A woman in a black doek quietly wept in the gallery of the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court on Wednesday as her brother stood in the dock for the murder of her two-month-old son.

Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says the government has extended the state of disaster by a further month. This comes while no decision has yet been taken by government on imposing a vaccine mandate.

A Limpopo cop has been arrested, five years after allegedly demanding a R2 100 bribe from a man found in possession of dagga.

Officials from the City of Cape Town are working to remove a whale carcass from the rocks at Sea Point Promenade.

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The Gift of the Givers Foundation has completed a R5 million upgrade at Nkqubela TB Hospital in East London.

A Bonteheuwel woman accused of selling pornographic images of her daughter has briefly appeared in court. But the case was postponed again - a move that left the community calling for justice and the fast-tracking of her case.

An Eastern Cape undertaker has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, or a R500 000 fine, for fraud.

South Africa has recorded 19 842 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 36 new deaths.

Both the daily number and the 7-day moving average of new coronavirus reports in South Africa are now beyond the highest levels reached in July 2020.

Deputy President David Mabuza will reveal who he met during his recent trip to Russia during the final time for questions this year in the National Assembly.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele pleaded with the committee to allow him to engage President Cyril Ramaphosa's office to take all matters forward.

The Eastern Cape police do not suspect foul play in the sudden death of Sarah Baartman district municipality mayor Mzimkhulu Scara Njadayi.

Endurance runner and environmental activist, Karoline Hanks, became the first person to complete the demanding 13 Peaks Challenge back-to-back.

Mandla Mamba, the former mayor of Nketoane municipality in the Free State, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and money laundering which caused the municipality to lose more than R364 000.

The bankrupt Amathole District Municipality, which needed a R180 million government bailout to pay four months' salary to its bloated 1 670 workforce, has now advertised a position for a political advisor to the mayor - with an annual salary of R1.5 ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced South Africa's life expectancy by three-and-a-half years.

Marlene Van Willingh had the gruesome task of identifying her son’s body at a Cape Town mortuary. Her son, Xavier, was one of nine people gunned down within two days in gang-related shootings raging in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain.

The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall caused by slow moving thunderstorms.