Police in Democratic Republic of Congo used tear gas to break up clashes between supporters of the president and an opposition leader on Saturday, as lawmakers selected a new head of the electoral commission.

Max Mqadi's rags to riches story almost ended in tragedy when the Durban businessman escaped death in an assassination attempt outside his renowned establishment in Umlazi, south of Durban, this week.

US President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to move forward with policing reform, telling a gathering honoring slain officers that their profession is called on to do too much.

Cynthia Makokha was a 17-year-old student and volleyball player. Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising athletics star, who finished fourth in the 5,000m race at the Tokyo Olympics and had won two World Championship bronze medals.

Former US President Bill Clinton will remain overnight in a Southern California hospital following a urological infection, but he has continued to make "excellent progress" and is expected to be discharged on Sunday, his spokesman said in a statement...

As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, US media reported.

NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system's outer planets.

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Lalela Mswane bested nine other finalists from around the country to clinch the Miss SA title on Saturday.

Free State police arrested a 36-year-old man found in possession of antique equipment used in the Anglo-Boer war on Friday.

A KwaZulu-Natal scrap metal dealer has been jailed for six months after the Hawks recovered stolen cellphone tower batteries in his shop.

Pulling out a loyalty card at the checkout has become a way of life for shoppers, according to an annual report on the loyalty landscape.

The zinc oxide cricketers use to protect their faces from the sun causes sunscreens to become ineffective and toxic when it is added to them, American and British scientists have found.

A new iPhone scam uses social engineering to rake in millions from users using dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder, as well as a system which helps developers build new iOS apps, cyber security firm Sophos has warned.

Several taxis were set on fire in the Johannesburg CBD on Saturday in an incident believed to be related to conflict in the industry.

Kissing someone does not bind you to having sexual intercourse with them, a gender justice expert said after a rape conviction was overturned.

Western Cape police intercepted an illicit diamond deal in Worcester on Friday.

A Cape Town traffic cop wants R4.5m in damages from the city council for the "pain and suffering" he endured when he was fired for calling in sick on New Year's Day.

The Hawks have swooped on a 35-year-old man who allegedly defrauded unsuspecting investors of more than R7m.

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There were 733 new Covid-19 cases and 56 deaths recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, according to the latest NICD data on Friday.

Police have arrested 15 suspects who have allegedly been robbing commuters on buses in Cape Town.

The body of a crew member who went missing after a fire on a houseboat on Lake Jozini in northern KwaZulu-Natal was found on Friday.

Would-be Zimbabwean president Nelson Chamisa has claimed that current first citizen Emmerson Mnangagwa is nothing like the late statesman Robert Mugabe, and that he would "beat him" if a snap election was called.

Eleven Tshwane metro police members who are allegedly involved in the assault of three men have been arrested.

The World Health Organisation said on Friday it is deploying experts on preventing sexual exploitation in 10 "high-risk" countries, after a major scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo where its staff and other aid workers abused women.

Former US President Bill Clinton remained in a California hospital on Friday, where he was recovering from a non-coronavirus infection three days after he was admitted.

The five men are believed to be linked to a cocaine syndicate and are being charged for dealing in drugs valued at R400m, told the court they intend to plead not guilty.

Former Mpumalanga agriculture MEC Mandla Msibi will know on Tuesday if he will be granted bail.

Protesters who led a march against new Cape Town bylaws aimed at curbing the occupation of public and private spaces by the city’s growing population of homeless people were dispersed by police using stun grenades on Friday.