Healthcare workers lined up slowly this week for a booster shot of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine, with about 6,000 getting a second dose of the vaccine after it became available, said Prof Glenda Gray on Friday.

The Independent Police Investigative Directive is probing an incident where a Mpumalanga police officer allegedly shot a man at a tavern then dumped his body on a field adjacent to a police station

An aborted foetus was discovered in a rubbish bag on a sidewalk in central Durban, said Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen.

Last time the health department was only able to vaccinate almost 400,000 people, failing to meet its half a million target.

Members of the Black People National Crisis Committee on Friday held what they termed a “De Klerk is dead” party and slaughtered a sheep after news broke that former apartheid statesman FW de Klerk had died.

Mothers aged between 10 and 19 account for almost 10% of births in SA, with slightly more male babies born overall, according to the latest national statistics.

Gauteng recorded 173 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, about 44% of the total number of infections across SA in the past day.

Sipho Pityana, a director of Absa, has been stripped of key positions that he held on the board, including chair of the remuneration committee. Pityana is involved in a legal action against the Prudential Authority and Absa

Eskom has vowed to implement measures to reduce anxiety created by load-shedding for pupils embarking on their final examinations.

Police have opened an inquest docket after a 41-year-old woman from Welkom in the Free State died after her generator allegedly exploded during loadshedding, provincial police said.

The acting Western Cape director of public prosecutions has declined to prosecute Emile and Eben Etzebeth over the 2019 Langebaan assault.

The Constitutional Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal by Toni Peter Mphephu Ramabulana against a judgment which set aside the decision to appoint him as king of the Vhavenda Traditional Council.

While some companies were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and were even forced to shut down, former Telkom employee turned businessman Nyiko Maboba not only managed to retain staff, but also grow his business.

Three suspected property hijackers, who allegedly are part of a syndicate operating in Booysens, south of Johannesburg, have been arrested, police confirmed.

A recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment, which found the National Water Act allows for the transfer of water use entitlements, may have significant implications from a deal-making perspective, say three lawyers.

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A 38-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly kidnapped a baby who was just a few days old from a young mother at a taxi rank in Embalenhle, Mpumalanga.

State power utility Eskom is on track to split its generation and transmission divisions by the end of the year, although some government and regulatory approvals are pending, CEO Andre de Ruyter said on Friday.

'Like a group of gang rapists, the men who brutalised me wanted me to feel shame when what they did was shameful,' says singer Sibongile Mngoma about the incident in Pretoria last Tuesday.

Was his apology "sincere" or "empty words"?

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says "at this stage" the outlook for the weekend is "good" and no load-shedding is anticipated.

A stampede of fans during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival on Friday killed nine people between the ages of 14 and 27 and injured scores.

Here are five things you need to know from finance minister Enoch Godongwana's medium-term budget policy speech.

While some accepted the apology, others claimed it was not enough.

If all households replaced incandescent light bulbs — and “energy intensive” halogen downlights in particular — evening demand could be reduced by roughly 765MW, the equivalent of a generating unit at a big power station.

SA's active Covid-19 case numbers are “relatively high” at about 16,000 but “far less than the peak”, health minister Dr Joe Phaahla said on Friday.

Rittenhouse, 18, is charged in the killing of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, during chaotic racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020 following the police shooting and wou...

Former public protector Prof Thuli Madonsela claimed it “took courage and the choice of hope over fear to cross the Rubicon entailed in the release of Nelson Mandela, unbanning political parties and enter into constitutional negotiations”.

The news that Shell plans to conduct a large-scale offshore seismic survey for gas and oil deposits along the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast has drawn criticism from environmental groups and animal rights activists.