The coronavirus can directly infect fat cells, perhaps activating a harmful cascade of inflammation, resulting in severe Covid-19, research suggests.

Three suspected hijackers have been shot dead in Johannesburg.

An Ekurhuleni man has won a R63 million Lotto prize after buying his ticket hours before the Lotto jackpot draw

South Africa's daily Covid-19 infections have surpassed 20 000, with more than half of the new cases recorded in Gauteng. This comes as the number of fully vaccinated adults reaches 15 million.

Grandisync, the company behind the noodles, has a sibling that once handed out free diapers for newborns.

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The National Consumer Commission was awaiting laboratory results as the investigation would help to understand the nature, cause, extent and degree of the risk to the public.

The unsuccessful attempt to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation is "water under the bridge", Deputy President David Mabuza said two days after the ANC failed to muster a two-thirds majority to pass the ame...

SA Rugby Union chief executive Jurie Roux has lost an appeal and been ordered to repay R37 million to Stellenbosch University.

The Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve is offering a R100 000 reward to anyone who has information that will lead to the arrests of those who killed four rhinos and injured one on Wednesday.

Deputy President David Mabuza was answering questions in the National Assembly on Thursday.

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.

A man has been sentenced to three life terms and a combined 279 years in the North West High Court for 27 offences he was charged with, including rape and murder.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says the province is ready to start its Covid-19 vaccination booster programme, but is just waiting for the Electronic Vaccination Data System to be updated.

The Amnesty International report coincides with the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula protected Deputy President David Mabuza from answering a question on whether the doctors he saw in Russia deal with poisons and whether he saw anybody connected to a Russian nuclear deal.

A video showing the dramatic armed robbery of an on-duty police officer at a traffic intersection in Sandton, Johannesburg is doing the rounds on social media.

A Durban woman who swindled her former employer of R8 million will spend 12 years in prison, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday.

Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa have started or approved booster Covid-19 jabs, despite a low vaccine uptake.