A million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines are expected to arrive in South Africa this weekend, but regular shipments will be delivered in the weeks thereafter, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said on Thursday.

A cross-border bus has plunged into a ditch along the N1 near Makhado, claiming multiple lives in the very spot where 42 people died in a similar accident last year.

A heartwarming video posted by the Alta du Toit School of a boy with cerebral palsy being gifted his dream police uniform has gone viral, reminding many South Africans of the power of a simple act of kindness.

Pensioner Margaret* has lived without a reliable supply of running water for more than a decade, in Ward 5 of the Lekwa Local Municipality in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

The City of Johannesburg’s tanker contracts are in jeopardy after the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg declared them “invalid”.

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, which may lead to damage and flooding.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg was temporarily closed on Wednesday due to an ongoing water shortage that has disrupted operations since 10 February.

Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA has distanced itself from any involvement in the City of Ekurhuleni’s governing coalition.

The case of former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s ex-assistant, Moroadi Cholota, involving the asbestos removal tender saga, can finally resume.

Following Toyota’s Corolla Cross two-star rating, revealed earlier in January, Chinese automaker Chery is the latest brand to come under the Automobile Association’s attention after a low score on adult occupant protection.

A 69-year-old man has been arrested in Pretoria for allegedly defrauding someone of R16.4 million.

A South African kung fu champion has been given the highest form of recognition in his field by being inducted into the World Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

My family and I had a one-way ticket to Brazil, and I was the captain of our journey. The Fearless Leader, as the story would have it. But I wasn’t the fearless leader you imagine.

Acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discuss the biggest news items of the week.

The ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkwanazi’s allegations now has until the end of March to complete its work.

Dumisani Phakathi was collecting water from a furrow on a farm in Brits – as he had done many times before – when he was accosted and viciously beaten to death by Jaco Kemp, Louis Coetzee and Gert van der Westhuizen.

Public Protector and advocate Kholeka Gcaleka says the distance between her and any investigation in which she may have a personal interest “is as clear as day”.

A million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines are expected to arrive in South Africa this weekend, but regular shipments will be delivered in the weeks thereafter, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said on Thursday.

A cross-border bus has plunged into a ditch along the N1 near Makhado, claiming multiple lives in the very spot where 42 people died in a similar accident last year.

A heartwarming video posted by the Alta du Toit School of a boy with cerebral palsy being gifted his dream police uniform has gone viral, reminding many South Africans of the power of a simple act of kindness.

Pensioner Margaret* has lived without a reliable supply of running water for more than a decade, in Ward 5 of the Lekwa Local Municipality in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

The City of Johannesburg’s tanker contracts are in jeopardy after the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg declared them “invalid”.

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, which may lead to damage and flooding.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg was temporarily closed on Wednesday due to an ongoing water shortage that has disrupted operations since 10 February.

Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA has distanced itself from any involvement in the City of Ekurhuleni’s governing coalition.

The case of former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s ex-assistant, Moroadi Cholota, involving the asbestos removal tender saga, can finally resume.

Following Toyota’s Corolla Cross two-star rating, revealed earlier in January, Chinese automaker Chery is the latest brand to come under the Automobile Association’s attention after a low score on adult occupant protection.

A 69-year-old man has been arrested in Pretoria for allegedly defrauding someone of R16.4 million.

A South African kung fu champion has been given the highest form of recognition in his field by being inducted into the World Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

My family and I had a one-way ticket to Brazil, and I was the captain of our journey. The Fearless Leader, as the story would have it. But I wasn’t the fearless leader you imagine.

Acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discuss the biggest news items of the week.

The ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkwanazi’s allegations now has until the end of March to complete its work.

Dumisani Phakathi was collecting water from a furrow on a farm in Brits – as he had done many times before – when he was accosted and viciously beaten to death by Jaco Kemp, Louis Coetzee and Gert van der Westhuizen.

Public Protector and advocate Kholeka Gcaleka says the distance between her and any investigation in which she may have a personal interest “is as clear as day”.