An Eastern Cape woman has received a 17-year prison sentence for beating a baby to death with a "peach tree stick".

A Free State woman is in hospital and two of her children are dead after she allegedly poisoned herself and them.

Malusi Gigaba says his estranged wife testified to the state capture commission because she is bitter and she is using the commission to force him to a divorce settlement.

Rustenberg's municipal manager Victor Makona has been replaced after he was assaulted by employees.

Sello Abram Maponya, who was handed a hefty prison sentence on Thursday, robbed many of his victims before raping them. At one point he took as little as R20 from his victim after raping her.

Professor Alex van den Heever believes that, as South Africa moves to expand its Covid-19 vaccination rollout, procurement should be a concern.

South Africans who managed to game the system and receive their Covid-19 vaccines early can not be identified, the government says.

South Africa has recorded 4 424 new Covid-19 infections as of Thursday and 93 more deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 56 170.

A session of the Pan-African Parliament devolved into chaos on Thursday, with Julius Malema seen threatening a member of Mali's delegation.

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The case against the teenager charged with the assault of Lufuno Mavhunga has been postponed to the end of June.

A 20-year-old man from Phola in Piet Retief, who robbed, raped and repeatedly stabbed a young woman before throwing her into an open grave, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and an additional 28 years.

Around 200 sex workers took to the streets of Johannesburg to demand sex work be decriminalised.

Opposition parties in the Western Cape legislature have locked horns with Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell over his refusal to respond to questions about the City of Cape Town.

Reservist Constable Jabulani Njalinjali and two other officers were conducting patrols in the area of Uraniaville.

Former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke said he had an information session with political parties represented in the National Party Liaison Committee.

During this week's Editors' Table, we assess government's management of the rollout so far and try to bring clarity to how, where and when all South Africans can expect to be vaccinated.

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer wished the candidates well and pleaded with communities to respect those who will be writing.

The trial of an Eastern Cape principal arrested for allegedly lowering a child into a pit latrine to retrieve his cellphone will start on 21 June.

A bogus car dealer who duped an Eastern Cape man into paying R66 000 for a car he never received, has been convicted of fraud.