A Pretoria school principal fired for inappropriately hugging his personal assistant and demanding a kiss has failed in a bid for reinstatement.

Six parachutists and the co-pilot were knocked unconscious but survived when their plane crashed at Carletonville Aerodrome, home of the Johannesburg Skydiving Club.

When the next Covid-19 wave crashes down on healthworkers, snorkelling equipment could save them.

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An investigation is under way after two planes carrying a total of 72 people narrowly avoided a potential disaster at George airport in the southern Cape.

Two Stellenbosch University creative writers have received awards for their literary work.

Lauren Dickason, the SA mother accused of murdering her three young daughters in New Zealand, appeared in court on Saturday.

For the second straight day, none of SA's provinces recorded more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours.

South Africans who knew orthopaedic surgeon Graham Dickason and his wife, Lauren, a doctor in the same field of medicine, are reeling at the deaths of the couple's three daughters in New Zealand.

Uber said it was worried about the latest attack on an e-hailing driver, and has called on the government and the police to intervene and prevent criminal activities targeted at the industry.

As Greyhound's buses went under the hammer this week, the union representing the defunct bus operator's workers are hoping the courts will find the company's liquidation was irrational.

A Johannesburg ward councillor hopes the court will hand a stiff sentence to an advertising company owner who erected a steel structure to house a billboard without following municipal bylaws.

More than 200 military vehicles, including Nyalas, trailers and other military equipment, were burnt to ashes after a fire broke out at the military's Wallmansthal vehicle depot, north of Pretoria.

Now I’m not saying coal is useless! God knows that Eskom sure could use a lot more of it, I’m just saying it’s not the golden nugget you thought it was going to be.

Murder-accused Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu faced a test of her testimony in court on Friday as the state accused her of lying about her late niece's medical condition.

When the state confronted Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu about contradicting her evidence, she shifted the blame to her defence counsel and state witnesses.

An unregistered plant manufacturing molasses and shisha tobacco products has been uncovered during a search and seizure operation, said the SA Revenue Service.

Pikitup and the Johannesburg emergency services unit are running 24-hour operations to extinguish a fire raging at the Robinson landfill site since Thursday.

The Asset Forfeiture Unit obtained a preservation of property order at the Durban high court on Friday for a Mercedes-Benz C300 Coupe belonging to alleged "Woolworths looter" Mbuso Moloi, 30.

While billionaires blast off into space, there’s a less expensive alternative for those who want to experience zero gravity: a 90-minute trip on board the G-Force One for $7,500 per person.

SA has a long way to go in building healthcare management systems that reduce risk to patients, says Dr Siphiwe Mndaweni, head of the Office of Health Standards Compliance.

Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Friday after a 90-day visit to an unfinished space station in the country's first crewed mission since 2016.

Just days after her husband informed her that she should accept his pregnant mistress as his second wife on national TV, Makhosazana “MaShelembe” Shelembe has something to be excited about.

The latest survey conducted by Afrobarometer has revealed 64% of South Africans think corruption has worsened during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s tenure.

Two people are presumed dead after a retaining wall collapsed on their Verulam home, north of Durban, late on Thursday night.

Hundreds of migrants stuck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Wednesday protested against the country's immigration policies that have frustrated their efforts to travel to the US.

Former police officer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu denied threatening an employee at an insurance company where she had taken out policies.

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