Eight people have died and five others are missing after torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in parts of Mpumalanga.

A hot day is on the cards for Sunday, says the South African Weather Service.

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The incessant rainfall that has caused flooding throughout the country is set to continue for another week with residents in three provinces being warned about flooding.

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A protester was arrested for allegedly assaulting a reporter during an anti-mask protest on a Western Cape beach on Saturday.

Former KwaZulu-Natal Agriculture MEC Meshack Radebe died on Saturday.

A woman has told the Eastern Cape High Court in Port Elizabeth that televangelist Timothy Omotoso forced her to perform sex acts on him.

Research professor at the North West University, Professor Lourens Marthinus du Plessis was a gentle giant and a peacemaker during the turbulent period of political transition in South Africa, said Leon Wessels.

The decomposed body of a two-year-old girl who drowned when her mother's car plunged into the ocean was found floating by a fisherman.

The SA Council of Churches says it is deeply concerned over former president Jacob Zuma's decision to "turn his back" on the Zondo Commission.

Sand sculptor artist, Reon Zeff, is delighting walkers along the Blouberg coast with his elaborate works. When beaches were closed under lockdown, he made a plan to haul sand to the verge so that he could carry on with his work.

Engen should take full responsibility for the aftermath of last year's blast at its Durban refinery and assist the communities which have been left with damages and health problems, a parliamentary committee has said.

Constable Zacharia Makgaolane Magopa appeared in the Vaalbank Magistrate's Court after he was arrested on Tuesday. He has allegedly been linked to a cash-in-transit heist that took place on Monday.

Parliament's committees have "gone very far" in doing their oversight work, given the limited resources at their disposal, house chairperson Cedric Frolick told the Zondo Commission.

When Covid-19 hit, Chantal Erasmus lost her job as an airline booking agent. She then started her own catering company to make ends meet. And now she is paying it forward.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has given the assurance that Covid-19 vaccines are safe.

The illegal occupation has seen an increase in by-law contraventions, which has forced the City of Cape Town to beef up law enforcement at a cost of R400 000 per month.

Details of the high TB burden have been released in a Human Sciences Research Council survey, the survey also found that the prevalence of the disease was higher in men than in women.

No word as yet what the meeting at Nkandla was about, but common grievances were likely on the agenda.