“I wish them all of the best," basic education minister Angie Motshekga said to the class of 2021 as they sat down for their first matric exam on Wednesday.

"The grant will not be available if you try to collect it before you have received an SMS," the SA Post Office has warned.

Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief whose contested nomination threatens to weaken President Felix Tshisekedi's ruling coalition.

A former National Guard member who served in Iraq pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge of assaulting a US Capitol police officer during the January 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace said, in a blow to the United Nations climate summit.

Former US President Donald Trump will be able to retain the ownership of his newly launched social media venture even if he chooses to make another White House run or is convicted by prosecutors who are looking into his business dealings.

Police are searching for the husband of murdered Amanzimtoti minister Liezel de Jager, who has been reported missing by his father-in-law.

DA leader John Steenhuisen said the ANC has for years failed on their promises to deliver services.

Sudan's armed forces chief defended the military's seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to the streets on Tuesday to demonstrate against the takeover after a day of deadly clashes.

It may not be only "pens down" but also lights off for some matrics.

The start of the matric exams today marks the beginning of the end of a 12 year schooling career for many.

A sentence of 40 years direct imprisonment handed down to one of three suspects for business robbery and the fatal shooting of a veterinarian in Pretoria Moot has been welcomed by police.

The department of basic education has assured pupils that they don't need to be vaccinated to write their final exams.

Gauteng matric pupil Ofentse Phukubye has given sage advice to his classmates ahead of their final exams.

It is not a Hollywood blockbuster, but for residents in Mamelodi it sure seems like it.

A recent survey of 1,200 South Africans shows financial and pandemic-related worries are taking a severe toll on their mental health.

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A helicopter accident in the Mhlambanyatsi area of Eswatini has claimed the life of a pilot.

There have been 2,920,109 confirmed cases and 88,987 deaths recorded across the country since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March last year.

Four Eastern Cape education department officials will finally get their day in court after they allegedly stole R59m meant for school books in a corruption case dating back to 2014.

South African tournament organizer Mettlestate is ending October with a bang when it comes to their weekly Cash Cups.

A funder of the Free Market Foundation has gone to court to contest the legality of the organisation's board, which was appointed last year.

Lawyers for the eight alleged members of Nigerian organised crime syndicate Black Axe are trying to get their clients bail, arguing that their alleged crimes are not so serious.

Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba said some employees were subjected to intimidation, while others were violently removed from the Wonderboom electricity depot.

Trust in local municipalities to deliver basic services has dropped to a five-year low, as measured against the latest SA Citizen Satisfaction Index, according to a survey by Consulta.

Stellenbosch University and World Bank figures estimate SA’s logistics sector is responsible for 11.8% of the country’s GDP.

'The police officer said he was going to finish me off since I was faking death,' Mbeketeli Fakudze told TimesLIVE.

Former president Jacob Zuma has lost his bid to have lead prosecutor advocate Billy Downer removed from his corruption trial.

Failing wastewater treatment works and the consequent pollution of SA's water resources is "dire and widespread" and should be declared a national disaster under the Disaster Management Act.

Spokesperson for the JG Zuma Foundation Mzwanele Manyi told Newzroom Afrika "the judgment is one of the most irrational pronouncements I have ever heard".