Matrics have entered one of the most challenging stages of their academic careers - their final exams - and load shedding isn't making it any easier for them. Here's what some pupils are doing to ensure disruptions are minimal.

"I saw them kill my sister and her friend. There was nothing I could do except hide,” says teary-eyed Nosipho Gcwabe, 22, after her sister was killed in a mass shooting in Finetown.

Six alleged armed robbers have been arrested in the Northern Cape after robbing a shop in Augrabies and shooting at police.

National Senior Certificate exams for the class of 2022 have kicked off, but education unions say pupils are likely to face some challenges this year.

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At Dis-Chem, orthopaedic boots are sold individually, because most people injure one leg at a time. But sneaker company Shelflife has other ideas.

A Gauteng traffic official, who allegedly hijacked a police officer's car in Randfontein, has been arrested.

Free State woman was sentenced to 28 years in jail on three counts of murder for the death of her husband and two children. She also received 10 years for the attempted murder of her third child.

A slum building in Wynberg was ravaged by fire this weekend – a mere two days after a multi-agency crackdown operation.

Ferndale High School in Gauteng apparently experienced some challenges due to the late arrival of some question papers.

A party where TikTok sensation the Temple Boys performed descended into chaos when a brawl among audience members broke out

The DA's Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission on Monday over the water crisis in the province.

The DNA backlog at the Forensic Science Laboratories that stood at a staggering 241 000 in April has been severely reduced to 71 000 and is expected to be entirely cleared by January 2023.

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The South African Weather Service issued a yellow level 4 warning for disruptive rain over the eastern parts of the Free State.

Two Husky-type dogs have been confiscated from their owners after the killing of 19 endangered penguins at Seaforth Beach in Simon’s Town over the weekend.

About 430 people have been left homeless by a fire that tore through an informal settlement in Cape Town on Monday morning.

Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse has blamed the water supply issues in the municipality on "years of neglect by the ANC".

AfriForum's private prosecution unit has served papers to appeal the Potchefstroom Regional Court's discharge of Defence Minister Thandi Modise in an animal cruelty case.

A Mpumalanga traffic officer who solicited a R100 bribe from a motorist has been sentenced in the Middelburg Regional Court to five years behind bars for corruption.