President Cyril Ramaphosa says strides have been made in achieving gender equality, but that more needs to be done to fight gender-based violence.

Police Minister Bheki Cele says reinforcements will be sent to West Village in Krugersdorp, Gauteng to help fight illegal miners accused of terrorising residents.

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As South Africans reel in anger and shock after a recent spate of mass shootings in public spaces, experts say mass shootings are an old ongoing phenomenon, but acknowledge that incidents are on the rise.

There were hints of the controversial shoot-to-kill rhetoric from Police Minister Bheki Cele on Sunday when he addressed angry Kagiso residents.

The Covid-19 pandemic dealt a blow to other healthcare issues, like the treatment of HIV/Aids and tuberculosis (TB).

"We need to organise all the security capacity of our democratic state to respond in a way we have not done before. Our country is ungovernable. The criminals have taken over," Gauteng Premier David Makhura has told Kagiso residents.

A suspected prematurely born baby giraffe was discovered by a group of people on an excursion at Harties Horse Trail Safaris at Silkaatsnek Nature Reserve in the North West.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after he lost control of a vehicle he was driving and slamming into a pedestrian who was on his way home from work.

A police constable out on bail on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, and rape has been arrested again – this time for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

Deputy national police commissioner Tebello Mosikili has promised to deploy specialised units to curb illegal mining in West Village, Krugersdorp.

The City of Cape Town has lifted the precautionary boil water before drinking notice, as the latest sampling results indicate the water is safe to drink and the discolouration experienced in parts of the eastern, central and southern suburbs has been...

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation strongly condemns the Israeli attacks on Gaza, which over the last 48 hours resulted in the death of more than ten people, including a five-year-old child.

The City of Cape Town held its annual Remembrance Day service at the Civic Centre on Saturday in honour of fallen enforcement and emergency service staff.

Addressing an imbizo in West Village, Krugersdorp on Saturday. Police Minister Bheki told residents: "These zama zamas are disrespectful. They came here illegally, go underground and take gold".

Free State police have launched a manhunt for robbers who on Friday bombed a dropsafe at a filling station in Koppie Alleen, Riebeeckstad in Welkom, where an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen.

There was no evidence of gender-based violence and/or sexual harassment during the removal of EFF members from Parliament, according to a report compiled after an independent investigation into the fracas.

A Stellenbosch University student has been expelled after the institution's independent Central Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of sexual misconduct.