President Kais Saied named a geologist with little government experience as Tunisia's first woman prime minister on Wednesday amid a crisis following his seizure of sweeping powers and with public finances close to breaking point.

Egypt is pushing ahead with a new project to restore historic Cairo, a sprawling but now rapidly crumbling thousand-year-old world heritage site home to many a tale in the Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

France warned Mali on Thursday that it would lose the support of the international community if it entered into a deal with Russian mercenaries.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday issued a health advisory to increase Covid-19 vaccinations among women who are pregnant, recently pregnant or trying to become pregnant, to prevent serious illness and death.

The US House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the Capitol said on Wednesday it had issued subpoenas to organisers of events and rallies leading up to the attack on the seat of government, as it broadened ...

Two opposition lawmakers in Uganda were charged with murder and remanded on Wednesday for the second time in a month, an official with their party said.

Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna State shut down telecoms networks and banned the use of motorcycles on Wednesday as part of a raft of measures to tackle bandit gangs that have caused havoc in the country's northwest for months.

The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has cleared the air on what “debtor” status means.

A woman has been ordered to pay back a sizeable Road Accident Fund settlement to her stepchildren which she stole after lodging a claim on their behalf for the death of their father in an accident.

A man tragically died on Wednesday due to a wound he sustained while chasing after a group of robbers in Gqeberha.

A truck driver was fighting for his life in hospital after being ejected from his vehicle in a horrific crash on the N1 highway on Wednesday night.

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Judge Tasneem Moosa was the main target is of his angry outburst during a virtual hearing in September 2020, as he hurled at least 16 f-bombs at the judge.

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Pupils from more 3,000 schools from six provinces in the country risk falling into pit toilets every day, while others from at least 253 schools are without water and 248 schools have no sanitation at all.

The NICD said that, according to the latest health department data, there were 108 Covid-19 related deaths reported in the past day, bringing the total fatalities to 87,525 to date.

Millions of rands were frittered away, without any official authorisation, on “non security” upgrades at former president Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead.

Prince Mbonisi and Princess Thembi, who are contesting the coronation of Prince Misuzulu, say they cannot be called to a meeting by someone who refers to himself as a king when the nation does not yet have one.

A security officer is fighting for his life following a jewellery heist at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Umhlanga, north of Durban, on Wednesday afternoon.

The Johannesburg specialised commercial crime court granted the bail on Wednesday after it dismissed the state's request for a postponement.

The new world-class facility at Soweto's Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital aims to see a hi-tech skin bank and tissue-engineering laboratory established.

Landscapers accused of cutting six extremely valuable acacia trees that were blocking billboards in Fourways, Johannesburg, will appear in court on November 4.

Tahera Mather and Naadhira Mitha used Digital Vibes as a 'front' to hide the fact they were bidding for the NHI and Covid-19 communication contract, says the SIU.

Members of the Ebuhleni faction of the Nazareth Baptist Church could face legal action after a march which saw thousands of congregants descend on Durban's CBD on Tuesday.

Alleged “Gupta fixer” Kuben Moodley, who was arrested at OR Tambo airport en route to play golf in Dubai, applied for bail in the Johannesburg specialised commercial crime court on Wednesday.

Former health minister Zweli Mkhize’s conduct in the approval of the R150m tender to media company Digital Vibes was unlawful, according to a Special Investigating Unit report released on Wednesday.

Céhanè and Jacques Lubbe’s wedding ended in flames when the classic vehicle they were in went up in smoke

'He told us two years ago he lost his son in a car accident. He was crying like a baby,' Gerhard van Rooyen, who witnessed the fatal crash on Tuesday, told TimesLIVE.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's perjury case has been postponed to December.