The decomposing body of a 46-year-old man has been retrieved from a swamp close to his home in rural Ndwedwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

A manager at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife's Hilltop Resort in KwaZulu-Natal has tested positive for Covid-19, resulting in the temporary closure of the facility.

Eight people have been killed in a horrific multiple vehicle pile-up involving five cars on the N3 in the Free State.

An SA National Parks pilot suffered minor injuries after losing control of his helicopter during take-off from Cape Town International Airport, says SANParks.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Sipho Hlomuka has urged residents of KwaZulu-Natal to be vigilant as weather conditions continue to deteriorate in the province.

South Africa's major roads experienced increased traffic on Saturday as motorists drive back from their holiday destinations.

Hundreds of moms have given birth to babies at hospitals across South Africa on the first day of 2021.

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Another 418 people have died of Covid-19 in South Africa and 16 726 new cases have been recorded, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, owner of Brewsters Craft, had to find new innovative ways to keep her brewery afloat during the nationwide lockdown. As the first black woman to own a brewery, she was determined not to fail.

The ANC says it is considering possible disciplinary action against a Cape Town councillor who was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve.

In the final hours of 2020 all the computers in the Sapphire Secondary School in Vanderbijlpark were stolen.

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has issued protocols to ensure that the marking of matric papers – which starts on Monday – will be conducted safely.

Police in the Free State arrested 42 people trying to enter the country illegally by crossing the Caledon River using a tube.

Altogether 305 residents of the North West Province spent the early hours of 2021 behind bars – the majority of them for contraventions of Lockdown regulations.

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital's trauma rescue area was empty on New Year's Eve for the first time in its history.

Residents of Hillbrow, which in the past was associated with violence and unruliness, mostly spent New Year's Eve indoors as 2020 drew to a close.

It's alleged that a taxi overtook another when it hit a truck in the oncoming lane on the N1 near Leeu-Gamka in the Western Cape.

The man was spotted clinging to a branch on a small ledge 40m down the 95m cliff face.