New amaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has admitted his family is going through a crisis, but says they can get through it.

Four alleged illegal miners have died after a fight broke out at a Mpumalanga mine.

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu will be back in court in September for the continuation of his assault trial, in which he is accused of assaulting a Netwerk24 photographer.

Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell has called an urgent meeting with taxi industry leaders following violent protests in Nyanga in which buses were torched.

The Limpopo health department is experiencing a months-long backlog in orthopaedic surgeries, with some patients seemingly being sent home from hospitals, still with broken bones and without medication.

Motorists using the R617 between Boston and Bulwer, and roads into Kokstad, found travelling a challenge after snow fell in several parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

The total number of people vaccinated is 1 117 569. In total, 72 465 vaccine jabs were administered in the last 24-hour cycle.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes that the recent WHO approval will “expedite” the use of China’s CoronaVac jab in South Africa.

This week in Episode 4 of Too Many Enemies, producer Paul McNally investigates the taxi industry’s links to the Bozwana killing and its disturbing role in assassinations and violence in South Africa.

Thirteen years after the Nhlapo Commission ruled that the amaRharhabe were not a kingdom, President Cyril Ramaphosa has recognised the royal house.

A 39-year-old man was arrested on the N1 Highway on Wednesday after allegedly being found in possession of 800kg of compressed pure cocaine.

Health director-general Dr Sandile Buthelezi says the department expects the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make an announcement on the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine on Friday.

Two security guards have been found dead in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve, Pretoria.

Seven-year-old Siyabonga Mabila and four-year-old Laurence Thwenu died after taking a swim in a water-filled quarry.

The parents of unplaced pupils in Forest Village, Cape Town, have taken the decision to use their homes as classrooms to cater for their children during the cold winter months.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was this week granted a warrant by the Wynberg Magistrate's Court to have dogs removed from a Manenberg property.

EFF leader Julius Malema has used the debate on the Presidency's budget vote to turn up the heat on the ANC in its negotiations on the form the amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation should take.

Mid-year matric exams have been cancelled by the Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, according to a report.

The case against Walter Sisulu University student Mfuneko Mankengana, accused of assaulting police officers and burning state property during a violent student protest in Mthatha, has been postponed.