A major burst in a pipeline has led to a 30-hour emergency shutdown potentially affecting multiple areas in Johannesburg, says Johannesburg Water.

North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime border zone overnight, South Korea said on Friday, as defence ministers from Seoul and Washington vowed to demonstrate determination in the face of missile tests by the North.

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South Africa has reached a new low on the international stage for its "tone deaf" joint South African National Defence Force maritime exercise with Russia in Durban this week, says the DA.

The KwaZulu-Natal south coast says it's all systems go for the festive season as six of its beaches have retained their Blue Flag status.

Driving school operators in Mbombela took the extreme measure of shutting the entrances to the local traffic department facility on Tuesday in what they said was an effort to expose the shenanigans at the department.

Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier's triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance.

Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting US basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal last week against a nine-year drug sentence.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin on Thursday when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt by his rivals.

Limpopo police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou launched a manhunt after three prisoners escaped from a police holding cell early hours on Wednesday

Twitter is being sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of US federal and California law.

A kidney transplant patient who suffered with Covid-19 for more than a year has finally been cured.

A yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with a possibility of heavy rain, hail and damaging wind which can lead to localised flooding, disruption of communication services and damage to properties has been issued by the South African Weathe...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reflected on the progress made in fighting gender-based violence and femicidey and has taken accountability for government's slow response to fight the scourge.

Hillary Gardee’s identity document was found torn and discarded on Thursday, exactly six months after her body was found in a timber plantation outside Mbombela in Mpumalanga.

The KwaZulu-Natal chair of local government association Salga, Thami Ntuli, has defended the debt control stance taken by some municipalities who resorted to disconnecting businesses and government departments that have defaulted on their services an...

Two people who were arrested with thousands of litres of diesel led the Hawks to a national Transnet fuel pipeline that had been tampered with along the N3 freeway in Phumula near Vosloorus on Wednesday night.

The Hawks, employees of local and international banks, employees of the Free State agriculture department are among the witnesses

The couple were arguing on October 25 when the boyfriend attacked the woman, say police

Eskom has once again raised concerns with the perpetual failure by Lesedi Local Municipality to honour its bulk electricity account, which is now R121m.

The judge last month said he found himself in a dilemma and was considering recusing himself

Dozens of grade five pupils are baffled by the loss of a classmate and bid farewell at a memorial as part of the school’s effort to help them grieve

Three Saudi nationals have been fined R2m for having a huge quantity of flora that they illegally harvested during a trip to the Western Cape, without documentation. They were also found guilty of money laundering.

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane lost another application in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday and was ordered to pay costs in her personal capacity.

More people could still be trapped underground after the discovery of 21 bodies of alleged illegal miners in an active mine in Krugersdorp, says Mogale City mayor Tyrone Gray.

Gender-neutral guidelines for schools aim to combat discrimination but FF Plus says community 'cannot be reconceptualised as if the exception is the norm'.

Community members in parts of Emalahleni in Mpumalanga are not impressed by the possibility that they might spend Christmas in darkness due to repairs on a damaged transformer, which may take about 16 weeks to fix.

KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Mbali Frazer was forced to intervene at a KwaMashu high school where protesting parents were allegedly trying to disrupt the matric exams on Thursday.

Taxpayers are paying more than R130m for about 305 public servants who are suspended on full salaries.

The 21 dead suspected illegal miners found in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, are believed to have been killed when a trench they were working in collapsed on them.