set alight in Diepsloot.

Almost eight years after the murder of Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, the trial of the five men charged with killing him is expected to get under way in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

The N2 highway is closed near Botrivier after vehicles were stoned during an early morning service delivery protest.

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Three people have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, which left two people dead and three injured.

Torrential rains over the past 72 hours have pushed up the level of Hazelmere Dam in Durban to approximately 65%, which poses a risk to the wall extension, which is under construction.

Schools in KwaZulu-Natal will not close while heavy rains continue to lash the province, but parents and guardians have been given the green light to keep children at home.

Police said the 32-year-old man was attacked at around 03:00 in the parking area near the pub and grill in Westdene.

The Polokwane High Court found that an appeal by the company, Mphaphuli Consulting (Pty) Ltd, had no prospects for success.

Heavy downpours over large parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday left two people dead, while two others were still missing. Several roads were also flooded.

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In court papers filed last week, Ace Magashule said that the high court erred in its decision to dismiss his bid to have his charges in the Free State asbestos tender scam case overturned.

Immigrants in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, say they live in fear after a Zimbabwean man, Elvis Nyathi, was killed, allegedly by a mob, in Extension 1.

A Somerset West man is gearing up to swim 100 cold water swims between Robben Island and mainland Cape Town in a bid to raise R100 000 for the Cape of Good Hope SPCA and its wildlife animals.

Lower parts of the Ladysmith CBD have flooded yet again following weekend rains in the province.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has granted former president Jacob Zuma a postponement pending his reconsideration application at the Supreme Court of Appeal.

Former president Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital and is undergoing testing for an unknown ailment, says JG Zuma Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi.

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has been elected as the mayor of the Central Karoo District Municipality.

The State will be adding three more criminal cases against a 53-year-old man facing hundreds of charges relating to child pornography and the operation of what appeared to be a child sex ring.