Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, lawyers said on Tuesday.

Ghana has declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, that was confirmed in July, the president's office said on Monday.

Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow's occupation forces in the Donbas region as Kyiv seeks more Western arms.

Budgetary constraints are preventing the KwaZulu-Natal education department from providing deserving pupils with state-funded transport to and from school.

The KwaZulu-Natal government says immediate interventions, including erecting speed bumps and increasing traffic law enforcement, are needed to prevent further carnage on the Pongola "road of death".

Hurricane Fiona strengthened as it moved away from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic where it knocked out power and spawned flash floods and landslides from torrential rains.

Acting president David Mabuza has called on concerned South Africans not to resort to violent acts against truck drivers after several horrific crashes in KwaZulu-Natal.

The City of Tshwane says more than half of the Tshwane Bus Service fleet is not running on Tuesday morning due to a fuel shortage.

Buyers in Europe and beyond are now vying to pay top dollar for coal from often remote mines in places such as Tanzania, Botswana and even potentially Madagascar.

The R58 route between Elliot and Barkly East has been closed after snowfall over the pass.

Johannesburg Water has cautioned customers of the risk of low pressure in some areas since the introduction of lengthier power outages under stage 6 load-shedding.

A former municipal manager of Bojanala district municipality in the North West appeared before the Rustenburg magistrate’s court on Monday on two counts of contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act.

"Eskom, our laptops are like fridges. They only work when they are plugged in," a student tells the power utility in a viral video.

Courts ruled Marry Mubaiwa could not travel because of pending charges of plotting to kill, money laundering, fraud and assault

It tells the story of a minister who has failed to heed the cries of the people

Pandor complains that UN secretary-general has been ‘totally marginalised’ and ‘isn’t playing the role he should’

Residents often order then schlep to the restaurant to collect their food, but new service is changing that

According to his bail conditions, he is required to leave KZN and stay in Gauteng until the start of his trial

Eskom announced on Monday it has launched three programmes to procure much-needed power for the national grid, as part of the broad measures to address the load-shedding crisis.

The department of public enterprises says it has been working around the clock closely with Eskom to ensure that generating units are returned to service, adding much needed megawatts to the national grid.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde and health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo have described the death of two paramedics as "tragic and a loss to the province’s healthcare system"  after they died in a head-on collision while on duty at the weekend.

The lawyer for Sekola Matlaletsa has taken a year to prepare the summons, saying he didn’t want any loopholes

Zululand district mayor has called for a ban trucks between 6am and 6pm after the deadly Pongola N2 crash

As load-shedding continues, Eskom says a fire at Kriel mine will not worsen the situation.

A man who killed his girlfriend by stabbing her multiple times in Tshepisong, west of Johannesburg, in December 2020 has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Load-shedding will be reduced to stage 5 at midnight on Monday after the return of some generation units, says Eskom.

On Sunday, Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said the power utility has 'just about' used up its emergency diesel supply for the financial year.

The City of Tshwane on Monday warned that the upper stages of load-shedding could lead to water outages, particularly in high-lying areas.

Activists have called on the government to move swiftly on legislation that will allow cannabis producers to conduct business.

Disaster management teams have been placed on high alert after a warning of heavy rain across large parts of KwaZulu-Natal.