Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari expressed concern on Friday over large-scale crude oil theft, saying it was affecting the country's revenues "enormously".

The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow on Saturday evening, Russian state investigators said on Sunday.

Somali forces have ended the siege at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

Cape Town police arrested two tow truck drivers for possession of stolen police hand radios on Friday.

Cape Town's social and early childhood development departments held a Women's Month event on Saturday that included health awareness talks, art therapy, entrepreneurial opportunities and pampering sessions.

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country's east, the WHO said on Saturday.

The succession of the king has been a controversial one as no-one seems to know who will end up taking over the amaZulu throne.

The march was prompted by several GBV incidents in the area.

People across SA flocked in their numbers to KwaKhangelaMankengane Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, to witness ukungena esibayeni (the entering of the kraal) ceremony of AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini Zulu on Saturday.

The uncle of the woman who has accused finance minister Enoch Godongwana of sexual assault told TimesLIVE the family was initially hesitant to report the incident to police.

An urgent interdict by the daughters of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini to halt any events associated with the coronation of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini Zulu on Saturday has been struck off the Pietermaritzburg high court roll.

The body of Angola's former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, was due to arrive in Luanda on Saturday, the Angolan government said in a statement.

Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures and some unwanted hazards.

After an enforced 20-month hiatus due to reduced demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, flights are set to resume between Richards Bay in northern KZN and Johannesburg from next month.

Businesses are calling on government to help with five-fold increase in bills.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has agreed to an International Atomic Energy Agency mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, says French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Hawks’ kidnapping task team in the Eastern Cape are urgently searching for the pictured woman who could be the missing link in solving a kidnapping case.

At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after al Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel, seizing control in a siege authorities are still battling to end, an intelligence officer said on Saturday.

The plant-based food sector is celebrating a Johannesburg high court ruling to halt the seizure of such products.

The body of a 16-year-old boy who went missing off Jabula Beach near St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal during a school outing on Thursday has been found.

Daughters of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini have launched a court bid to halt any events associated with the coronation of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini Zulu.

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The incitement case of Patriotic Alliance firebrand and former #FeesMustFall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile was on Friday provisionally adjourned in the Durban magistrate's court to September 16 for plea and further trial dates.

Two suspects who allegedly attempted to hijack a delivery vehicle in Shatale, Bushbuckridge, are under police guard in hospital after being rescued from angry community members who assaulted them on Thursday.

The use of corporal punishment has far-reaching effects and can cause mental and physical harm to children as well as short- and long-term aggression and antisocial behaviour in pupils, even as they mature.

Gauteng premier David Makhura believes the issue of illegal mining can be solved if the mining community accommodates small-scale artisanal miners.

More than 6,000 people were murdered in SA between April and June.

The Standerton magistrate’s court on Friday sentenced a former control prosecutor, Aaron Pule Mohanwe, to 10 years’ imprisonment after finding him guilty of two counts of corruption and defeating the administration of justice.

The case against the manager of the Enyobeni tavern in East London, where 21 youths died in the early hours of June 26, was on Friday postponed until September 2 for a pretrial conference.

The death of Tshepo Maseko, 33, during the Middelburg municipality workers' protest this week has left his family devastated.