An Eastern Cape artist who claims to be the rightful designer of the SA flag has dragged Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa to the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to compel him to provide details of how the flag was created.

Albert Gama, 52, told the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court on Tuesday he was electrocuted, kicked, and suffocated several times with a plastic bag.

A parent who witnessed the shooting of a 9-year-old boy and his mother outside the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand, Johannesburg, carried the child's bloodied body to the school clinic to save his life, but he died shortly thereafter.

A Limpopo woman has been handed a 27-year prison sentence for the murder of her husband.

A woman from Boksburg in Gauteng is on a mission to dismantle the stigma around sexual abuse, advocating for mental health after she was gang raped by a group of teenagers when she was 16.

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The two-day 42nd summit of heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community gets under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday.

There's a saying that "no one remembers number two". But it doesn't apply to Raila Odinga, a five-time proverbial bridesmaid in Kenya's presidential elections.

The man who allegedly confessed to killing Hillary Gardee faces multiple charges of murder, including the killing of two sisters.

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A R26 billion bid to refurbish two power stations has been put on hold after opposition political parties accused Mayor Randall Williams of flouting municipal legislation.

The suspect accused of murdering little Tazné van Wyk claimed she appeared next to him out of nowhere as he walked to mosque, and when she got into a taxi with strangers to give them directions, he felt obliged to get in with her.

Mpumalanga police spokesperson Selvy Mohlala said Hlabirwa Rassie Nkuna shot and killed Marcia and Pretty Mazibuko, on 15 May.

An "untenable" situation within the Kannaland municipality is prompting the intervention of Local Government MEC Anton Bredell.

Ten children living in a refugee camp in Lebanon are in South Africa to tour the country and share their experiences.

The City of Cape Town issued fines in excess of R13 million to e-hailing drivers for a breach of the operating permit by-laws in 2021, while not granting a single e-hailing operating licence amid a punishing three-year moratorium set to end in 2023.

KwaZulu-Natal police have issued an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Bongani Sanele Mlambo in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Mangosuthu University of Technology student Xolile Mbatha.

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for damaging winds between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay from Wednesday into Thursday.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency announced a planned three-month closure of the Klipspruit Valley Road, in Soweto, to repair a section which is likely to collapse.

A man who walked into a police station in Mpumalanga to check on his prospects of getting a job in the police force landed up behind bars instead, when it emerged that he was wanted.