The body of a toddler has been found on the N1 highway outside Polokwane, Limpopo, hacked to pieces and stashed into a bag.

A teacher has been suspended from a Cape Town school amid racism allegations.

A post office employee and her alleged accomplice have been arrested for fraud after it emerged that they allegedly withdrew funds meant for Sassa grant beneficiaries.

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A 32-year-old man has been arrested for murder after he allegedly used an iron pot lid to kill a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old man in Limpopo.

About 26kg of rhino horn has been seized at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

A University of Zululand student has bagged 17 distinctions for her Bachelor of Education degree, making her the only one thus far to get so many distinctions at the institution.

Jessica is a hip hippo that loves rooibos tea and consumes about 20 litres of it every day.

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A Free State police sergeant has been hailed a local hero for saving lives in areas hit by floods since the beginning of the year.

Fabrice Kapya is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at UP and a PhD candidate in the subject, after working as a car guard to fund his studies.

Nhlanhla Tshabalala's family celebrated his 16th birthday by reflecting on his life and their quest to understand what happened on the day he died.

A woman was released on a warning for allegedly defrauding the Covid-19 Temporary Employer and Employee Relief Scheme.

Two people were arrested for impersonating medical doctors and fraudulently issuing medical certificates.

The Office of the Chief Justice has confirmed that Supreme Court of Appeal President Mandisa Maya has dismissed former president Jacob Zuma's latest legal bid to force the removal of prosecutor Billy Downer from his corruption trial.

The DA and opposition parties clashed during a house sitting on Thursday, as a cloud hung over the Western Cape provincial legislature amid allegations of fraud involving the speaker.

The uncorroborated military veterans' database has been cited as being among the main stumbling blocks in government extending assistance to impoverished former liberation fighters.

Xolile George was due to be appointed on Wednesday by both Houses of Parliament, but after a meeting between the presiding officers and opposition leaders, it was decided to postpone these motions by a week.

After a more than two-year case with many twists and turns, a former Scorpions investigator who attempted to rob a bank in Pretoria in 2019, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after making specific admissions which led to a guilty verdict.

Gauteng's education department spokesperson, Steve Mabona, said the trio and two other siblings were given the energy drinks by their father on Thursday morning.