Four former employees of two multinational engineering firms awarded R2.2bn contracts for Eskom's Kusile power plant in 2015 were arrested by members of the Special Investigating Unit and Asset Forfeiture Unit on Tuesday.

"We have noticed fake news on social media regarding an outbreak of cholera in the northern parts of Tshwane," said the City of Tshwane.

Elon Musk said on Monday it was time for Donald Trump to "hang up his hat and sail into the sunset," days after the former US President mocked the billionaire at a political rally and called him a "Bull***t artist."

Shahida Begum's family lost their land along Bangladesh's ever-eroding river deltas so long ago that none of her family can remember a life on land.

The trial of the five men accused of killing Bafana Bafana soccer star Senzo Meyiwa is back in the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week.

A flaw in a widely used medical device that measures oxygen levels causes critically ill Asians, Blacks and Hispanics to receive less supplemental oxygen to help them breathe than white patients, according to data from a large study published on Mond...

In preparation for his bail application in the Hillary Gardee murder trial, accused Philemon Lukhele’s attorneys have written to the state seeking clarity on the charge sheet.

Powerless and confronted with daily gunfire, residents of Soweto's Nomzamo informal settlement cite the proliferation of illegal guns and the lack of electricity for the high crime rate they suffer.

"In 2022, we need to understand that the virus does not only have acute consequences but also has quite severe long term sequelae, even in those with mild infection initially," Prof Salim Abdool Karim said.

Made from recycled plastic, the toy honours Jane Goodall's groundbreaking studies of chimpanzees and her conservation efforts.

Ukraine updates.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed two proclamations authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the Eastern Cape department of health and Midvaal municipality.

Black gun rights groups are seizing on a Supreme Court ruling that makes it easier to carry handguns in public, touting it as an important vindication of their rights to self-defense and an opportunity to reshape the debate in the Black community ove...

About four days after a wildfire started in Yosemite National Park, firefighters in California have begun to contain the blaze, which has threatened some of the oldest giant sequoia trees in the world, officials said on Monday.

Elon Musk's attempt to scrap his purchase of Twitter Inc may leave the world's wealthiest person in a stronger financial position than before he unveiled the $44 billion deal, with billions of dollars in cash from selling Tesla shares now sitting in ...

The Public Servants Association (PSA) says its members at the South African Revenue Service (Sars) will resume an indefinite national strike action on Tuesday.

To some people Yanga Nyalara is a godsend, to others a cold-hearted murderer

The suspended public protector also claims a ‘co-ordinated attack’ on her and her attorneys

Of all emerging diseases today, 75% result from animal to human spillover.

Report on 28 universities is a cause for concern over dropout rates and the time students take to complete the degree

Moderna Inc said on Monday it was advancing two Omicron vaccine candidates for the fall, one designed against the BA.1 variant and another against the BA.4 and BA.5.

The EU executive, which acts as the competition enforcer in the 27-country bloc, earlier on Monday said it would seek feedback from EU countries on its proposal before making a final decision, but it did not provide figures.

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday launched an international anti-corruption organisation, a year after his Russian Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) was outlawed as extremist.

Britain’s train drivers’ union said members voted to strike over a pay dispute, a move that could bring some of the network to a near standstill for the second time in as many months.

Abbott Laboratories reopened its troubled infant formula production plant that was shut last month after severe flooding amid heavy storms.

A rape investigation targeting French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has been dropped without any charges, days after the 39-year-old was confirmed in his role following a cabinet shuffle.

On February 22 1994, most of the Virginia suburb of Merriespruit had just settled in bed when water rushed under their front doors. After a sudden cloudburst earlier that evening this was the first sign that something was very wrong.

Former Unisa principal and vice-chancellor Barney Pityana has been appointed as the new chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission.

Torrential rains caused widespread flooding and damage in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi on Monday, even inundating the business district, officials said.