The bail application of former Tegeta Exploration and Resources director Ronica Ragavan, Optimum Coal mine's former trustee Pushpaveni Govender and former department of mineral resources DDG Joel Raphela adjourned on Wednesday as Raphela appeared to ...

Memorial service for former executive mayor, cllr Mpho Moerane.

"Spare me the bullshit about mental illness," Murphy said, anticipating that response to Tuesday's massacre, which killed two teachers and 19 students.

Seventy six people were missing after a crowded boat of migrants sank off Tunisia on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration said, as the numbers risking the dangerous crossing to Europe increase.

Glencore Plc said on Tuesday it anticipates paying up to $1.5 billion to settle accusations of bribery and market manipulation, as authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil announced that three of the company's subsidiaries were pleading g...

Nigeria has received 4.4-million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine from Spain, a government official said on Tuesday.

The Gauteng health department, which is facing increasing demand for treatment at state hospitals, has pleaded for its facilities to be exempted from power and water outages.

Russian forces sought to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

Two Gupta family associates and a former senior government official have been arrested for allegedly laundering R107.5m meant to rehabilitate the Optimum coal mine in Mpumalanga.

After making it through the spring planting season, sometimes with the help of bulletproof vests and helmets, Ukraine's farmers are facing another challenge – finding enough diesel for the harvest to come.

Georgia Republicans on Tuesday dealt Donald Trump his biggest defeat so far in his bid to play kingmaker in this year's US midterm elections, choosing Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger despite Trump's efforts to oust them.

"We want to assure people that the real time monitoring of the resources and the impact of the fund is very important," said UNDP SA acting resident coordinator Ayodele Odusola.

Babalo Ndwayana wants privacy and chance to study for exams

Mpumalanga police are urging people not to hitchhike after a 32-year-old woman was allegedly held captive by a man who had given her a lift.

North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, after US President Joe Biden left Asia following a trip in which he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state.

The outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of Africa can be contained, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as more governments said they would launch limited vaccinations to combat rising infections of the virus.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that "bystander countries" were suffering due to sanctions against Russia and called for talks as the African Union (AU) prepared a mission to foster dialogue between Moscow and Kyiv.

The DA started a petition calling for mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe and finance minister Enoch Godongwana to cut exorbitant taxes on fuel.

University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng has retracted a comment she tweeted in reaction to a student’s complaint that the institution had failed to suspend a lecturer she accused of sexual assault.

Does monkeypox spread in the same way as Covid-19?

Convicted serial killer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu was on Wednesday expected to return to the Kempton Park magistrate’s court to face several more charges linked to two separate cases.

Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse says the city is taking steps to erase the past 15 years of load shedding which has resulted in the degradation of power supply and the city's power grid.

A teenage gunman murdered at least 19 children and two teachers after storming into a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, the latest bout of gun-fueled mass killings in the United States and the nation's worst school shooting in nearly a decade.

Ukraine updates.

Gauteng is the biggest victim of essential infrastructure theft and vandalism.This is according to Gauteng Hawks head Maj Ebrahim Kadwa.

The winner of a R20.5m Lotto jackpot has just a few days left to come forward and claim the winnings - or lose it all.

Police minister  Bheki Cele says task teams will be established in identified hotspots to fight against essential infrastructure crimes including theft of copper cables and illegal mining.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Tuesday reported that 4,227 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said this year’s budget vote for the police service is dedicated to rebuilding and strengthening community relations in the fight against crime.

Failure to deal with growing poverty is a threat to national security and could lead to unrest such as the country experienced in July, says minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele.