Uber said that riders will have the option to cancel their trip if they feel uncomfortable with revocation of the mask mandate.

A television news channel in Taiwan apologised after erroneously reporting on Wednesday that China had launched an invasion outside the capital Taipei, triggering alarm online.

A gang member has been sentenced to an effective five years behind bars after being found guilty of charges related to a failed hand grenade attack on the home of slain police Lt-Col Charl Kinnear in Cape Town.

Shell Plc started to withdraw staff from its joint ventures with Russia’s Gazprom PJSC as it moves forward with plans to exit investments in response to the war in Ukraine.

Embattled state-owned power utility Eskom is briefing the media on Wednesday to provide an update on ongoing power challenges facing the country.

Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu was jailed last year after the court found she had a hand in the murders of five of her relatives and her lover.

Kgomotso Vincent Diale, 44, was killed on Monday afternoon when about 100 residents from Pimville zone 3,4, 5 and 7 went to a nearby informal settlement to inquire about allegations they were responsible for cable theft.

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Police minister Bheki Cele is expected to visit Soweto on Wednesday morning.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported 1,475 new cases of  Covid-19 in the country in the latest 24-hour period.

Some in the elite fear the invasion was a catastrophic mistake — but say the Russian president won't relent and is in no danger of losing power.

Justice Mudau, the man who alleged his wife tried to kill him with the assistance of cop-turned serial killer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu, said he is relieved his ex-spouse and Ndlovu will finally get their day in court.

The social media user shared they had breakfast at a Spur restaurant where they were served by a waiter from Newcastle before calling on the restaurant to hire more locals.

News, facts, figures, interviews, views and analysis of the impact of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape floods

The health department has extended the deadline for public comment on the proposed Covid-19 regulations to April 25.

News, facts and figures of the floods that ravaged KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape

Losing customers for the first time in a decade, Netflix Inc. is throwing out all of its old rules.

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The Ntuzuma regional court on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of his daughter in Newlands West, KwaZulu-Natal.

While the rest of the country is adapting to the latest load-shedding schedules, residents of Riverlea, west of Johannesburg, are up in arms after intermittent power failures in the past week.

The death toll in the floods in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to 448, while search and rescue teams continue their grim search for dozens of missing people.

Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phahlatse has ordered the city’s manager, Floyd Brink, to reinstate urgently Shadrack Sibiya’s investigative powers, according to a letter seen by TimesLIVE.

Theatre operations at Prince Mshiyeni hospital in Umlazi have been postponed because the facility doesn't have water.

Seven people appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Tuesday, accused of murdering Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot on April 7.

The two men accused murdering a security guard during a protest at Clover in February were denied bail on Tuesday.

About 44,050 bags of litter were collected over the Easter weekend at beach clean-ups across Durban after the recent floods, the eThekwini municipality said on Tuesday.

Five people were killed and seven others injured following a three-vehicle collision on the N12 between Potchefstroom in the North West and Fochville in Gauteng on Tuesday afternoon.

Fidelity Services Group is offering a R100,000 reward for anyone who can provide the company with information which will lead to the successful arrest and conviction of the alleged arsonist operating in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg.

Police on Tuesday arrested two people for contravening the Second-Hands Goods Act and possession of suspected stolen property in an operation in which they also seized large consignments of cable.

Police on Tuesday said 295 suspects were arrested in operations throughout the Northern Cape from April 15 to 18.