Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan last week dismissed calls to declare Eskom a state of disaster, saying government has not considered it.

Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are staying at home and some have been wearing Covid-19 face masks anyway.

Arizona carried out its first execution since 2014 on Wednesday, putting to death a prisoner convicted of killing a student more than four decades ago, state prison officials said.

Chilean scientists successfully recovered one of the world's most complete ichthyosaur fossils with intact embryos from the Tyndall Glacier in Chile's Patagonia region.

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Durban supermarkets should be suspicious if they receive a bulk order for bananas via their phone shopping apps.

The department of transport is proposing that the success of the Gautrain be replicated in other areas of the country.

Imagine taking a nice, relaxing flight when suddenly you are forced to land the plane.

Dis-Chem has confirmed an “unauthorised party” gained access to a database containing the personal information of more than 3.6-million people which could be used for criminal activities, such as phishing attacks.

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The DA said an opinion obtained by higher education minister Blade Nzimande has forced him to admit that the Afrikaans, Khoi and San languages are indigenous to SA.

A 29-year-old man has been summoned to appear in Durban specialised commercial crime court for allegedly forging his matric certificate to enter medical school in 2010.

AfriForum is so desperate to cling on to this symbol of white supremacy that they are currently engaged in lawfare with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Human Rights Commission.

Another suspect is expected to appear in the R103m Absa fraud case, which resumes in the Johannesburg commercial crimes court on Thursday.

Durban beaches remain closed on Thursday due to the high levels of E coli in the water.

Health minister Joe Phaahla has responded to calls for government to scrap all Covid-19 regulations.

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The Bethulie regional court in the Free State on Wednesday sentenced three men to effective 30-year jail terms after they were found guilty of damaging Vodacom infrastructure and theft.

KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Kwazi Mshengu has commended a group of pupils and community members for standing up against a cable thief.

The Covid-19 positivity rate jumped to 25.3% on Wednesday with 10,017 new infections recorded.

Action has been taken against KZN government workers implicated in financial management of the Covid-19 pandemic, says premier Sihle Zikalala.

A 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of his mother in Mathopestad in the North West on Monday afternoon.

A record number of complaints about bank conduct was received by the ombudsman for banking services (OBS) last year, with internet banking fraud cases the biggest contributor.

AfriForum on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to set aside a 2020 order by the equality court that displaying the old South African flag constituted prohibited hate speech, discrimination and harassment.

One person has been critically hurt in a car crash on the N2 South near the Ballito offramp in KZN.

Three years after two councillors were murdered before reporting on maladministration in the Mogalakwena municipality in Limpopo, their alleged killers have been arrested.

By May 10 Eskom had implemented 32 days of load-shedding this year, compared to 26 days over the same period last year.

The data revealed that SA's overall driving score is a low of 3.41/10.

Three years ago deputy judge president Phineas Mojapelo found the display of the apartheid flag was a form of hate speech after the equality court considered the matter brought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and SA Human Rights Commission.