Two of the three people charged with fraud of R1.4 million in National Student Financial Aid Scheme funds have been released on bail.

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Limpopo police have arrested four people after violent protests at a mine near Burgersfort left three dead.

Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for the attackers behind the murder of four people in the taxi industry.

South Africa recorded 933 new Covid-19 infections by Tuesday, along with 139 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 51 560.

A fire broke out at Parliament's Old Assembly building on Tuesday night.

At least 150,000 South Africans will need to be vaccinated daily in order to reach the 67% population target by the end of 2021.

A former attorney accused of killing his four young children allegedly admitted as much to his neighbour after the incident, the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo heard on Tuesday.

Acting Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka is expected to have a virtual meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande as part of her effort to find a solution to the problems many university students face.

The Department of Correctional Services says it has been left "embarrassed and gutted" by a video of an officer and an inmate having sex.

Free State police commissioner Lieutenant-General Baile Motswenyane has called for an investigation into a video of a man locked in a dog cage inside a police van.

The committee said it would be arranging a meeting during the parliamentary recess to urgently find a solution to the increasing use of excessive force by police.

The South African National Editors’ Forum has condemned the "unlawful and intimidatory" acts by students aligned to the EFF that prevented eNCA journalists from covering ongoing university fees protests.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mhkwebane is the first head of a Chapter 9 institution to be impeached by Parliament after a vote in the National Assembly, unless the EFF successfully challenges this decision in court.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille was answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday.

Western Cape Human Settlements MEC Tertius Simmers handed over the title deeds to residents of Villiersdorp on Tuesday.

Four political parties opposed a motion for an inquiry to be set up into the Public Protector's fitness to hold office.

Research by the University of Stellenbosch's Aaron Barnes, Till Reiss and Savel Daniels found the five species of velvet worms in and around the Garden Route National Park.

ANC MP Bongani Bongo has accused the NPA of "abusing state resources" by applying for leave to appeal to the decision to acquit him of corruption.

The principle of open justice does not apply to the CR17 bank statements as they were never in an open court, according to lawyers opposing the EFF’s application.