While commuters in parts of Ekurhuleni were left stranded without transport to work on Friday morning due to a taxi strike, Gauteng transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela was expected to meet with the South African National Taxi Council.

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez was fired on Wednesday after resisting changes to vaccine policy advanced by US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr that she believes contradict scientific evidence, a close associa...

Social grant payments to millions of beneficiaries will not be disrupted, MPs told

An urgent court interdict has been granted enabling the Western Cape government to “act decisively” to protect commuters and curb violence in a deadly clash over routes between minibus taxi associations in Cape Town.

A group of South African teens this week showcased their Vuka Learn app designed to help school pupils access study materials more easily.

Germany has told its nationals to leave Iran and refrain from travelling there to avoid getting caught in retaliatory acts by Tehran over Germany's role in triggering UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.

A month after Tesla launched a trial robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June for select fans, CEO Elon Musk told investors the company’s driverless taxis would likely be available to “half the population of the US” by the end of this year.

A Limpopo man who murdered his employer and her friend has been jailed for life.

Refilwe Gift Malope knew and trusted her killers, a police officer and his cousin.

France has reported a sharp decline in outbreaks of an illness in cows called lumpy skin disease, with no new cases since August 22, after launching a mass vaccination campaign around the outbreaks, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.

Hundreds of UN staff at the office of the high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk have written to ask him to explicitly describe the Gaza war as an unfolding genocide, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The National Energy Regulator of SA admitted miscalculating Eskom’s revenue shortfall and quietly green lit a R54bn tariff claw back.

Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm's ties to Israel as it wages war in Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week at the office of the company's president.

Actress Lerato Mvelase delivered a fiery address aimed at the department of sports, arts and culture.

More food aid is reaching Gaza but it remains far from enough to prevent widespread starvation, the head of the World Food Programme told Reuters on Thursday.

When a group of learners headed out with their cameras to document infectious disease in the time of climate change, many came back with images of what they see every day: dangerous, dirty, stagnant pools of water

Spicomellus is a member of the ankylosaur dinosaur group

A bystander has been shot dead during an attempted armed robbery at a Tops Spar liquor outlet in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday evening.

Nandi Nyembe was a great actor, but the industry didn't protect her from the harsh realities of the world, according to producer and filmmaker Angus Gibson.

KwaZulu-Natal police officers are under fire after they were seen escorting a matric pupil to a farewell party using a state vehicle.

A TikTok user who was found to have harassed three young white men after accusing them of racism is now on trial on a charge of crimen injuria over the incident

At least four African countries will run out of specialised life-saving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said on Thursday.

Commuters in parts of Ekurhuleni, including Katlehong and Germiston, were left stranded on Thursday after the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) halted taxi operations over the impounding of their vehicles.

KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has received seven permits to search for lithium and other minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it said on Wednesday.

KwaZulu-Natal policemen who were seen escorting a pupil to a matric dance in Estcourt with an official vehicle have been "withdrawn" from service pending an internal investigation into their conduct.

Father said judgment brought partial relief but no ruling could undo the pain.

Harmony Gold, South Africa's biggest gold producer, reported a 26% jump in annual profit on Thursday, primarily boosted by record-high prices for the precious metal.

Tanzania's electoral commission on Wednesday barred the presidential candidate of its second biggest opposition party from contesting polls in October, leaving President Samia Suluhu Hassan to face only candidates from smaller parties.

A staple of Nigerian cuisine, egusi soup, could one day be consumed on the moon or on Mars after melon seeds from which the thick, fragrant dish is made orbited the Earth for seven days and returned to be studied by space scientists.

Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday discussed activating a $7.5bn (R132.52bn) "partnership package" with his Qatari counterpart, Egypt's cabinet said in a statement.