Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a third Ebola case this week in North Kivu province, provincial health minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita said on Friday.

The UK Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater.

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – an elite economist who has confronted corruption and kidnappers at home and risen to the top ranks of the World Bank, is poised to become the first woman and first African in charge of policing global trade.

Uganda accused the European Union of meddling on Friday after the bloc's parliament recommended sanctions over a crackdown and arrests of opponents around President Yoweri Museveni's disputed re-election last month.

A study published on Friday, led by authors from the National Blood Service, shows that a large percentage of the population has probably already been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and that there are striking differences in prevalence between blacks and w...

"Some people didn’t think it was possible to produce a Covid-19 vaccine so quickly, but it was. Now some people say that vaccinating the world is not possible. They’re wrong. As Nelson Mandela, Madiba, said; it always seems impossible until it’...

Bjoern von Bismarck grabbed his bodyboard and dived into the surf without hesitating when he saw a man being swept out to sea at Wilderness Beach in the southern Cape.

The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in SA has reached 1,487,681, the health ministry said on Friday evening.

When teenage twins turned to a pastor at a local church for help with a personal matter in 2018 he took advantage of the situation and raped them instead.

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane is likely to take action against embattled health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, who is linked to the Nelson Mandela funeral corruption scandal.

Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with SA when it reviews the current lockdown.

Close to 75% of SA employees seeking love online use company issued devices for online dating.

Eskom confirmed on Friday that nobody was injured during a conveyor belt fire at its Kendal power station in Mpumalanga.

The Sunday Times's circulation grew 5.2% in the last quarter of 2020 despite tough trading conditions in the newspaper sector brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, while the paper's rapidly growing online audience has contributed to record-breaking...

The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with the goal of reviving efforts to close the controversial facility, a White House official said on Friday.

South African university teams will compete in the local regional qualifiers which will take place in March and April. This will be followed by the National Final in April 2021. The winner of the final will emerge as the National Champions.

A 47-year-old man who allegedly created fraudulent invoices is expected to appear in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on fraud and corruption charges on February 25.

African players have been competing in the Umzansi Esports League Summer Season, with titles including CS:GO, Tekken 7, PUBG: Mobile and FIFA 21.

First up, we have the Apex Legends Celebrity Cup, which takes place the coming Saturday, 13 February 2021.

The tournament which kicked off on Saturday, 6 February had over 300 players who played in the group stages which have now been completed.

Valheim, a survival game set in the land of those Norse invaders, has rocketed up the Steam charts this week as it sold more than 1 million copies after launching into early access just a week ago on 2 February.

The Black Sash says the three-month extension of the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress grant announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday is not enough.

The department of human settlements confirmed on Friday that Eskom had approached it with a list of properties for possible purchase - including the controversial Wilge flats near the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says his department is ready to commence with the 2021 academic year as more than 1.5 million pupils prepare to return to class on a rotational basis on Monday.

Statistics show the insurance industry is continuing to benefit from significantly reduced claims as work-from-home has become the new normal for many.

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application by the school governing body of Paarlzicht Primary in Paarl in which it sought to set aside the appointment of Gareth Duraan as school principal.

The director of a Forex company, which operated predominantly in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has been arrested and charged on 194 counts of fraud, theft and the contravention of various financial acts.

The brand has distanced itself from the drinking challenge.

Officials are ready to execute the extension of the special R350 Covid-19 grant by another three months.

A KwaZulu-Natal man, Lindokuhle Mlangeni, has been sentenced to life imprisonment plus five years for raping and kidnapping his 18-year neighbour.