Advocate Malesela Teffo gave a blanket denial to all the allegations against him in an application to have him barred from practising law, and argued that he should be given a postponement to prepare his defence.

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Provincial emergency medical services spokesperson, Robert McKenzie, said traffic was diverted at the Shongweni off-ramp - and the highway towards Durban was closed.

Sihle Zikalala aligned himself to former president Jacob Zuma in his final speech as premier of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.

Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell has acceded to the demands of Tembisa residents who took to the streets in protest due to what they believe are the City's anti-poor policies.

Police in Kraaifontein, Western Cape, opened a murder case after a five-year-old child stabbed to death a four-year-old boy on Wednesday.

The South African Weather Service issued a yellow level 1 warning for wind between Table Bay and Betty's Bay, resulting in localised disruptions to beachfront activities and difficulty in navigating at sea.

The plans of a trio of unsuspecting armed robbers were foiled when they hit a Jet clothing store in Qonce, the Eastern Cape, while a cash-in-transit guard was inside the store.

The pair appeared in the King William's Town Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The case was postponed for a week for a formal bail application.

Advocate Malesela Teffo, who the Legal Practice Council (LPC) applied to have him disbarred, spent most of his time in court on Friday arguing for a postponement to no avail instead of focusing on the damning allegations against him.

The bridge, in an area infested with crocodiles and hippopotamuses, was made of logs, metal poles and sacks filled with sand.

A group of men suspected to be illegal miners were spotted entering Denver in the east of Johannesburg on Thursday night, apparently going into hiding following violent protests that rocked Kagiso.

The panel will decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa will be subject to a process that may lead to his removal from office.

Even funeral undertakers are being targeted by extortionists on routes between the Eastern and Western Cape, according to a crisis meeting that follows three shootings at Intercape buses this week.

Court rulings are just "opinions", and those against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are "blatantly wrong", her counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the Section 194 Committee.

The mayor of Mogale City, Tyrone Gray, called on residents to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.

People living in huge parts of Cape Town have to boil their water before use due to repairs on a technical problem at the Faure treatment plant which has made water a yellow colour.

Following months of speculation about the status of the ANC in Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina has been confirmed as the party's chairperson in the region.

The man who killed his ex-lover and fled to Brazil, where he started a new life, has been handed a life sentence in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.