Botswana's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, effectively striking off two sections of the penal code that had outlawed homosexuality.

It could take between two and four weeks to nail down the facts about Omicron itself, but according to Prof Salim Abdool Karim, “current vaccines’ effectiveness against hospitalisation and disease is likely to remain strong”.

Alutha Pasile, 25, the man accused of murdering and dismembering his girlfriend, University of Fort Hare law student Nosicelo Mtebeni, entered a guilty plea at the East London high court on Monday.

Texas governor Greg Abbot has caught smoke on social media after falsely claiming South Africans are crossing into the US illegally amid the country's travel ban.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said SA was considering the possibility of mandatory vaccinations and is stocking up on oxygen supplies for all beds earmarked for Covid-19 care.

The health department is on Monday briefing the media on Covid-19 after President Cyril Ramaphosa's address on Sunday night.

Nosicelo Mtebeni's boyfriend Alutha Pasile reportedly confessed to her murder.

The department of correctional services on Monday confirmed convicted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been transferred to a prison in Gqeberha in preparation for him to meet with the family of his late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

In a scathing interview with the BBC over the weekend, Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija criticised western countries for banning travellers from African countries, including SA.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the country would remain at lockdown level 1 after a recent increase in Covid-19 cases across the country has been met with positive responses.

With growing concerns over the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, former public protector Thuli Madonsela says leaders need to take ethical and purpose-driven decisions.

A 55-year-old woman has received a life sentence in prison for raping a 21-year-old mentally challenged man in his home in Krugersdorp.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating a case of death as a result of police action after an officer allegedly fatally shot his girlfriend six times in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.

The search is on for five miners missing after an underground incident, Impala Platinum said on Sunday evening.

Dutch military police on Sunday said they had arrested a married couple who left a hotel where they were in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19, and were attempting to flee the country.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa said studies about whether Omicron was transmitted more easily between people and its impact on the increased risk of infection were ongoing.

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The department of international relations and co-operation has confirmed that there are South Africans stranded at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (SSR) in Mauritius.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases on Sunday reported 2,858 new Covid-19 cases, with 18 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

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SA Medical Association chair Dr Angelique Coetzee said Omicron has so far not been shown to have severe symptoms.

Dutch health authorities said on Sunday that 13 cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been found in the Netherlands among passengers that were on two flights from SA that arrived on Friday.

A man, aged 20, was seen running out with a plastic bag dripping blood.

A man, believed to be from SA, has come under fire after allegedly verbally abusing a Muslim man on a train in the UK.

Counterfeit goods worth R7.4m have been confiscated during a raid in the Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng police said.

The abductors were driving a blue BMW sedan fitted with blue lights and sirens.

Two passengers who arrived in Sydney from Southern Africa on Saturday evening had tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Both people were asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and in quarantine.

Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has paid tribute to many victims of gender-based violence and femicide, saying the scourge against women and children should be a thing past.