With more South Africans shopping and transacting online during the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in digital banking fraud, says the SA Banking Risk Information Centre.

Police in Uganda said on Tuesday they had re-arrested two opposition lawmakers on treason charges days after courts had granted them bail for separate charges that critics called politically motivated.

Egypt is now providing immediate Covid-19 vaccinations at youth centres across the country without prior online registration, a step aimed at encouraging vaccinations and relieving pressure on hospitals and health units amid a fourth wave of infectio...

Russia sharply escalated a campaign against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, opening a new criminal case against President Putin's fiercest domestic critic that could allow the authorities to hand him another decade in jail.

Durban's tourism industry - hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and July's civil unrest - was given a much-needed boost with a R107m injection from thousands of visitors over the Heritage Day long weekend.

France's Armed Forces minister defended her country's counterterrorism role in Mali and accused the military junta of hypocrisy, bad faith and wanting to delay a transition to democracy after the African country's prime minister said Paris was abando...

Nzimande claimed the DA was using an outdated strategy to use the Afrikaans language to exclude people, especially at historically white institutions.

Guinea's junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local elections, and that it will agree on the length of transition to elections with an 81-member Transitional National Council (TNC).

A residential structure caved in on two people in Farmall, Gauteng late on Tuesday, leaving them severely injured.

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he assumes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia's Tigray where a nearly three-month long "de-facto blockade" has restricted aid deliveries to 10% of what is needed in the war-torn region.

The Nigerian Air Force fired upon and killed dozens of civilians at a village in the northeast, a victim and a resident said on Tuesday, as the country wages a 12-year war against Islamist insurgencies.

Freedom Under Law has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa criticising his advisory panel for the appointment of chief justice and “requesting” him to ultimately choose a chief justice himself, “as the constitution provides”.

The second phase of the Basic Education Employment initiative has opened, and here's how you can apply.

The World Health Organisation's regional director for Africa said on Tuesday that the agency was "heartbroken" by the findings of an independent commission on sex abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Durban’s city centre was turned white on Tuesday when congregants of the Nazareth Baptist Church descended for a “peace walk”, sparking fierce debate on social media.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has set its sights on parallel-currency market traders, in a move it hopes will stabilise exchange rates in the economy.

Beneficiaries can access their payments at some supermarkets provided they have their ID numbers.

An alleged middleman in the Gupta-linked Regiments Capital and Trillian corruption saga is expected to make his first appearance in Johannesburg's Palm Ridge specialised crimes court on Wednesday.

Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi says upskilling South Africans and preparing them for the digital economy will help dent joblessness, especially among young people.

Cloth masks are recommended for the public to use.

According to the latest report by an international organisation the Stop TB Partnership, during the coronavirus pandemic TB funding was slashed by more than half.

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More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an independent commission said on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed three-month working visa for European truckers just isn't a sweet enough deal to convince 35-year-old Polish truck driver Jakub Pajka to go back to Britain. And he's not alone.

There were 1,367 new infections recorded in the past day. Of the new cases, the most were in KwaZulu-Natal (372), followed by the Western Cape (241) and Gauteng (190).

At least three Tshwane councillors have fled their homes out of fear their lives would be brutally put to an end.

Durban's city centre was brought to a halt on Tuesday when congregants of the Nazareth Baptist church descended to it as they embarked on a peace walk.

The SA Weather Service has warned of a "significant" change in weather which could see localised flooding in parts of the Free State, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Five months after Minenhle Makhanya was appointed to oversee upgrades at former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, the estimate for the project shot up from R27.8m to R161m, according to evidence from an expert SIU witness.

An alleged taxi hitman appeared in the Cape Town magistrate's court on Tuesday charged with the murder of four people at the Joe Slovo taxi rank in Milnerton.