A KZN chef who didn't return home on Monday after he left for target practice has been safely located in a remote area which became inaccessible after heavy rain.

With the manufacture of the Pfizer drug sidelined in favour of Covid vaccines, trans men fear not only for their bodies and physical health but also their psychological wellbeing and sense of self.

KwaMashu's Mbuso Xaba said he had been looking for a fuel station in the area when he and three young men he was travelling with were ambushed.

Disney World near Orlando, Florida, operated by Walt Disney Co, has put its Covid-19 vaccination mandate on hold, a spokesperson said on Saturday.

Authorities will charge a 39-year-old man with multiple counts of homicide for driving into a crowded Christmas parade in Wisconsin, killing five, as he fled the scene of an earlier domestic disturbance, police said on Monday.

The police station with the most alleged offenders was Tsakane, followed by Krugersdorp, while Benoni and Hekpoort were tied at third.

The first of nearly 100-million doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines being donated by the European Union by year-end have begun arriving in African countries, a statement by the GAVI vaccine alliance said.

A video clip of councillor Gomolemo Chere being sworn in at the Ga-Segonyana local municipality in the Northern Cape has garnered mixed reactions online after she appeared to make several errors.

Judge Bashier Vally asked if the SANCF case was about pastors needing to perform their religious rites in a manner that allowed for communal meetings, or about losing income.

More than half of SA families have bought or rented extra devices for their children's remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a global survey commissioned by cyber security company Kaspersky.

Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country's imploding economy had left him with a stark choice - marry off his young daughters, or risk the family starving to death.

Uganda said on Monday that seven suspects had been killed and 106 people detained during operations by the security services linked to three suicide bombings in the capital Kampala last week.

The SA Human Rights Commission says claims on social media that  foreign nationals are responsible for the "contaminated noodles" that allegedly killed five children are irresponsible and have no basis in fact.

The SA Human Rights Commission's hearings into events that led up to the July riots and looting are continuing on Tuesday.

The SA Christian Forum is on Tuesday in court to challenge co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on lockdown regulations limiting the number of people at religious gatherings.

A jury heard dueling accounts of whether the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had any right to chase the unarmed Black man through their mostly white Georgia neighborhood as closing arguments in the murder trial began on Monday...

The Pretoria high court is on Tuesday hearing arguments from the DA, AfriForum and the Helen Suzman Foundation on why former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole should be set aside.

After a century and a half hidden in private collections, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of negotiations.

A greater number of countries are sliding towards authoritarianism, while the number of established democracies under threat has never been so high, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said on Monday.

A Kenyan government directive that residents must show proof of Covid-19 vaccination by December 21 to access services was welcomed by some businesses on Monday but criticised by others, who said low vaccination rates made it unrealistic.

“What if I did not have access to good legal representation? What if I buckled under... and paid the unlawful fine? I would be having an unlawful criminal record,” says Tshwane's Joe Nkuna.

The SA Police Service management has announced the appointment of Maj-Gen Nomthetheleli Lillian Mene as the new provincial commissioner for the Eastern Cape with effect from December 1.

Militiamen killed about 20 people during an attack on displaced civilians in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Monday.

The department is pleased with the heavy rains as they will bring relief to the drought-stricken Little Karoo.

More than 600 mothers aged 10-13 years had given birth earlier but only registered the births in 2020, while 499 children in the same age group gave birth last year.

SA's Health Products Regulatory Authority has received an application for a Pfizer booster vaccination against Covid-19.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised that employers and colleagues can encourage each other to get vaccinated by sharing clear, complete, and accurate messages, promoting confidence in the decision to get vaccinated, and e...

The decision to release former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole will be scrutinised in the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.

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Gauteng accounted for nearly 80% of SA's new Covid-19 cases, the latest data from the NICD showed.