A Free State police officer has been shot and killed at a friend's house in Thabong, police say.

CEO and co-founder of Daily Maverick, Styli Charalambous, is the recipient of the Nat Nakasa Award for 2021.

The correctional services department says it can't say when former president Jacob Zuma will be discharged from hospital.

Johan van der Walt, the auditor of the forensic report that forms the basis of former president Jacob Zuma's upcoming corruption trial, has died.

A Mossel Bay woman, whose husband captured the hearts of South Africans when he played his accordion outside her Covid-19 ward one cold July morning, has died.

Police in South Africa have arrested a Vietnamese man and seized about 60 kilos of lion claws, teeth and other items following a four-month probe into wildlife trafficking, the government said on Saturday.

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A sixth suspect has been arrested by the Hawks for his alleged involvement in the 800kg compressed pure cocaine consignment with an estimated street value of R400 million discovered in Pretoria in June.

Residents in the surrounding areas of Phoenix are calling for a commission of inquiry to be established in the wake of July's unrest which saw at least 20 people killed in the Durban North suburb.

New farmers are advised to think big when they want to get into farming rabbits.

Phumzile Gina walked out of hospital on Tuesday after giving birth to a baby boy, only for the infant to be snatched by a woman who had offered to give the new mother a helping hand.

Two armed men have robbed a principal and teachers at a school in Randfontein, Gauteng police say.

Holidaymakers have been treated to a blanket of snow at Semonkong Lodge in Lesotho, as an icy weather system sweeps across South Africa.

A woman has died and 16 other people have been seriously injured in a high-speed crash in Pretoria, paramedics say.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme Board has decided to allow a once-off application window period for students who could not apply for funding for the 2021 academic year, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande ann...

A Lesotho resort was covered in snow from Friday night, a blessing to the resort.

An employee at the eMalahleni Municipality in Mpumalanga and two others have been arrested for allegedly selling RDP houses.

At least 15 people were injured when a taxi and bakkie collided in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

A chemical warehouse north of Durban's city centre was gutted by flames during the recent bout of civil unrest and unleashed a cocktail of toxic chemicals into the nearby water system.