Traces of the toxic chemical methanol were found in the bodies of 21 teenagers who died at Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park, East London, last month. Here are five things you need to know about the chemical.

Kenya's deputy president and presidential aspirant William Ruto said he will publish government contracts with China and deport Chinese nationals working illegally if he is elected on August 9, promises likely to resonate with citizens pummeled by mo...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday after his unity government fell apart, plunging the country into political turmoil and hitting financial markets.

Police in the North West say they are disappointed that a man caught on camera fighting back against criminals is refusing to open a case.

Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president on Thursday, a day after winning a vote in parliament and urging the island nation to come together to find a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is on Thursday outlining the plan for the 2023 academic year online application process for grade 1 and 8 pupils.

Mali's military government on Wednesday ordered the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country within 72 hours over tweets about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the United Nations.

Nigerian bread makers suspended production from Wednesday to protest against soaring prices of ingredients such as flour and sugar, bakers associations said.

The 56-year-old former acting head of department of human settlements in Gauteng will appear in court in relation to an alleged kickback she received from a service provider who was awarded a contract irregularly in the Free State asbestos case.

"A part of me regrets taking the video, but I'm also happy I did take it," says Thato Ledimo from Klerksdorp, who on Wednesday captured a video of a man wielding a knife fending off four men who allegedly tried to rob him or hijack his car.

Torrential rain fell across Senegal on Wednesday, causing floods in the capital Dakar and bringing down a section of one of the main highways into the city.

A community group in rural Zimbabwe is making reusable sanitary towels so that girls do not skip school when they have their period.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

Nine months after the world's first malaria vaccine was recommended for use, international vaccine alliance Gavi invited countries to apply for financial support to roll out the jab, particularly targeting young children in Africa.

Bollore says his media strategy is driven purely by business metrics. But many see a deeply conservative ideological agenda.    

Prime Minister Mario Draghi tried to strong-arm his fractious coalition allies into line. But his plan backfired and Italy’s government is now on the brink of collapse, leaving little alternative to snap elections in the fall and months of politica...

The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority is "engaging" with tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu's office on her comment that she secured cancer medicine for the late ANC stalwart Jessie Duarte from Russia.

Traders are fully pricing in a 50-basis-point lift, but see a chance of a bigger move.

Health minister Joe Phaahla said it is up to business owners if they want to implement regulations, including the wearing of face masks

Ukraine updates.

The sound of crying family members echoed around the packed Umzimkhulu hall during the memorial service for the 13 people from KwaZulu-Natal who were killed in a shooting at a tavern in Soweto, Johannesburg, two weeks ago.

The Thulamela municipality corruption and maladministration case, in connection with millions deposited in VBS Mutual Bank, was on Wednesday postponed until September 30.

Seven people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a minibus and a car on the road between Babanango and Nquthu in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday evening.

Two and half years after Kymie du Toit was allegedly assaulted by Tshwane metro police members, she is still traumatised

The images released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) last week have been uniformly praised across the globe, and SA astronomers are now keeping a beady eye on opportunities coming up.

SA’s burgeoning takeaway culture is a worry, considering cardiovascular disease accounts for almost one in six deaths in the country.

Those close to the case in which a businessman was kidnapped say the woman has a case to answer

Judges who were connected to the late king or lived on the land should have recused themselves, says the trust

There is a school of thought that SA’s overall Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) strategy needs to be adapted – or even overhauled completely – in order to better reflect transformation on the ground

Gauteng healthcare workers say they are unhappy with the proposed 2% wage increase and that some nurses have been paid up to three months late.