An accident in Durban involving an SUV and a truck has claimed the lives of three family members. Eight people have been injured.

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A family from Ratanda, Heidelberg has given horrifying details of how they believe a father deliberately served poison-laced energy drinks to his children, killing three of them.

The Algoa Bay oil spill has been cleaned up, with no sign of it having spread to nearby beachs islands, and no harm to sea birds detected, the SA Marine Safety Authority says.

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Minister Bheki Cele has warned Soweto police officers to pull up their socks and fight crime or leave the service.

Four more people were arrested for PPE fraud by the Hawks - this time officials from the Matzikama municipality on the West Coast.

A woman was shot and killed inside a VW Polo in KwaMashu on Friday evening.

The US moved an inch closer to appointing ambassadors for South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, and South Sudan, with President Joe Biden's nominees appearing before the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy.

Ruan van Heerden received a 25-year sentence in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He was found guilty of murder after he stabbed his mother 36 times in 2020.

Hillary Gardee's alleged murderer, Remand Lukhele was transferred to a maximum security facility after he was caught with a cellphone in jail on Tuesday.

The former chief financial officer at Msinga municipality has been arrested after being under investigation since 2016.

The family of a 20-year-old Mpumalanga matric pupil are seeking for justice after she was found dead in Kwaggafontein.

Ayanda Ntuthu has not been suspended. The NPA says it is the education department’s responsibility to find out if its employees have been prosecuted, but there is no easy way to do this.

Gauteng police are concerned about a surge in hijackings involving bogus cops at certain traffic intersections in Randburg.

Hours ahead of the ANC in Ekurhuleni holding its regional conference, disgruntled members complained about irregularities and the exclusion of several branches from participation.

A whopping R370 million was spent on salary increases for public servants in senior management, and the public service ministry has deemed the remuneration increment as "an efficient use of public money in the current economic climate".

Police may have prevented the attempted hijacking of a cigarette truck in Cape Town this week, but looters finished the job.

The Education Department in KwaZulu-Natal has suspended a teacher and is considering whether to lay criminal charges against her for allegedly pointing a gun at pupils.

Mpumalanga police have arrested a 53-year-old man for the alleged murder of his 31-year-old wife who he had reported missing on Monday.