Four people have been arrested in connection with the Samkelisiwe Tavern shooting in Sweetwaters, Pietermaritzburg.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has suspended the acting principal of Grosvenor Girls' High School following the recommendations of an independent panel, which investigated allegations of racism at the school.

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Currently, all illegal firearms confiscated by the police are sent to Gauteng, on a bi-annual basis, to be destroyed.

Gauteng police have arrested two people for allegedly selling guns and ammunition to what a police spokesperson described as 'criminals in Alexandra and Cosmo City'.

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Sixteen law enforcement officers have been arrested for the death of a civilian due to alleged police action while he was in police custody.

The Office of the Public Protector made adverse findings against politicians in its Estina/Vrede dairy farm investigation, but these were removed from the Public Protector's report, a former investigator at the watchdog has testified.

Methanol, which is being looked at as possibly causing the deaths of 21 youngsters at an Eastern Cape tavern last month, is commonly used by backstreet "manufacturers" to brew illegal alcohol, an expert has revealed.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg dismissed, with costs, Hlaudi Motsoeneng's leave to appeal the ruling from December last year.

As analysts forecast another large interest rate hike this week, consumers feel "stuck", a new survey of 14 000 South Africans show.

The controversial Rivers of Living Waters Ministries bishop faces a string of rape charges, indecent assault and defeating the ends of justice.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a man to life in prison for strangling his live-in lover to death in 2020 following an argument.

Two-thirds of neonatal infections are said to be reported in hospitals in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla tested positive for Covid-19 after he had experienced minor symptoms. This was announced by the national health department on Tuesday afternoon.

Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka wants answers from President Cyril Ramaphosa with regard to the Phala Phala scandal.

Jessie Duarte died on Sunday morning after a long struggle with cancer - and was buried on the same day as part of her Islamic faith.

The provincial health department took blood and gastric content samples from all the victims and sent it to Cape Town for further analysis by toxicologists.

Armed with their kitchen tools and aprons, chefs, corporate communities and volunteers dedicated 67 minutes of Mandela Day to a #67000litres soup challenge.

The first day of the term at Job Rathebe Junior Secondary School in Soweto was disrupted as parents demanded the principal be removed.