Human settlements minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says the upgrading of 2,600 informal settlements is a central objective of government's urban management strategy.

It was a weekend of bloodshed in Durban, with the brutal murders of four women in two separate incidents — one allegedly involving a policeman.

Protesters demanding justice for four-year-old Bokgabo Poo gathered outside the Benoni magistrate’s court on Monday before the appearance of a suspect arrested in connection with her kidnapping and murder.

"Surely even Zuma supporters would want to distance themselves from this, or are they all captured by whoever gives them money?" asked ANC stalwart Derek Hanekom.

Former President Jacob Zuma and French arms firm Thales' corruption trial resumes in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Monday.

The owner of a Ballito property, which was hit by two packets of paint, has laid a criminal charge against a woman in her neighbourhood.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2bn (R21.8bn) to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally.

British lawmakers will try to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss this week despite Downing Street's warning that it could trigger a general election, the Daily Mail reported.

Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu says Gauteng is not in a crisis because there is water in dams.

Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran's Evin prison over the weekend, Iran's judiciary said on Monday, doubling the toll in an incident that has increased pressure on a government already facing protests over a woman's death in police ...

Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented daily between 4pm and midnight from Monday to Wednesday.

Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu will this morning host an urgent meeting with Gauteng municipalities affected by Rand Water’s restrictions.

Conservationists try to counter the sting of habitat loss with safehouses for these critical organisms

Nelson Mandela’s former shirtmaker debuts his collection in the fashion capitals

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of hard-left party La France Insoumise has called a general strike for Tuesday

The union says its members are angry at Transnet's refusal to commit to no retrenchments.

A 30-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Benoni magistrate's court on Monday in connection with the kidnapping and murder of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo.

A 23-year-old man was shot while waiting to enter a shopping centre in Sunninghill, Sandton, on Friday.

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is being treated for a brain tumor, the NBA confirmed Saturday.

Protestors clashed with police in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday, for the second night after a man died from injuries sustained during a police chase in August.

Russia has opened a criminal investigation after gunmen shot dead 11 people at a military training ground near the Ukrainian border, authorities said on Sunday, as fighting raged in eastern and southern Ukraine.

A two-minute video capturing an elephant giving birth at the Kruger National Park is going viral on Facebook.

Parts of Johannesburg will experience water cuts after Rand Water announced its Commando system had crashed due to a load shift.

The chair of the African Union on Sunday called on those involved in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to implement an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and agree to direct peace talks.

The family of missing four-year-old Bokgabo Poo have confirmed that the mutilated body of a child found in an open veld on Tuesday is hers.

At least 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a Russian military training ground on Saturday when two attackers opened fire on a group of volunteers who wished to fight in Ukraine, RIA news agency said.

Nigerian public university lecturers have suspended an eight-months old strike over pay which has kept students out of classrooms and triggered an appeal from the president to end it, the head of the union said on Friday.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday evening, shooting dead six women and six men, local authorities said, the second mass shooting in the state of Guanajuato in less than a month.

The SANDF says the navy has not appointed a chief and will notify the media when it has

South Africa is back in the 'space race', with the first of seven South African-made micro-satellites due to be launched in December from Cape Canaveral, Florida.