The Western Cape High Court has ruled against suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended her.

Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday in which 40 people were killed, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on Thursday.

Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death sentence and replace it with other punishments at the discretion of the court, its law minister said on Friday, revisiting a pledge made over three years ago.

Fifteen people have died and 37 have been injured in a crash involving a truck and a bus on the M17 in Patryshoek, near the Bundu Inn resort in Tshwane, just after 5am on Friday.

The Western Cape High Court on Friday dismissed suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for an interim interdict to halt impeachment proceedings against her in parliament and prevent her suspension.

A Lukhele family member said they found bottles of petrol at the fire-damaged property.

Community members joined security staff and police to thwart possible looting at a mall near Pietermaritzburg on Thursday evening.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has turned to her faith after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced her suspension on Thursday.

The presidency says President Cyril Ramaphosa fulfilled his obligation in giving public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane a fair hearing and allowing her sufficient time to make submissions about why she should not be suspended.

South Africans' vulnerability to cybercrime has been highlighted with the discovery that passports, identity documents, bank cards and e-mail information is on sale on "the dark web" for under R200 - among the cheapest in the world.

An angry community in Majeje village, outside Phalaborwa in Limpopo, allegedly killed four people and burnt their bodies during a vigilante incident on Thursday.

Six people have died in a crash involving a truck and a bus at the M17 Hornsnek Road near Bundu Inn, near Tshwane.

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The value of death claims almost tripled and suicides rose 18% last year as South Africa was battered by coronavirus infections, Discovery Life Ltd. said, citing data from its clients.

Ukraine must clinch a new loan program with the International Monetary Fund, the country’s finance chief said, as efforts to fight off invading Russian forces push its budget and international reserves to the limit.

Minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele says the government has no guarantees Atul and Rajesh Gupta will be extradited to SA to stand trial on corruption and state capture allegations.

The Western Cape Divison of the High Court will be delivering judgment in the matter of the Public Protector of South Africa v The Speaker of the National Assembly and 16 Others.

Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday he is still hopeful that a compromise can be reached with Mali's ruling military junta on the timeline for restoring democratic rule.

Brazil and the United States should forge closer ties after the two countries drifted apart for ideological reasons, Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday at a first official meeting with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden.

Officials in a Chinese city on the border with North Korea believe Covid-19 may be carrying in the wind over the border, and have instructed residents to close their windows.

Paediatrician and gastroenterologist Dr Tim de Maayer has been suspended by Johannesburg's Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, shocking the medical fraternity and prompting a call for a show of support for him.

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When it comes to making babies, SA comes in tops, with Cape Town parents making the most babies in the world.

"Those behind these messages are warned and reminded that prohibiting people's freedom of movement is a criminal offence," said police spokesperson Col Athlenda Mathe.

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The National Prosecuting Authority’s Missing Persons Task Team will on Friday conduct a public exhumation of the body of an ANC activist James Booi, who died in 1966 in the Free State.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday reported 1,976  new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA

The national department of human settlements has approved over R16m towards rebuilding of the houses which were destroyed during the recent floods at the Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

A man whose bank account received R4.7m of the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Ters funds destined for his employer in 2020 was found guilty of theft on Thursday.

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday the imminent closure of airline operator Comair is unfortunate and will hurt tourism