
Vehicles burn as Table Mountain wildfire spreads in Tokai
Vehicles caught fire as the Upper Tokai blaze intensifies; residents evacuate....
Vehicles caught fire as the Upper Tokai blaze intensifies; residents evacuate....
Buffalo City Mayor Princess Faku has announced a decision to cancel all bookings made for pastor Tim Omotoso's church at the Orient Theatre hall in East London.....
Wind shifts have worsened the Silvermine wildfire, prompting evacuations near Tokai and Noordhoek....
The ruling was made on Sunday afternoon....
In a Freedom Day speech delivered on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said South Africa's painful history and how the country moved past it...
SAPS's Athlenda Mathe says spreading lies on social media is insensitive and misleading...
Police are searching for three Bloemfontein constables who have been missing since Thursday....
The DA in the Western Cape has hit back at rival political parties, defending its claim that its court action against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was instrumental in forcing a reversal on the co...
Sooliman says the organisation will persist with ongoing humanitarian efforts for people in Gaza....
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says he no longer opposes the DA and the EFF's bid to scrap the 0.5% percentage point VAT increase....
Parts of Pretoria could experience low water pressure to no water availability from 9 May....
General Fannie Masemola and delegation meet families of three missing police officers....
Vaal Dam gates opened as water levels soar; NSRI warns residents to evacuate flood-prone areas....
Preliminary investigations revealed that one vehicle was carrying six passengers....
Investigations are underway but origin of the fire suggest it may have been started deliberately....
uMkonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma is scheduled to deliver the Solomon Mahlangu lecture today....
The City of Cape Town has confirmed that hikers at Silvermine Nature Reserve were evacuated due to a fierce blaze....
Freedom Day theme - United in Resilience for The Defence of Our Freedom and Democracy....
Mantashe delivered the keynote address at the National Freedom Day celebration in Mpumalanga....
Andrew Trench’s life turned upside down by the shocking news that he has stage four oesophageal cancer. After his medical costs were declined by his insurer, he has been blown away by the kindness of...
This year’s theme is United in Resilience for The Defence of Our Freedom and Democracy....
Five people were killed in a motor vehicle accident in Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal, in the early hours of Sunday morning....
Some of the residents of Ermelo have accused government of failing to deliver basic services....
The finance ministry in a midnight announcement said the decision was informed by consultations with political parties...
The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80 <div cla...
The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the f...
Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-re...
Masemola and his delegation will thereafter meet with the families of the three police officers....
MEC Sboniso Duma says these victims will be housed in a hotel in the eThekwini CBD....
Police arrest two men after body of missing woman, Motlalepule Kau, found in shallow grave....
Don Mlangeni-Nawa remembered as a loving father and mentor at his funeral in Alberton....
Three constables missing after stopping near Grasmere toll plaza; police investigate hijacking, kidn...
Victor Shivambu, wanted for Faith Shikhibana’s killing, found hanging in Nkowankowa industrial area....
How can a single member of the executive, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, unilaterally withdraw a decision of Parliament related to the proposed 0.5 percentage point VAT increase, without the legis...
The DA in the Eastern Cape is mourning the death of long-serving Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Johnny Arends, who died in a car crash on Friday night....
Local activists, artists and environmental experts are working together to revive the polluted Jukskei River, one of Johannesburg’s largest rivers....
Oratile Mothwa's family believes he was kidnapped and killed before being dumped in Silverton...
Western Cape police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile has expressed shock, disappointment and concern after an off-duty Flying Squad member was arrested for allegedly trying to hijac...
Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala says the department is fast-tracking the establishment of the Office of the Engineer-General to tighten regulation and ensure compliance...
Dr. Lunga Mantashe says Sisonke Mbolekwa’s killing at WSU is a heartbreaking, preventable loss....
A Cape Town NGO serves daily meals, showing how small acts can uplift the lives of the destitute....
The DA has bolstered its legal bid in the Western Cape High Court to officially block the ANC-proposed 0.5 percentage point VAT increase....
Lesufi pays tribute at the funeral, pledges to continue Mlangeni’s legacy of mentoring young artists...
The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside the conviction and seven-year sentence of a Mpumalanga father, who was accused of killing a man who allegedly raped his daughter....
The Road Accident Fund spent over R2 billion to source a contractor to help reduce its claims backlog, and on top of this, its own officials spent nearly R1 million on travel and accommodation costs j...
Police have launched an urgent appeal for assistance from the public in locating three constables who went missing when travelling from Bloemfontein to Limpopo...
Minister Mathale confirms SAPS officer’s resignation after alleged girlfriend’s murder....
Firefighting efforts are in full swing in the Tokai area of Table Mountain National Park after three separate blazes broke out on Friday....
A number of roads in the greater eThekwini Metro were also flooded....
News24 investigative journalist Sikonathi Mantshantsha has been honoured by the National Press Club for his work exposing an environmental disaster borne of Mogale City's failing sewage infrastructure...
In a historic move towards fostering global diplomacy and ending conflicts, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to three important global players in quick succession this week –Russian President Vladimir...
South Africa deals with as many as 11 000 malaria cases a year. However, more than 96% of malaria cases originate from outside the country, health officials say....
Actor Don Eric Mlangeni-Nawa is celebrated for his decades-long career and inspiring mentorship....
The mother of a 15-year-old girl has told how her daughter was forced to give birth alone on the bathroom floor at Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein, despite reportedly pleading with nurses for assist...
Limpopo Transport Dept. warns motorists against hitchhikers as criminal impersonators commit crimes...
This third year Bachelor of Education student lost his life during a protest....
From chasing down hijacking and robbery suspects to protecting each other through life-threatening situations, Warrant Officer Damian Theron and his K9 partner, Night, remain relentless in their fight...
An Australian woman, Mellissa Campbell, is the latest to come forward with a complaint against the internationally known Dr Elliot Shevel, 81, and his Headache Clinic....
Bergview College principal Jaco Pieterse is contemplating laying criminal charges and launching lawsuits against those who falsely accused him of raping a 7-year-old child – including several prominen...
An investigation into the South African Rugby Union's handling of the failed R1.4 billion equity bid by US-based Ackerley Sports Group for a slice of SA rugby's crown jewels has been finalised and han...
From polite AI users funding eco-disasters to Finland’s smug happiness and twins in sync, Jonathan Ancer's weekly news to share around the braai proves the world’s as tjatjarag as ever - especially he...
Bea Swanepoel is the CEO of Jozi My Jozi, a non-profit “coalition of the willing” working to rejuvenate Johannesburg’s inner city. Anneliese Burgess speaks to her about what has been achieved, why she...
We’ve spent so long waiting for another political Messiah that we’ve forgotten the only way he succeeded was through the will of the people. But Nickolaus Bauer says no one is coming to save us. This...
Israel Walters, a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer accused of conspiring with an alleged Cape Flats gang boss to carry out a hit on a witness, was granted bail in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate'...
This has brought to the fore questions regarding the safety of learners in schools....
The Gauteng Department of Health has urged police to take action against a group of community members obstructing patients from accessing the Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Atteridgeville, P...
UNISA's Thabo Mbeki School and the Miriam Makeba Foundation celebrate the life of Miriam Makeba....
It has been exactly a year since KwaZulu-Natal police descended on the home of a Durban man and uncovered pictures and videos depicting the rape and torture of children on electronic devices seized at...
The South African Weather Service has warned of a heatwave with persistently high temperatures in the Northern Cape that is expected until Sunday....
AfriForum says that it accepts the apology from Police Minister Senzo Mchunu....
The ANC and DA's most senior leaders met on Friday after a week of political differences over the Budget....
"We cannot simply take from our elders while giving nothing back," Minister McKenzie states....
Firearms seized from the Cape Town head office of Professional Protection Alternatives (PPA Security) have been returned after forensic analysis found no links to any criminal activity....
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The Road Accident Fund's decision to limit the use of a panel of attorneys has led to the entity paying out nearly R5 billion in default claims because it did not have proper legal representation....
Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale urges community-police partnership to fight crime....
The State has dropped a racketeering charge against the accused in the alleged multimillion-rand fraud, corruption and money laundering case at the University of Fort Hare....
The KwaZulu-Natal government will dole out R86.141 million for the Zulu royal household this financial year, according to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli....
R6.65-billion - or $350 million. That's how much South Africa receives in annual funding from the US government's National Institutes of Health. If the country loses all of its NIH funding, the countr...
The Director of Luthuli Museum, Brian Xaba highlights the role Heritage centres....
The reopened inquest into the 1967 death of ANC leader Albert John Luthuli has brought to light potential discrepancies in the original investigation....
It's believed the teacher sent messages of a sexual nature to a 12-year-old girl...
The woman believed to have smuggled firearms into the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on the day taxi boss Dingalomoya Cintso was gunned down inside the building has been arrested....
Three of the four men, with the exception of Boitumelo Mooi stated they intended to plead not guilty...
One person was killed, and others were rushed to hospitals and clinics after floods destroyed houses and roads in Umlazi, south of Durban, on Friday afternoon, said KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and...
If your taxi driver swears at you or any other passengers, they could be slapped with a R1 500 fine. And if they are thinking of sipping an alcoholic beverage at the taxi rank or going to work without...
The fires which happened days apart have brought into question the hospital's safety protocols...
While eThekwini residents are bracing themselves for severe weather, a significant increase in southbound traffic volumes is expected on the N3 Toll Route from midday as holidaymakers make their way t...
Twin chess prodigies Deauwin and Beauwin Rens, fresh from competing at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships in Greece, have returned to South Africa with cherished memories....
South African schools have long been celebrated for their electrifying war cries, a spirited cultural legacy that echoes nationwide across sports fields and school grounds....
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has admitted that he wrongly identified Jaco Pieterse, the principal of Bergview College in Matatiele, as a suspect in the rape of a 7-year-old - and says he is prepared t...
The EFF, in a letter to the National Assembly speaker, expressed "its deepest concern regarding the fiscal and governance vacuum created by" the finance minister's "failure to table a lawful and credi...
The Skukuza Regional Court sentenced a convicted Kruger National Park rhino poacher on Thursday to 20 years of direct imprisonment....
Court delays asbestos case for trial-within-a-trial after Cholota challenges jurisdiction....
The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein has decided to deal with a special plea raised by Moroadi Cholota - former Free State premier Ace Magashule's ex-assistant and one of his co-accused in the as...
DA demands firm action over principal's alleged use of corporal punishment on learners....
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed Stellenbosch Municipality's bid to compel a property owner on Bird Street to rehabilitate a water-filled hole where a teenage couple died. Their vehicle was f...
The re-opened inquest into the death of former ANC's president Chief Albert Luthuli continues today....
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to four life terms behind bars for the rape of four girls in Nsikazi and Bushbuckridge between April 2009 and March 2022....
KZN faces disruptive rain with localized flooding and traffic chaos, prompting warnings....