Police are searching for two awaiting trial prisoners who escaped from the Malmesbury Correctional Facility, while a third person who escaped alongside them has been rearrested.

Two Mahikeng police officers accused of raping a 20-year-old woman last month have been released on R3 000 bail each.

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A man accused of the rape and murder of a retired British teacher has denied that he went on the run for six years after her body was found at her lodge in Thabazimbi, Limpopo.

The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal have claimed more than 300 lives over the past few days and have left many displaced residents with the daunting task of having to rebuild their lives.

Dale College has recently suffered the tragic deaths of two pupils.

Gqeberha police were alerted to the bullet-riddled body of a man in Walmer on Wednesday.

Two Mpumalanga police officers were arrested for allegedly demanding a R10 000 bribe from a driver believed to be drunk, the Hawks said on Wednesday.

The official death toll in the rain-stricken KwaZulu-Natal province keeps rising as the bodies of those who went missing following Monday’s torrential rains are being located and confirmed dead.

DA ward councillor Nora Grose, who is being probed for the alleged misappropriation of funds, has made a brief appearance in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court in Cape Town.

The eThekwini Municipality says teams are working hard to restore power and water to areas severely affected by heavy downpours that have lashed parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Gqeberha police launched a manhunt for four armed individuals who killed two people outside a shopping mall on Heugh Road, Walmer, on Wednesday morning.

KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Sipho Hlomuka says hundreds of people have been left homeless with many roads, public infrastructure, and homes severely damaged.

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has dismissed claims that two pupils were denied admission to Northcliff High School in Johannesburg due to their parents' unemployment status.

A three-metre long Python was rescued from the debris at the Westbrook Beach, near Tongaat, north of Durban, on Tuesday.

Michelle Bebbington, the fiancée of the security guard allegedly murdered by protesting Clover employees, says she is hoping that more arrests will be made.

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) department of education has shut schools affected by the floods until next Tuesday.

The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests released the Register of Members' Interests for 2021 on Monday.

More than 3 700 residents of Kraaifontein in Cape Town are without electricity due to cable theft and vandalism at Eskom’s Prospect Hill substation.