Ethiopia carried out an air strike on the city of Mekelle for the third day this week, a government spokesperson said, in a campaign to weaken rebellious Tigrayan forces they have been fighting for nearly a year.

Inquiry secretary Itumeleng Mosala recounted efforts by one of the commission's investigators who sought to get Arthur Fraser to provide information after he threatened to expose judges and presidents for alleged corruption.

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasised the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a controversial bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.

Sixteen people were killed in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder and chemicals plant in Russia's western Ryazan province, TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing a source.

Nine people have been arrested after a cellphone business robbery and a drug bust in the Western Cape.

Benin's parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances, the health ministry said on Thursday, becoming one of only a handful of African countries to do so.

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Lack of job security, lower salaries and being more hands-on when caring for the sick in their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic may have put women in a more vulnerable position for mental health disorders, a new study suggests.

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Apart from duties and VAT on the production and distribution of legalised cannabis, the “sin tax” on cigarettes and alcohol could also apply to this similar product.

Township residents are depressed, hopeless and feeling worthless, a SA Depression and Anxiety Group survey has found.

Vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng said on Wednesday the majority of the student body, staff and council voted in favour of the policy.

Prof Salim Abdool Karim, former head of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, says, “we are not over this pandemic”.

The weapons and ammunition were discovered buried underground in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.

A suspected drug dealer died on Thursday after a head-on collision while fleeing from police in Durban.

One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding programme aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has agreed to a new three-year wage deal for steelworkers, bringing an end to a strike that’s dragged on since October 5.

Pupils went down on one knee and prayed for the four brothers to be safely reunited with their parents.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have banned the carrying of traditional weapons for three months, at a time the country is experiencing a sudden rise in political violence.

Confusion and mixed emotions are at the centre of conversations about the vaccine rollout for children between 12 and 17 years old.

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André Pienaar, the founder and managing partner of C5 Capital, an international investment group specialising in technology, is described as one of the most connected South Africans abroad. He spoke exclusively to Vrye Weekblad.

Alleged serial killer and policewoman Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu returns to court for judgment in her trial on Friday, marking one of the final chapters in a case that has gripped the nation.

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By about 7.15pm on Thursday, said SAPS spokesperson Col Dimakatso Sello, officers were still on the scene but had not found anything.

The commission said Fraser is yet to provide the information he claimed to have pertaining to “presidents and judges”.

There were 520 new Covid-19 cases and 81 deaths recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Thursday.

Mogale said the team seized two minibuses, mining paraphernalia, gold-bearing material, 11 firearms and bags of food.

“Three bags with a total of 5,697 succulents conophytum plants and two bags containing herbs were found in the vehicle," said police spokesperson Sgt Luqmaan Adams.

Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schäfer has issued a stern warning to matric candidates thinking of cheating in the upcoming exams.