Health minister Joe Phaahla says the ball is in the public's court regarding this year’s Christmas celebrations.

Pfizer vaccines protect against the Omicron variant of Covid-19, with two doses offering 70% protection against severe disease and admission to hospital, a large real-world study by Discovery Health and the SA Medical Research Council shows.

Police minister Bheki Cele is on Tuesday embarking on a festive season tour in Mpumalanga.

Recent studies on Covid-19 include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings.

For the first time since genomic analysis of Covid-19 became widespread, a single variant is responsible for all cases sampled, scientists have revealed.

Miche Solomon, who still goes by the name that was given to her by the woman who stole her and raised her as her own, says she understands exactly how the young woman in the Mpumalanga case is feeling.

A picture of hordes of people frolicking in waves without social distancing at a Durban beach has sparked outrage and shock on social media platforms

Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo will on Tuesday present the annual judiciary report.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday he would ensure that the presence of Ugandan troops in Congo, where they are fighting an Islamist militant group alongside Congolese forces, was for a strictly limited period.

Two men are expected to appear in the Richmond magistrate’s court on Tuesday morning after a KwaZulu-Natal family of five - including a two-year-old and one-month-old baby - went missing last month in an apparent family feud.

A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against same-sex relations, lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+ activities, one of the legislators said on Monday.

Nigeria will destroy around one million expired Covid-19 vaccines, Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said on Monday, adding his agency was working with drug regulator NAFDAC to set a date for their destructio...

The operator of Ghana's main international airport will fine airlines $3,500 (R56,000) for every passenger they fly in who is not vaccinated against Covid-19 or who tests positive for the coronavirus upon arrival, it said on Monday.

"The price drop is a slap in the face of South Africans the majority of whom live in abject poverty," wrote one user.

At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the swiftly spreading strain.

While 57-year-old Desiree Williams pleaded guilty to theft, the court thought it best to give her a hefty sentence to prevent her from ever doing it again, said NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana.

A 31-year-old man from East London was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife in 2019.

A man accused of assaulting a woman who criticised police on social media for releasing him on a warning will appear at the Pretoria magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with another case.

The case of suspended head of the Mpumalanga department of human settlements Kebone Masange and former acting director of public prosecutions in the province Matric Luphondo was on Monday transferred to the Pretoria high court for trial to start from...

“Fully vaccinated people who catch Covid-19 are less likely to develop serious illness than those who are unvaccinated."

While the City of Johannesburg hopes its fourth attempt to secure firefighting vehicles bears fruit next year, a private firefighting company has taken over a large part of the services.

The Kopanong municipality in the Free State's Xhariep district suspended municipal manager Martin Khubeka on Friday as the embattled council has failed to pay its employees for three months.

Omicron caused 100% of the 61 cases that came under the microscopes of scientists in the Network for Genomic Surveillance in SA last week.

An 81-year-old man from Balfour in Mpumalanga who raped a six-year-old girl in 2004 has been sentenced to a 15-year jail term.

Two people who were found in possession of a lion's head made their first appearance before the Zeerust magistrate's court on Monday.

A widely respected immunisation expert endured a lone two-hour grilling from members of the public during an online briefing aimed at dispelling vaccine myths.

A Pretoria woman has lambasted police after her alleged abuser was arrested on Sunday and simply released on warning.

There were nearly 14,000 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, the NICD said.

The country’s third largest private laboratory, Pathcare, announced on Monday it has concluded a settlement with the Competition Commission to reduce its Covid-19 test prices to no more than R500 per test with immediate effect.

Two network maintenance firms have separately agreed to pay penalties to the Competition Commission for allegedly colluding together on a SA Air Force tender.