The former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said he believes the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, embracing a theory rejected by many global epidemiologists that has contri...

Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about Covid-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesperson said on Saturday.

Myanmar's ethnic armed factions will not stand by and do nothing if the military junta's forces continue to kill protesters, the leader of one of the main armed groups said on Saturday.

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The boss of the estate agency regulator has been dealt an early blow in her fight to extract R1.5m in defamation damages from a DA MP.

Several South Africans are feared to be among dozens of foreign contractors killed or captured on Friday as they tried to escape Islamic militants in northern Mozambique.

North Korea said on Saturday that the administration of US President Joe Biden had taken a wrong first step and revealed "deep-seated hostility" by criticising its self-defensive missile test.

Two teachers have been fired for misconduct after sexually inappropriate behaviour with female pupils.

The mall manager who humiliated Ndebele activist and author Thando Mahlangu by denying him entry to a Midrand store this week must apologise and pay damages, iKosi Mkhambi Mahlangu says

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore said the scheme planned to vaccinate 3 million adult beneficiaries of Discovery-administered schemes, and would be ready to launch the programme on May 1 - if vaccine supply allowed.

SA recorded 1,516 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, along with 67 more fatalities, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.

Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli appeared in court on Friday on fraud, corruption and theft charges related to the police’s secret slush fund.

Veteran broadcaster Jeremy Maggs has left eNCA, according to a message sent to staff on Friday.

Midnight March 26 2021 marks the first anniversary of lockdown in SA due to Covid-19. The initial lockdown was announced on March 23 2020.

SA's record low lending rates will not last forever, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Friday.

A number of Gauteng pupils have not yet been placed at schools as the department says government schools have reached their capacity with many parents moving children from private schools as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Outgoing head of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee Prof Salim Abdool Karim  had favoured a stepped introduction of the AstraZeneca vaccine to SA until he found out the dosage interval had changed.

Online marketplaces are a great way to flog your unwanted possessions or pick up a bargain, but many first-time sellers are duped by fraudsters and end up unintentionally gifting them instead.

A 16-year-old grade 10 pupil who was barred from attending a school because she has tattoos has now been enrolled and spent a happy first day there this week.

There will be no fixing of potholes, clearing of stormwater drains and cleaning of pavements until the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality pays small businesses the money they are owed for services rendered.

The four public order police accused of killing Mthokozisi Ntumba were granted bail by the Johannesburg magistrates’ court on Friday.

SA has “squandered the opportunity to protect at least 500,000 of its most vulnerable citizens before the next resurgence” of Covid-19, said top medical scientists.

Reuters reports that Britain's medicine regulator has approved a 20-second Covid-19 test that could be used in airports, sports venues and businesses.

The ban has allegedly been enforced by prohibiting the use of Afrikaans in private spaces, including residences, bedrooms and digital platforms such as WhatsApp.

Norma Mngoma was arrested in July last year after allegedly damaging a Mercedes-Benz G Wagon that was being driven by her estranged husband, former minister Malusi Gigaba.

A doctor who started in a managerial position just as the Covid-19 pandemic began told New Frame about surviving the coronavirus and what needs to be done to improve SA's unequal health system.

South Africans have paid tribute to Prof Salim Abdool Karim, who has stepped down as the co-chair of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19.

When the president extended the country’s first hard lockdown, a pastor had to rely on handouts and reprieve on his rent to survive, while a salon owner was forced to retrench all 29 of her employees and close shop.

The mother of a grade 11 pupil who is being sought by gangsters told how she watched helplessly as her son was nearly killed by the group that stormed a Mpumalanga school, forcing it to shut down last week.