In an astounding development, the prosecution stands accused of withholding crucial evidence and allegedly causing complainants to lie in the witness box.

On Monday, The Herald reported that Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga had raised concerns about what he believed was a tender that may have been awarded fraudulently.

An incorrectly programmed human resources system has led to several SABC fixed-term contract employees receiving no salaries following extensive deductions.

We have finally been given a glimpse into the background, career development and experiences of a man who would be instrumental in apprehending some of SA’s most heinous criminals.

Reuters reports the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, after 30 years of autocratic rule, sent the central African country into a tailspin.

AstraZeneca said on Friday its Covid-19 vaccine contributed $275m in sales and shaved off three cents per share from its first-quarter earnings, as the drugmaker reported better-than-expected results and forecast sales growth.

Reuters reports Russian security forces detained Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer who is defending Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation in an extremism case

The queen was hospitalised and AmaZulu traditional prime minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi was expected to give clarity on her condition.

Tributes for activist and renowned playwright and author Ronnie Govender poured in following his death on Thursday.

Despite an extensive search, there remains no sign of the missing teenager.

Eskom has announced that it will go into month-long regular wage talks with unions from Monday and has pledged to approach the talks in good faith.

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Prof Bob Scholes, one of the world’s leading scientists on climate change, has died while on a hike in Namibia.

Six out of ten SA households say their household income is negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s compared to 82% in the week of November 30, according to surveys conducted by TransUnion SA.

The pupil arrested in connection with the assault of Lufuno Mavhunga during an incident of bullying that allegedly later led to her committing suicide, has been granted bail of R1,500.

Growing up on the dusty streets of Katlehong, in Ekurhuleni, professor Zeblon Vilakazi watched as the space shuttle Columbia, STS-1, took off until it was just a tiny speck of dust in the sky, and was inspired to reach for the stars.

Dozens of people were crushed to death in a crowd at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster".

For how much longer will the ANC be beholden to Cuba for the solidarity shown during the struggle against apartheid, asks Vrye Weekblad.

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied on Thursday he had ever represented a Ukrainian national, a day after federal agents searched his Manhattan apartment and office as part of a probe into his business dealings in Ukraine.

Former vice-president Mike Pence emerged from seclusion on Thursday for his first public appearance since leaving office and offered a road map for Republicans to win back the White House in 2024 without saying whether he would be a candidate.

President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office on Thursday thanking Georgia voters for putting Democrats in control of Congress and by promoting his plans to spend trillions of dollars to rebuild the US economy.

'I just want to see this whole thing over.'

Her Majesty Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, regent of the Zulu nation, has died.

Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe Covid-19 compared with women of childbearing age who are not pregnant.

The number of Covid-19 related deaths in SA is now 54,331.

Two or three months into the Covid-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves.

Denise Webber, who lived in a granny flat, was strangled to death.

Alleged underworld boss Nafiz Modack has been arrested in Cape Town.

'The only thing we are asking is that they release the evidence.'

Gunmen who threatened staff at a supermarket in Marabastad threw their hands in the air after being caught by surprise in mid-robbery by the police.