The so-called star witness in the R255 million Free State asbestos corruption case of suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has become a suspect.

Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says he is shocked and saddened to learn that his name was dragged into the case against six men alleged to have killed Gauteng health department whistleblower Babita Deokaran.

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Two pedestrians have been killed after being hit by a truck while walking in the emergency lane of the R102 north of Durban.

Western Cape police have confiscated drugs worth more than R2 million in Laingsburg and arrested a 53-year-old man.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it is investigating a case of murder after a man died in custody in Upington.

South Africa recorded 169 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday and 37 deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 89 197. To date, 12 497 106 adults are fully vaccinated.

Cape Town matriculant Sibulele Sodayise says she went into her final exams even more determined to succeed after she was told of her provisional acceptance at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy College of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

While results from the City of Cape Town slowly trickle in, the GOOD party and the Cape Coloured Congress are neck-and-neck with one another.

The ANC is leading the race in the municipal election in the Eastern Cape.

The IEC in Limpopo has received a complaint from several political parties after some boxes of cancelled ballots fell from "unsuitable transport" in Blouberg local municipality in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The ANC and DA are losing support, while the Freedom Front Plus and Patriotic Alliance are making solid gains, early results of the election show.

The Western Cape government says that dead seals are dying of malnutrition and that their deaths are not linked to avian influenza, which can affect other species.

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has announced that it has won the Umngeni Local Municipality, which is the first municipality the party has ever won in the province.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and King Mswati III have agreed that the SADC Secretariat will work closely with the Eswatini government to draft terms of reference for a national dialogue forum.

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi's medical condition will be assessed by an independent physician.

Some residents in the Western Cape say that they did not participate in the municipal election because of the lack of party options available to them.

Harmony Gold says an employee has died in a shaft-related incident at its Doornkop mine.

With around 40% of voting districts' ballots counted, there were already 30 hung councils – three more than 2016.