The health department is aiming to administer the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 50 and older from 15 July.

A Mpumalanga police officer has been arrested for the murder of his wife, who was also a police officer.

The body of an eight-year-old girl has been found, wrapped in a duvet and still in school uniform, in a field in Welkom.

The spike in Covid-19 cases in Gauteng will spill over into other provinces, says acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane.

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Former minister of finance and current Old Mutual chairperson Trevor Manuel says government's response to the pandemic was imperfect and some mishaps could have been avoided.

The latest cold front, which will affect the south-western Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape, is expected to bring gale-force winds and rough sea conditions.

Limpopo hopes to achieve herd immunity by February 2022 and is a lot closer to its goal than most other provinces in South Africa.

As Gauteng medical staff complain about long working hours, heavy workloads, and a shortage of beds and oxygen amid the third wave of Covid-19, Premier David Makhura says the province is trying to hire additional workers.

Gugulethu residents are concerned about a lack of safety in the area after eight people were killed during a mass shooting on Wednesday.

A message addressed to executive committee members, and department heads at the George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Gauteng has painted a grim picture of the third wave of Covid-19 infections.

The body was discovered near Blikkiesdorp, in Delft.

The lawyer representing businessman Kevin Wakeford accused former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi of not telling the truth and making things up.

The City of Johannesburg's health and social development MMC, Eunice Mgcina, has urged people who came into contact with her in the past few days to isolate themselves after she contracted Covid-19.

The eight-year-old Siberian tiger that killed a Seaview Predator Park employee and another tiger on Youth Day in Gqeberha, has been moved to a new home in the Free State.

The family of an East London woman who was stabbed to death by her boyfriend has vowed to appeal the "lenient" 20-year jail term he was sentenced to.

Slovo informal settlement residents say there are being treated like dogs after City Power visited the area and cut off illegal electricity connections and confiscated cables worth R500 000.

The number of new Covid-19 cases is 16 078, while another 148 people are reported to have died.

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi has faced an intense cross-examination from businessman Kevin Wakeford's counsel at the Zondo Commission.

Despite the hearing being conducted on a virtual platform, a group of Ace Magashule's supporters converged in front of the Johannesburg High Court to show their support.