Several residents of a golf estate in Somerset West evacuated their homes on Saturday as a fire that has been burning since Wednesday spread towards them.

The mother of one of the surviving victims of the horrific head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Tshwane that claimed 15 lives and left 37 injured on Friday described the scene as "hell".

While religious leaders have largely encouraged worshippers to vaccinate against Covid-19, there are some who have used religion to derail SA's vaccination drive. This is what emerged at a UKZN discussion among experts .

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed British leadership and its assistance for Kyiv against Russia's invasion during talks on Friday with British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in the Ukrainian capital.

Germany will help Ukraine provide medical help for war victims by helping build trauma centres for the wounded, donating prosthetic limbs and deploying German doctors to the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Friday.

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No major disruptions, looting or attacks on shops were reported on Friday, according to the government’s National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints), which co-ordinates law enforcement operations.

A 39-year-old soon-to-be-unemployed father of two is worried about no longer being able to give his wife and two children the life they are accustomed to.

The Shoprite Group said on Friday evening it had become aware of a suspected data compromise, including names and ID numbers, which may affect some customers who engaged in money transfers to and within Eswatini and within Namibia and Zambia.

Freedom Under Law (FUL) says perhaps the decision taken by President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will galvanise the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) into action against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

Vijay Ghanshamdas, a “decades-long friend” and business partner of Jason Lambe, who was gunned down while waiting for breakfast in a popular Johannesburg eatery on Thursday, says he has more questions than answers about his friend’s “unexpec...

Only 73 of the 148 buildings occupied by the police in the North West are in a good condition, says the DA.

A man has appeared in court in the Eastern Cape on charges related to dealing in commercial explosives allegedly used in ATM bombings and cash-in-transit heists.

Paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Tim De Maayer has been reinstated in his post at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, the Gauteng health department said on Friday.

A team of 200 men and women in blue have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal to work with local police to restore stability and fight crime in the province.

The family behind Chanel pocketed a $5bn windfall last year as surging global demand for its luxury products lifted one of the world’s biggest multigenerational fortunes to new heights.

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“It’s a lot, it's heartbreaking, it’s overwhelming and sad. Comair was like my home, but I also believe God has bigger plans for me,” says Jamain Doravaloo from Phoenix in Durban, who worked at Comair for the past 12 years.

Government's attempt to muzzle doctors is aimed at preventing the truth about the conditions at their hospitals from reaching the public, says the SA Medical Association.

A Gauteng school principal regarded as a "father figure" who was dismissed for misconduct over two cases of alleged sexual assault involving teachers has lost his bid to be reinstated.

The Japanese yen this week fell to levels against the US dollar last seen in early 2002.

Ten international human rights groups on Friday accused Tunisian President Kais Saied of dealing "a deep blow to judicial independence", after he sacked dozens of judges last week.

It was business as usual in most parts of KwaZulu-Natal amid calls for a national shutdown on Friday.

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An unemployed woman in her 50s who waited patiently to win big has bagged herself R31.4m in the Lotto Plus 1 draw.

Repair and rehabilitation of the N2 and N3 national roads after the KwaZulu-Natal floods is well under way, the SA National Roads Agency said on Friday.

The licensing testing centre will offer services such as applications for driver’s licence and renewals, issuing of temporary driver’s licences, as well as payment of traffic fines.

A petition calling for the suspension of paediatric gastroenterologist Dr Tim de Maayer to be withdrawn has garnered more than 23,500 signatures since the news broke a day ago.

The congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat presented testimony on Thursday showing that close allies - even his daughter - rejected his false claims ...

From dropping weights down old mine shafts to pumping compressed air into caves, companies are racing to develop inventive new solutions to store renewable energy as European nations try to move away from Russian fossil fuels.