Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape being forced to fight in the military of President Bashar al-Assad.

"My pants cost R2,000 and I’m wearing a shirt that cost R1,800. I would never steal fridges, they are playing with me here. Khanyile has his own things, I don’t steal fridges,” Khanyile said.

A sniffer dog's handler's decision to pop into a shop at a fuel station forecourt led to the arrest of a customer hiding contraband.

An alleged cable thief died from electrocution on Monday evening at a City Power transformer substation in Randburg, in the north of Johannesburg.

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says the SA Social Security Agency is working on a plan to help those receiving the R350 social relief distress grant find work.

Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto is yet to implement some of the recommendations made in a report compiled after an investigation into serious incidents at the hospital in 2020.

Police were conducting a routine stop and search in Johannesburg when they happened upon two alleged hijackers.

Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed poll...

Police in the North West have launched a manhunt for two awaiting-trial detainees who escaped from custody.

City Power says raids of scrapyards will be intensified across Johannesburg to clamp down on cable theft.

Police divers have recovered the body of the second child who drowned in Seshego Dam.

It has been a year since Deokaran, chief director of financial accounting in the department of health, was gunned down in her driveway at her home in the south of Johannesburg.

Former #FeesMustFall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile, who faces charges of inciting violence linked to the July 2021 unrest, on Monday said anyone who believes there were people urging others to loot was "peddling a lie".

Klipspruit Valley Road will be closed from Monday until November 14 for road repairs, the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) said.

Two more accused appeared in the Malamulele magistrate’s court on Monday in connection with the murder of the mayor of Collins Chabane municipality Moses Maluleke.

Police arrested 15 suspected illegal miners and recovered 'gold-bearing dust' and tools believed to be used for illegal mining in Roodepoort on Monday.

Justice Dambuza asked why parliament would set up a medical parole board if its findings were superfluous

Upmarket suburbs around Joburg and Cape Town are fetching rentals in excess of R100,000 from foreign clients.

Diversity in a SA context is more than race, religion, culture or language, it includes thoughts, values, beliefs and more

Long-running battle between suspended Mnikelwa Nxele and acting commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale results in another appeal

Chaos erupted before the announcement of official results, but president-elect pledges to rein in state debt, create jobs

The breakthrough could be particularly helpful for ethnic minority patients struggling to find a match

Mzoxolo Magidiwana says other villagers taunt those who took part in the strike.

Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Zaheer Ebrahim, a senior sales engineer at Trend Micro.

A missing five-year-old boy has been found dead and mutilated in an open veld in Centurion, police said on Monday.

Pupils of Northcliff High School in Johannesburg are in mourning after the death of fellow pupil Kyle Aiton at the weekend.

The corruption charges against ANC Amathole regional secretary Thembalethu “Teris” Ntutu and 17 others, including businesspeople and their companies as well as former and current employees of Mnquma local municipality, have been reinstated.

Eskom has warned that it may be lights out on Monday evening.

A female teacher had to be escorted out of a Johannesburg school by police on Monday after angry parents tried to forcibly remove her for telling a pupil’s granny she “did not like coloureds”.

Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but, amid chaotic scenes, four other senior election officials said the week-long count was too opaque and disowned the result.