Ukraine's industrial Donbas region, the focus of recent Russian offensives, has been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as some of the world's richest countries pledged to bolster Kyiv with billions of dollars.

An undocumented, short life: two-year-old Germiston toddler Chevonne Avril Rusch was dead on arrival at a clinic after suffering injuries to her body.

Retailer Steinhoff has been informed it faces about €3.2bn (about R53.6bn) worth of claims in its settlement with shareholders who lost money when its stock plunged after the revealing of an accounting fraud in 2017, it said on Friday.

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says an investigation has been launched to bring to book more than 5,000 government officials who benefited from the R350 social relief of distress grant.

Iran's crude exports to China have fallen sharply since the start of the Ukraine war as Beijing favoured heavily discounted Russian barrels, leaving almost 40 million barrels of Iranian oil stored on tankers at sea in Asia and seeking buyers.

Wheelchair users are trekking through Rio’s mountain trails with the help of the Brazilian Inclusion Collective, an organization dedicated to helping everyone explore trails.

Thailand will allow bars, pubs and karaoke clubs to reopen in some regions from next month, ending a more than a year-long shutdown, as the tourism-reliant nation targets more travelers to bolster an economic recovery amid an easing Covid outbreak.

Mboweni took it in his stride, suggesting "a conference to discuss how to cook a good meal".

US President Joe Biden welcomed congressional passage of $40 billion in aid for Ukraine and announced a new package of weapons he said would be sent “directly to the front lines.”

A married couple from England announced on Thursday that they had landed Britain's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of 184 million pounds ($228.4 million), and one of the lucky winners said she had always felt destined to land a huge prize.

Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported 7,238 new Covid-19 cases in the latest 24-hour cycle, representing a 24.8% positivity rate.

When an Mzimkhulu widow steps on the University of Fort Hare graduation stage on Friday, she will remember her husband, who encouraged her to study when others believed a woman's place is at home.

"Whatever happened to the 'deep forensic investigation' into the missing funds meant to help artists during the pandemic?" asked Mmusi Maimane.

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Thousands of commuters who use the N1 to get into Cape Town faced a pre-dawn nightmare on Friday morning after a truck jack-knifed, causing a 13 vehicle pile-up.

The widow of SA-born photographer Anton Hammerl says she has battled to get assistance from the SA government to answer crucial questions about his death.

Strong economic growth and exports in 2020 and 2021 masked the struggles black farmers experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to one study.

The SA Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 and level 4 disruptive rain warning for parts of KwaZulu-Natal for Saturday.

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About 30,000 employees across the manufacturing industry are out of work because of the KwaZulu-Natal floods last month that killed 448 people.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala on Thursday said although service providers had been appointed to build 1,810 temporary residential units to house flood victims across the province, progress was being slowed by non-suitability of land identifi...

The department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) has denied claims that it is interfering in traditional leadership disputes.

A University of Stellenbosch student charged with two counts of rape appeared in the Stellenbosch magistrates court on Thursday.

"We don't want him suspended. We want him gone," said Sasco chairperson Queen Majikijela.

“We want accountability and justice about what happened to Anton.”

AfriForum said on Thursday it was filing court papers to review and set aside the requirement that driving licence cards must be renewed every five years.

Procedural non-compliance, lack of supervision and oversight are some of the causes revealed to have led to the explosion of Medupi power plant’s unit 4 last year.