"When a woman comes to the police station to report that she is being abused, that’s her last hope. Do not send her anywhere else, don't tell her to go and negotiate with her abuser. Help that woman," said police minister Bheki Cele.

As SA continues to battle blackouts, businesses across the country are using generators and topping up prices to keep their establishments open.

Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday, emptying store shelves as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge.

Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to free the body of a motorist pinned in wreckage after he collided with a truck on the N2 on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.

Airports Company SA is confident it will have sufficient jet fuel stocks for about six days by the end of this week.

The right-wing alliance that won Italy's national election will usher in a rare era of political stability to tackle an array of problems besieging the euro zone's third largest economy, one of its senior figures said on Monday.

Nigeria's national electricity grid collapsed on Monday leaving many parts of the country without power, electricity distribution companies said.

The City of Tshwane has blamed a banking snafu for a delay in paying some staff salaries this month.

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years - a ceremony that has become as divisive as he was in life.

Metrorail says it is experiencing power outages due to an outstanding Eskom payment, resulting in the temporary suspension of its rail operations in Gauteng North.

A four-year-old girl who went missing in Paarl in the Western Cape on Sunday was found dead on Monday.

Two heavy articulated vehicles have collided on the N4 at the Sudwala turn-off in Mpumalanga.

A 10-year-old boy from Gqeberha has been mauled to death by the family’s two pit bulls at his Gelvandale house.

"Welcome to Namibia, Burna Boy! Here, there’s no load-shedding. Have massive electric fun," said Namibian MP Inna Koviao Hengari.

Eight undocumented foreigners and two employers were arrested at a shop in the Pretoria CBD on the first day of the "mega blitz" inspection on Monday, the department of employment and labour said.

Scientists believe the Podocarpus tar discovery could help shed light on the development of human intelligence

A Sunday Times exposé into child hunger in SA has spurred Africa’s largest food manufacturer, Tiger Brands, to invest R42m to help alleviate malnutrition.

If the employee's request was allowed, they would have to fork out about R53m for disposable sleeves for all Muslim employees

Zimbabwe has sent a consular team to Limpopo to investigate and help repatriate the dead

Rail will need to provide the accessible, efficient, reliable and secure service now provided by other modes, mostly road transport.

The Special Investigating Unit says it will institute action in the Special Tribunal to review and set aside contracts awarded by the SANDF for the procurement of personal protective equipment.

Members of the LGBTQI+ community, their parents, friends and family members gathered at Dorothy Nyembe Park in Soweto to celebrate the 18th edition of Soweto Pride.

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla has ordered provincial heads of department to finalise the assessment of the impact of load-shedding on the provision of healthcare over the past week.

Dr Craig Parker’s oxygen device, the OxERA, has earned a global nod by being listed in the World Health Organisation’s 2022 Compendium under “innovative health technologies for low-resource settings”.

The Public Servants Association on Monday said its members appear to be rejecting the government’s latest 2022/2023 wage offer.

The family of North West school principal Moses Kadiege, who went missing at the weekend, was holding onto the faint hope that he had been kidnapped and could be rescued.

In episode 93 of 'True Crime South Africa', we attempt to navigate the complex crimes of a husband and wife who had their entire community fooled.

Cellphone giant ordered to ‘withdraw or amend’ data bundle deal offers