Beaches were closed early on Sunday after a shark attack claimed the life of a woman at central beach in Plettenberg Bay.

When they arrive with their sticks lifted up, singing traditional songs they first salute the king as a sign of recognition and respect. “Bayede wena weNdlovu! Bayede wena weNdlovu!”

The musician and actor has been praised for his role as villain Vecna in the 4th season of 'Stranger Things'

Gauteng police arrested three men for manufacturing drugs in Germiston this week.

Four SA National Defence Force officials have been hauled before a military judge to face fraud and corruption charges in connection with the allegedly corrupt acquisition of personal protection equipment at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Judge John Smith, in judgment, said: “The heart-rending facts of this case evoke harrowing images from any parent’s worst nightmare.”

A high-ranking member of Terene ea Khosi Mokata, a Lesotho Famo music gang involved in illegal mining, is among four suspects arrested by Gauteng police in connection with the Soweto tavern massacre in which 16 people were shot dead.

A lavish, taxpayer-funded funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a public backlash against the ruling party he led for years.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s vision for a new economic era, which includes the biggest tax giveaway in half a century, has been slammed for being “socially divisive.”

Fitch Ratings cut Ghana’s score to two notches above default, citing the increased probability of a debt restructuring amid mounting financial stress.

A Cape Town teenager who carried out two shooting sprees when he was 16 will now have six decades behind bars to reflect on his actions.

Stellenbosch University (SU) has been rocked by another urination scandal.

Questions remain over why two pupils jumped from the second floor of a building at a private school in Johannesburg this week.

South Korea's military has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, days before a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris.

Russia struck the Pechenihy dam on the Siverskyi Donets River in northeast Ukraine this week using short-range ballistic missiles or similar weapons, the British military said on Saturday.

Police in Gauteng have arrested two suspects linked to the Soweto tavern massacre in which 16 people were shot dead.

Prince Vanana Zulu of Minya royal palace has challenged the government to act on alleged threats by some Zulu royal rebels and their sympathisers to disrupt last weekend's annual reed dance.

An estimated 926,500 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Friday morning five days after Hurricane Fiona hit, causing an island-wide power outage for its roughly 3.3 million people.

At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday.

The Hermanus regional court on Friday sentenced a gang member who killed a man linked to abalone smuggling who refused to pay extortion money to 30 years’ imprisonment.

Same-sex parenting is not normal, a senior member of the far-right party expected to win Italy's election on Sunday has suggested, casting a fresh spotlight on its socially conservative agenda.

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.

The US treasury department on Friday issued guidance expanding the range of internet services available to Iranians despite US sanctions on the country, amid protests around Iran after the death of a 22-year-old woman in custody.

Some air traffic control staff at airports in West and Central Africa went on strike over working conditions and pay on Friday as their union defied court rulings and government bans barring them from doing so.

The high court in East London has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit a preservation order against a vehicle bought for a senior Eastern Cape education department official, allegedly as gratification for awarding a tender for the supply of personal pro...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had reached an agreement with companies to maintain prices of basic food items, as inflation continues to tick up.

Three more Ebola patients have died in Uganda, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the total death toll to four, days after authorities confirmed an outbreak of a strain of the deadly disease for which no vaccine has yet been approved.

The Hawks seized boxes of counterfeit Anchor Yeast and Gold Star Yeast with an estimated value of more than R20,000 at five tuck shops in the Sekhukhune district municipality this week.

Indications are stage 3 load-shedding will be implemented most of next week due to capacity constraints, Eskom warned.

Food such as meat, milk and cheeses are particularly prone to becoming contaminated when the fridge temperature rises above 4°C.