A mother is seeking answers after her youngest child died after allegedly consuming poison.

A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting his 39-year-old mother dead on a farm outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape last week, and later wounding a truck driver.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit Jagersfontein in the Free State where one person died, 82 were hospitalised and several went missing after a dam wall burst in the area.

On Sunday night, Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela and provincial and local government officials were at the disaster scene to ensure the affected households were in a safe place.

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Romay van Rooyen, 50, was found dead by a relative in her house in Red Roman Street, Marina da Gama, on Saturday afternoon.

A soccer pitch made of recycled chip packets was unveiled in Tembisa last year and has already benefitted thousands of young people.

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A bullet projectile that was allegedly collected at the Vosloorus house where former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot, has again been scrutinised.

The World Health Organization predicts that between now and 2030, R25.5 billion (about US$1.5 billion) will be needed to complete its regional plan to eradicate meningitis in Africa, which if fully implemented, will save more than 140 000 lives and d...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the National Disaster Management Centre was coordinating with the Provincial Disaster Management Centre and other stakeholders to ensure the assistance needed was provided, where required.

The slow pace of service delivery and repair work to flood-ravaged communities in KwaZulu-Natal continues.

Seven Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Policing Department officers are expected to appear in the Tsakane Magistrate's Court on Monday, on a charge of murder, attempted murder, and defeating the ends of justice.

If South Africa can pull off a transition from coal, it will become a template for action elsewhere, argues Allegra Stratton, former communications chief for the office of the British Prime Minister.

Booming demand for medicinal cannabis from Europe to Australia has seen a South African producer sell all of its output for next year in advance.

Three Grade 8 pupils have reportedly been sexually harassed by a Grade 10 boy at Ponelopele Oracle Secondary school in Kaalfontein, Midrand this week.

Radioactive rhino horns could help crack cross-border smuggling syndicates, according to a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.

The Steenberg Community Policing Forum has warned that the situation is likely to reach boiling point on Sunday when the leader of the Fast Gun gang, Cheslin Ranier Nelson, will be laid to rest after being killed along with his 11-year-old son Jordan...

The launch of the ANC Letsema campaign in Limpopo served as a platform to reaffirm the province's support and endorsement of current ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term as the ruling party's leader.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has launched an urgent application to ensure that the Western Cape High Court order invalidating her suspension comes into effect – regardless of any appeals that may be launched against it.