Gauteng police are investigating a murder case after the mutilated body of a child was found in Tamboville, Ekurhuleni.

Parliament arson-accused Zandile Mafe's bid for bail to the Supreme Court of Appeal has been dismissed.

Former City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for water and sanitation Zahid Badroodien's disciplinary hearing is expected to start soon.

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The incident happened in October 2015 when the pupil, who is not named in court papers, was 11 years old.

The developers of the River Club site in Cape Town, which will include Amazon as a tenant, argue that what they are constructing and planning will protect the heritage of First Nations people, not destroy it, as some claim.

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In Colombia, researchers found that when two large cities made it illegal to carry a gun in public, the murder rate in those places dropped as compared to cities in that country which didn't implement the ban.

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The eThekwini municipality says around 50% of the households in Durban are without power following an explosion at a major substation in Klaarwater on Tuesday evening.

The Gauteng education department has condemned the attempted hijacking at Faranani Primary school, which claimed a father's life.

A man wanted in connection with a spate of arson attacks in Johannesburg's northern suburbs has been arrested in Emmarentia.

Rhodes University will bestow an honour of Doctor of Laws on former journalist, anti-apartheid activist and High Commissioner to Namibia, Thenjiwe Mtintso, at its October postgraduate graduation ceremony this week.

The DA is challenging the legality of the Ministerial Handbook, which prescribes the perks members of the national and provincial executives receive, in a complaint to the Public Protector.

An application to rescind an order that the developers of Cape Town's massive River Club project stop building, is being heard in the Western Cape High Court.

In a unanimous ruling, a full bench of the Western Cape High Court dismissed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's urgent bid for immediate reinstatement to her position.

The South African Weather Service issued extremely high fire danger warnings for the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the Free State and parts of North West.

Although the area is notorious for violence and assassinations, there are many residents working together to make it a better place.

Lesotho will be governed by a coalition made up of Revolution for Prosperity, the Alliance of Democrats and Movement for Economic Change after the RFP failed to secure the 61 seats needed for an outright majority.

A 33-year-old man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman is fighting for his life in hospital after residents in Thubelihle township in Mpumalanga assaulted him.