Stacy Fru, one of the continent's youngest award-winning authors and literacy advocates, says Youth Day is a time to reflect on the sacrifices the youth of 1976 made.

It was back in primary school when 21-year-old Boitshoko Molephyane realised she wanted to give back to the community.

There have been mixed reactions from opposition parties, following President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to institute a Level 3 lockdown.

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer is appealing to parents to keep pupils away from gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Religious leaders have told the Portfolio Committee on Cogta that it seems Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on faith-based organisations are not imposed on other sectors of society.

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Miss SA hopeful Fikile Cele hopes her story will inspire others.

South Africa has breached the coronavirus death toll by 58 000 and President Cyril Ramaphosa has imposed stricter lockdown regulations as infections rise.

A group of Mitchells Plain youth is reclaiming their area from gangsters by painting over gang signs throughout their neighbourhood.

South Africa will move to a Level 3 lockdown in light of rising Covid-19 infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced in an address.

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Tuesday night, in which he announced that the country would move to Level 3 . This includes a curfew from 22:00 to 04:00, and restrictions on gatherings. Read his full speech below:

A Gauteng policeman has appeared in a Pretoria court, charged with murder and attempted murder, after he allegedly shot and injured his ex-girlfriend, killed her mother, and set his ex-girlfriend's house on fire.

The Zondo Commission has heard a number of applications for leave to cross-examine, brought by various implicated parties.

A suspended Eastern Cape ANC branch chairperson and councillor has been given a 10-year sentence for raping a female member of the ANC.

A total of 125 schools in the Eastern Cape have recorded 272 Covid-19 cases.

Staff at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA was left speechless when a field officer brought in a Maltese poodle which was saddled with an enormous matted coat.

Deputy President David Mabuza told MPs there were challenges with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but the government was forging ahead with its programme.

The dogs he walked would anticipate his arrival and recognise him when he arrived at the gate. One dog would "do backflips", her owner remembers. Others barked and raced around, wagging their tails.

Deputy President David Mabuza has denied his foundation received a donation from Eskom or any company that did work for the power utility, like General Electric.

The father of the so-called "Tembisa 10" has made a dramatic announcement, saying that he has not seen the decuplets, and had only ever relied on his girlfriend, the mother of the babies, to inform him of their births.