"The alternative was much better for the staff and the airline," said the public enterprises minister.

The City of Cape Town and three construction companies it accused of collusion and bid-rigging on the Cape Town Stadium have reached a settlement which ends a R430m high court damages case.

Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government and the mine owner said on Tuesday, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month.

Stellenbosch University rector and vice-chancellor Wim de Villiers has strongly condemned the “destructive and hurtful” racist incident at the campus involving a white student who urinated over a black student’s desk and laptop.

Spokesperson Phumla Williams said the allegations are malicious and work is underway by government to help communities rebuild.

US anti-narcotics agents have discovered a drug-smugglers' tunnel running under the US-Mexico border and equipped with a rail track, electricity and ventilation system, the US Department of Justice said.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane returns to court on Wednesday to fight impeachment proceedings against her.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to New York this week to chair a United Nations meeting on food security and discuss its link with conflict with the Security Council, the State Department said on Tuesday.

The EU will leave its military training mission in Mali suspended, but will not terminate it for the time being, the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.

Sea-borne oil has thrown a lifeline to refiners in eastern Germany and Poland, with non-Russian deliveries into the Polish port of Gdansk hitting at least seven-year highs this month as they switch away from Russian supply.

The SA Human Rights Commission has confirmed it will investigate Theuns du Toit for violating a fellow student’s rights when he urinated on his belongings as more than 85,000 people have called for his expulsion from Stellenbosch University.

Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9-million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists ...

Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance.

The minister condemned incidents of racism at schools and universities and called on parents to "teach their children love".

“The country is in great need of a dialogue. The university needs a serious debate on racism and intercultural diversity.”

It was a two-for-one bust when Gauteng police investigated a man for possession of police uniforms as they discovered he had opened cases of fake robberies.

"This is an insult to workers and South Africans in general. The same department failed to pay thousands of struggling artists, musicians and sports professionals who were unable to work during the Covid-19 lockdown," said Cosatu.

Most parts of Eldorado Park regularly descend into darkness as electricity fails, forcing desperate residents to come up with alternatives, including building fires to prepare a hot meal.

“The virus that causes Covid-19 spreads easily indoors, especially in poorly ventilated settings. Outdoor venues are safer than indoor spaces.

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The SA Weather Service on Tuesday said most of country should brace itself for cold weather from Thursday.

Twitter is losing three more senior employees, including two vice-presidents, a reflection of the uncertainty inside the social media company.

The Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday convicted a former attorney, Collen Butiki Rihlamfu, 48, from Mabopane, on six counts of theft of more than R1m.

Netflix said Tuesday it was laying off about 150 employees, fallout from the surprising drop in customers the streaming company reported last month.

Stellenbosch University on Tuesday said it was probing yet another racial incident which occurred recently at the institution.

Parents and neighbours of a six-year-old girl who was mauled to death by a neighbour’s pit bull are still traumatised.

Twitter Inc published its account on Tuesday of its deal negotiations with Elon Musk

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Tuesday received a report-back from investigators who were investigating racism and sexual assault allegations at Hoërskool Jan Viljoen in Randfontein.

The Randfontein magistrate's court on Tuesday fined the Rand West City local municipality R10m for contravening environmental laws

The Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday denied bail to alleged Hawks impostor Stanley Ewulu, 42, a Nigerian living in Sandton.