Yet again, SA has been disappointed by the "scam" disguised as the Black Friday sale.

Organisations in the tourism and hospital industry have decried the decision by the UK to place SA on its travel red list after the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant and expressed  hope the ban will be lifted swiftly.

The European Union aims to halt air travel from the Southern African region amid rising concern about a new Covid-19 variant detected in SA, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia's capital killed eight people and wounded 17 including 13 children, the latest in a string of deadly blasts this year in a country beset by political turmoil and drought.

Minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele says political gatherings are not immune to spreading Covid-19, and some campaigns ignored safety protocols, including social distancing.

A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.

Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini is back in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Friday.

Top officials who allegedly defrauded the Kannaland municipality in the Western Cape of more than R338m have been hauled to court after being arrested by the Hawks.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has hinted at the possibility that her father Jacob Zuma might be hosting more of his most talked about tea dates in his Nkandla homestead.

The government has lamented the UK's decision to temporarily ban all flights from SA and five other countries as of 2pm (SA time) on Friday due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant.

Indonesia's counterterrorism squad has arrested 24 people on suspicion of fundraising for Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the Al-Qaeda linked extremist group accused of carrying out some of the country's biggest militant attacks.

KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala testifies at SAHRC hearings

Sassa told those who applied for reconsideration of the R350 grant that there is a delay.

Former Free State human settlements HOD Mpho Moses Mokoena has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for corruption and five years for contravention of the Public Finance Management Act - wholly suspended.

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University of KwaZulu-Natal geneticist professor Tulio de Oliveira has appealed to the world not to isolate SA and the continent for raising the alarm on a new Covid-19 variant.

The safe-haven yen rallied while the South African rand and risk-sensitive Australian dollar slumped on Friday, as investors ducked for cover following the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that could resist current vaccines.

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Julius Malema accused the ANC of giving itself power it doesn't have, saying all will be revealed during a legal investigation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa told parliament on Thursday he is expecting a report from the panel investigating the July unrest "soon".

You won't catch Covid-19 from food and grocery deliveries if health and safety protocols are observed

In the Pretoria CBD shoppers queue outside a shoe store. Some say they are hoping to get good deals on children's shoes.

The South African government's decision to do away with Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) for thousands of people has been met with criticism.

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Britain announced it was temporarily banning flights from South Africa and five other countries from Friday and that returning British travellers from those destinations would have to quarantine.

More than 2,400 new Covid-19 cases have been identified in SA, the NICD reported on Thursday evening.

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has warned retailers against using misleading advertising tactics to lure consumers on Black Friday.

Four specialist state advocates were working with the Hawks, crime intelligence, digital forensic investigators and others to “get to the bottom” of who was behind the July unrest

A man suspected of dealing in explosives used in cash-in-transit heists and to bomb ATMs has been arrested.

Free State police have arrested two alleged Eskom employees after they were found in possession of a large quantity of copper cables in Welkom.