An accident involving a minibus taxi carrying schoolchildren claimed the life of a pedestrian on Dr Chota Motala Road in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday morning.

"We go to large gatherings, parties, funerals and church services. No masks. Why do we do these things? People are dying, relatives, friends. Covid-19 is still here,” Mboweni said.

The KwaZulu-Natal education department is probing allegations by parents of pupils at a Durban high school about a gun-toting teacher who often points the weapon at the pupils and her colleagues.

In a surprising turn of events during the first day of horse rider Meghan Cremer’s murder trial on Monday, the alleged killer’s story of what happened on the day of her murder came to light.

Prof Tulio de Oliveira and Dr Sikhulile Moyo have been selected for this year’s Time 100 Most Influential People list.

A Russian diplomat at the country's permanent mission at the United Nations in Geneva said on Monday he was leaving his post because of his disagreement with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a rare political resignation over the war.

Spokesperson Clayson Monyela said the SA Embassy in Syria is engaging with authorities in that country to confirm the SA citizenship of 16 women and children and provide assistance to them.

A senior official who recommended Shepherd Bushiri and his family be issued with permanent residence permits they were not entitled to has been dismissed by the home affairs department.

The death toll from a building collapse in the southern Iranian city of Abadan has reached 10, with some people still missing, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said there was no change to a US policy of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan, a day after he appeared to stretch the limits of the US line on the island by saying he would be willing to use force to defend it.

"In my experience, it’s probably the most diverse, transformed and multilingual entity in SA; celebrating our shared past and contributions to the formation of Afrikaans,” said William Sezoe.

Well-known SA economist Mike Schussler has died after a short battle with cancer.

Flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday.

At least 50 people were killed by militants on Sunday around the town of Rann in Nigeria's Borno state, in the country's northeastern tip near the border with Cameroon, witnesses told Reuters by phone on Monday.

The World Health Organisation does not believe the monkey pox outbreak outside Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its spread, a senior official said on Monday.

Siyanda Vazi had no idea where he was as he lay fighting for his life in Dora Nginza Hospital without any form of identification on him.

Multiple threats to the global economy topped the worries of the world's well-heeled at the annual Davos think-fest on Monday, with some flagging the risk of a worldwide recession.

Tight controls to monitor funds — that's the promise by the Gauteng roads and transport department as it prepares to spend its R8.75bn budget.

Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi acknowledged that the change may cause difficulties but advised affected clients to use other ways to access their funds.

Is the Special Tribunal a court and does it have the competence to review and set aside contracts, and order forfeiture of assets?

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

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

Non-pharmaceutical measures such as maintaining social distancing, hand washing and self-isolation when sick are effective in limiting the spread of Covid-19.

Ukraine updates.

The NICD said 1,662 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA in the past 24 hours.

Andrew Kagiso Malele on Monday pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, nearly five years after he caused the deadly crash which killed a newly engaged couple.

While KwaZulu-Natal has been thrown into turmoil by a fresh bout of flooding that has already claimed one life, thousands are still reeling from the April disaster and trying to pick up the pieces of their homes and lives.

Former president Thabo Mbeki says South Africans are justified in concluding that some ANC members are liars and thieves.

At least one body has been recovered after heavy rain hit KwaZulu-Natal for the second time in two months at the weekend.

Murder accused Jeremy Sias made every effort in the Cape Town high court to hide his face from news photographers.