A Limpopo man has appeared in court on murder charges after he allegedly poured petrol over his girlfriend and set her alight.

The Pretoria North Magistrate's Court has sentenced two men to a collective 41 years' imprisonment for fraud and theft.

A summary of the 2021 draft of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill says applicants for firearm licences must have a valid reason to own a gun – and self-defence is not a valid reason.

Suspended presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko and former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku have been cleared by the ANC's national disciplinary committee (NDC), says a report seen by News24.

The legal representative of former attorney Lucas Phasha, who allegedly killed his four young children, abandoned his plan to say the accused was with his "girlfriend" on the night of the murders.

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Severe weather and strong winds caused havoc in the Eastern Cape.

Thousands of elderly people who braved wet and wintery weather to queue for life saving vaccines were turned away at vaccination centres across the Eastern Cape as the province suddenly ran out of vaccine stock.

The ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in Mpumalanga says it will hold its elective conference in June.

The Western Cape government has raised concerns about the inefficiencies at the Port of Cape Town, which is becoming a risk for agricultural exports.

An unnamed witness has told the Zondo Commission that he wants to dispel the impression created by other witnesses that an "environment of wrongdoing" was deliberately created at the State Security Agency.

Nearly five years after the tragic deaths of 144 people with mental health conditions, some of the families of the Life Esidimeni victims say they still feel like a family.

The threat of natural vegetation and building structures under power lines has become a serious issue for city power.

A two-year investigation by the Hawks has ended with the arrest of a teacher for allegedly being part of a syndicate in Middleberg that sells fraudulent Eskom prepaid electricity vouchers.

EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu launched an unsubstantiated attack on Parliament's legal services, claiming they have been "infiltrated" to influence the outcome of the process to amend Section 25 of the Constitution.

Six people have been burnt beyond recognition while scores of others had been injured when the commuter bus they were travelling in caught alight on the R537 Moloto Road.

The Cape Town City council elected Felicity Purchase as the new Speaker at a council sitting on Friday.

Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister is expected to visit South Africa for the first time in yet another step towards the “normalisation” of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

A Ferrari caught alight on the M4 near Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday afternoon. The fire was contained, and no injuries were reported.

A suspect who was caught in possession of two firearms and his three friends have been arrested during a random search on a Golden Arrow bus.