A man has been arrested after his partner discovered human body parts in a fridge at his home in Protea Glen in Soweto, Johannesburg.

A young family lost their lives on Saturday in a late night head-on collision in Kimberley.

A middle-aged man and his female accomplice who allegedly lured vulnerable women with the promise of help have been arrested in the Eastern Cape.

Unidentified assailants killed seven police officers and wounded five more in northern Burkina Faso on Friday morning, the government said in a statement.

Several thousand people rallied in Melbourne against new vaccination mandates on Saturday, with a few comparing the state government to Nazis and calling for violence against politicians, local media said.

Eritrea on Saturday condemned sanctions imposed on its military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities by the United States a day earlier, calling them a continuation of Washington's "misguided and hostile policy".

The fuel filling station at Lower Sabie is closed due to a fire on Saturday, attributed to a lightning strike.

Two white men on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery were shown surveillance video of the Black man walking around a half-built house in their southern Georgia neighborhood 12 days before they chased and shot him, a jury heard.

The Trump Organisation does not need to pay millions of dollars in legal bills for Trump's former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen, a New York judge decided on Friday.

The adventure writer sold more than 140-million copies of his books, over a career spanning half a century.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday, her first in-person public engagement since she was advised to rest following a night in hospital last month.

Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the Roman Catholic Church initially tried to cover up.

UN climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming, even as coal-reliant countries lobbed last-minute objections.

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A Belgian woman had to receive emergency medical care after falling ill during a kayaking trip in the Tsitsikamma National Park in the Eastern Cape.

The delay in finalising a report into last year’s matric exam leaks was caused by the lengthy time it took to conclude a forensic investigation on the cellphones of pupils.

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.