A home affairs official’s professional ambition had unintended consequences.

The Hawks this week raided an illegal abalone-processing plant about as far from the sea as you can get — in Bloemfontein.

The latest festive season fatality statistics paint a grim picture, with a 142% spike in crashes with multiple fatalities.

A female police officer has been arrested after she allegedly assaulted her husband at their home in Welkom in the Free State, says the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.

The City of Tshwane says it is too early to estimate when power will be restored to the affected areas.

KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu says the vaccination of children aged 12 to 17 is in their best interest and that of public health in the province.

Some of SA's funniest moments this year were caught on camera.

Three people died in a crash between a truck and a car on the N3 on Wednesday morning.

An easy-to-use wristband that dispenses sanitiser on-the-go. This was the simple solution a South African mom came up with after noticing that her children’s sanitiser bottles remained full and unused after school.

All SA Post Office branches will remain open on week days and Saturday mornings throughout the festive season.

"President Cyril Ramaphosa, we want to cross over to 2022 in the presence of our God, worshiping Him not online. Finish and klaar," wrote one user.

South Africans are shopping more conservatively this year, and many are choosing to enjoy the holidays by avoiding crowded malls.

'We have love and we are in love with each other. We told ourselves that we will grow old together with or without money,' said Hector Mkansi, whose proposal in a KFC story to Nonhlanhla Soldaat went viral.

People who are vaccinated against Covid-19 have a greater chance of recovering should they contract the coronavirus, says the health department.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to deepen integration with China after an election installed a legislature of Beijing loyalists in the Asian financial hub.

The head of Libya’s elections commission ordered the closure of committees that would help stage Friday’s presidential ballot, adding to mounting doubts the landmark vote in the Opec member will take place as scheduled.

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Singapore will freeze ticket sales for flights and bus trips under its vaccinated travel lanes for entry from Thursday to January 20 as it tries to stem the importation of the Omicron variant that is tearing around the globe.

China’s central bank has denied a rumour that a detained senior official forged $314bn (nearly R5-trillion) worth of banknotes.

One person was killed and two critically injured after an apparent drive-by shooting in Umdloti, north of Durban, on Tuesday.

Police minister Bheki Cele has urged police officers to act decisively when confronted by criminals and not to compromise their own safety.

The IMF said it’s ready to start negotiations with Mozambique about a financing programme next month.

The University of the Western Cape on Tuesday denied that it was "evicting" students from residences.

Millions of people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are in dire need of humanitarian assistance thanks to a drought that’s killed hundreds of thousands of cattle and damaged crops.

The City of Cape Town said power was restored to all areas on Tuesday afternoon after a massive outage on Monday.

More than 9,000 people are currently hospitalised for Covid-19 related treatment as the fourth wave continues to spread across SA.

There is likely to be a spike in home invasions during the festive period, with more criminals gaining entry through front or back doors.

20-year-old Onthatile Sebati recently confessed to police that she was behind the brutal murder of her family that shocked the community of Mmakau, near Brits in the North West, five years ago.

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