The Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa has pleaded with the government not to enforce more lockdowns over the festive season to prevent the collapse of the industry.

Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial rested their case after two weeks of sometimes graphic testimony from four women who allege the British socialite lured them into abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

A new wave of Covid uncertainty has again put millions of US workers in limbo about when — or if —  they need to return to the office.

The police service has refuted a social media post warning women that men expect something in return for free drinks, saying it is fake news.

Doctors Without Borders, with civil society bodies, has urged Germany to support the immediate suspension of patents on all Covid-19 medical tools in light of low vaccination rates in SA and other African countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Joe Biden in their video conversation last week he’s ready to meet in person, according to Rossiya-1 TV footage shown on Sunday.

Covid vaccine boosters improve protection to as much as 75% against the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant that’s much more likely to bypass two doses than earlier strains, preliminary UK data shows.

The promotion around former president Jacob Zuma's book has topped social media's trending list, with some questioning its price tag.

A man was killed after his light aircraft crashed in Syferfontein in Westonaria on the West Rand at the weekend, paramedics said.

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the massacre of four rhinos, including one pregnant female, at the Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve outside Cape Town.

If you were with the president over the last week or so, you might want to get tested.

East London's nine-year-old Gugulethu Ndzendze has been invited to perform at one of the best music festivals in KwaZulu-Natal during the festive season.

"There's no reason why you can't trust us when we say to you 'it's a mild disease','" said Dr Angelique Coetzee.

Preliminary evidence suggests there may be an increased risk of reinfection with Omicron.

Pastor Melisizwe Monqo, his wife Siphosihle Pamba and his cousin Phumlani Qhusheka were sentenced to a combined 335 years behind bars in November after being found guilty of the murder of Hlompho Koloi and multiple counts of fraud.

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Deputy president David Mabuza would be taking over "all responsibilities" for the next week, according to a statement from The Presidency.

NICD says that "IT challenges" resulted in more than 19,000 cases not being recorded in recent days, with them now being added to the total.

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Just days after re-opening bookings for flights from six Southern African cities, Doha-based Qatar Airways has reissued travel advice saying it will not accept passengers travelling from these countries.

Seventeen people were injured on Sunday morning in a minibus crash on the M35 near KwaMakhutha southwest of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

The Competition Commission will not be fining private labs found to have been excessive and abusive in their pricing of Covid-19 tests.

Two siblings died after they became entrapped in a stationary car that caught alight in Harding on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Sunday.

A pair of Sun City guests were driving slowly from the resort's The Palace hotel to a nearby boma for dinner when they saw a stealthy shape slink across the Gary Player golf course.

A team of Russian scientists has arrived in SA to study the latest Sars-CoV-2 variant

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests will  now be reduced from R850 to R500 including VAT.

Social media was abuzz with the sighting of a large, travelling body of light on Saturday night.

MSC Cruises has cancelled all December voyages in SA due to the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections.

The director-general of the department of basic education, Mathanzima Mweli, thanked matric markers profusely on Saturday for their “amazing act of sacrifice and demonstration of patriotism” in undertaking to mark the grade 12 exam papers.

Police arrested two men on Saturday evening after the fatal shooting and robbery of a Ladysmith K9 officer a few hours earlier.