Former president Jacob Zuma has demanded that he be acquitted of arms deal corruption - without ever facing trial - because the State has "lost the constitutional legitimacy to present the evidence against me".

Kwazulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has ordered an investigation into claims that a woman had open wounds when she was discharged from Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital.

An Eastern Cape man has been found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering his estranged wife.

Lungani Gqwaru, 28. has begun a 20-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Nokuphiwa Magwaza, 24, who was 22 weeks pregnant.

Convicted murderer Percy Tlamama has been handed a hefty sentence for several crimes in Mpumalanga.

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Load shedding was predicted to last for 26 days under Eskom's highest "stress test" for its winter plan. It's already nearly there.

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South Africa has recorded 8 881 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number to 1 712 939, with 127 new deaths recorded on Wednesday.

The Hawks have uncovered a well-organised syndicate selling illicit prepaid electricity on a large scale costing Eskom millions in revenue, and arrested seven suspects.

Zahara failed to appear in court for charges related to the non-submission of personal and company income tax returns.

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe has admitted the party cannot successfully fight corruption if persisting factions in the organisation continue to create disunity.

The once defunct Good Hope Centre is expected to be used again after the City of Cape Town signed a lease agreement with film company Film Afrika.

An open letter calling for the reinstatement of axed Major-General Vearey and the establishment of an inquiry into policing was handed over at Parliament for the attention of President Cyril Ramaphosa and National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise.

Hammanskraal residents feel like the township that they call home has been forgotten as service delivery issues persist.

Malcolm Williams, who was dismissed following the death of Grade 8 pupil Enoch Mpianzi at a school trip, has been reinstated to his former post as the principal of Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

The Thusa Sechaba Forum says issues around unemployment, lack of infrastructure, informal settlements not being formalised and problems regarding title deeds were rife in Hammanskraal.

Six people accused of participating in the killing of eight young men in Zandspruit are facing charges of murder.

A senior Eastern Cape Department of Correctional Services official is fighting for his life in hospital after surviving a fire in which his wife and two of his children were killed.

ANC staff members are planning to picket outside Luthuli House and other party offices next week over its failure to pay them.