A security guard was shot dead on Saturday morning while trying to fight off armed robbers in the Coronation informal settlement near Emalahleni in Mpumalanga.

Misuzulu kaZwelithini believes attempts by his siblings to unseat him as Zulu king are part of an underhanded scheme meant to sow division within the Zulu nation.

Law authorities in Thailand have reduced the sentence of South African Ashley Oosthuizen, who was arrested for smuggling drugs in 2020.

A Cape Town teen has been diagnosed with pineoblastoma, a rare brain tumour. His mother Vanessa Nel is on a mission to make sure her son makes a full recovery.

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A woman has been arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle a brick of cocaine at OR Tambo International airport.

eKhenana Commune chairperson Lindokuhle Mnguni was gunned down at his home early on Saturday morning, while his girlfriend is fighting for her life in hospital. Mnguni was part of political organisation Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Joburg Metro Police Department arrested a woman on Friday after she crashed into a parked vehicle while an officer was conducting static patrols on the N1 north at the New Road off-ramp in Midrand.

Misuzulu kaZwelithini has officially been crowned as Zulu king at a ceremony in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal after the throne became vacant a year ago when King Goodwill Zwelithini died.

CapeNature together with the Cape of Good Hope SPCA wildlife department have clamped down on Wilke’s Wildlife Rehab in Pinelands following several complaints regarding the conditions in which the animals were being kept.

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The kraal-entering ceremony performed as a rite of passage at the coronation of Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the Zulu king got under way at the Khangelamankengane Royal Palace in Nongoma in KwaZulu-Natal.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed for the construction of the multimillion-rand St Engenas Zion Christian Church road interchange, which is expected to ease traffic during the annual pilgrimage to Moria in Limpopo.

The body of a 16-year-old boy who drowned during a school trip has been found on rocks on the shoreline north of St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal.

For the first time, matrics in the Eastern Cape are writing their trial examinations in isiXhosa and Sesotho.

The child's family reported her missing to the Aberdeen police on Tuesday, prompting residents to join Gqeberha law enforcement and the Cradock K9 Search and Rescue Unit in their search for the young girl.

Detective Lieutenant Gavin Sias said the boy was between the ages of four and seven.

News24 takes a look at last week's evidence by the man accused of killing Tazné van Wyk, and a slew of crimes against women and children close to him, while on parole. He denies everything except absconding while on parole.

It will be a long road to recovery for the family of six-year-old Shanawaaz Asghar, who was abducted in Cape Town on Wednesday morning.

News24 investigations have revealed explosive details of what may have led to the murder of whistleblower Babita Deokaran in front of her Winchester Hills home in Johannesburg in August last year.