The Department of Basic Education has brought forward the 2021 National Senior Certificate examinations because it clashes with the local government elections.

A hefty sentence has been handed to a Mpumalanga man found guilty of rape and murder.

Many of SA's 8.2 million HIV-infected people are immuno-compromised and scientists say they can harbor the coronavirus for longer

A woman has been handed a suspended sentence in Tshwane for defrauding the South African Revenue Service.

Limpopo police have opened an inquest after the bodies of two children were found. The siblings, aged five and seven, were missing for a few weeks.

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Covid-19 cases at Northern Cape schools have decreased, despite the province being listed as a concern by authorities.

South Africa has recorded 3 699 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 300 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Three men have been arrested after they allegedly stole sealed boxes initially believed to have contained confidential documents outside the DA's offices in Cape Town.

Two Mnquma local municipality directors presiding over fraud and corruption hearings against three managers in the municipality, are living in fear after receiving a bullet each with notes that read "You are next".

The University of Cape Town has confirmed it is looking into implementing a mandatory vaccination policy. The proposal is expected to be discussed during a Senate meeting on Friday.

To commemorate Heritage Month, the Western Cape government has returned the remains of Michael Balie to the Genadendal community for a "dignified and respectful burial".

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has gone to court to urgently stop President Cyril Ramaphosa from suspending him – and to block the National Assembly from going ahead with the impeachment process against him.

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.

A fetus was found by community members at the Phoenix taxi rank in the Durban CBD on Tuesday.

A man accused of terrorising residents of Kopanong, in Mangaung in Free State, has been sentenced to 35 years in jail.

A 34-year-old man accusing of raping and severely assaulting his wife, died in the Tembisa police station holding cells on Saturday evening after he had allegedly ingested poison shortly before being arrested.

Nine of the 14 suspects accused of necklacing eight young men in Zandspruit could either flee or intimidate State witnesses, the court heard.

Three suspects remain on the run after a matric pupil was shot dead in his Khayelitsha home in Cape Town during an apparent house robbery.

Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo and her team have set up a pop-up Covid-19 vaccination site at the Cape Town taxi rank.