Johannesburg high court judge Avrielle Maier-Frawley has questioned the timing of Democracy in Action's bid to block Tuesday's handover of part one of the state capture inquiry report to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Zandile Christmas Mafe from Khayelitsha appeared at the Cape Town magistrate's court on Tuesday.

A sting operation has netted four suspects allegedly linked to a transnational drug enterprise in SA, Mozambique and the US, the Hawks said on Tuesday.

A 9m whale carcass washed up on one of Cape Town’s top tourist beaches on Tuesday.

Richards Bay police are searching for the driver of a Range Rover who put on a show by dangerously driving through water before ending up with a partially submerged SUV.

Four beekeepers were detained after protesting in front of Chile's presidential palace in Santiago on Monday, according to local officials, with seven police officers stung during the demonstrations.

"Spaza shops are run better then our parliament," claimed one user.

Further damage has been caused, with more floors of the building, which houses offices of MPs and support staff, being completely gutted.

Unidentified attackers killed six men in a Kenyan coastal village near the border with Somalia, beheading one of the victims and burning four of the bodies, police said on Monday.

A US judge on Monday formally dismissed the federal government's criminal case against two Manhattan jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night that financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself during their shifts.

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The European Commission's decision to include gas and nuclear investments in the European Union's "sustainable finance taxonomy" rules was circulated in a draft proposal late on December 31 - a timing which was criticised by European lawmakers.

Broken promises, a lack of political will and a desperate shortage of government money mean there is little hope the Vaal River's sewage pollution crisis will end any time soon.

"At present, retesting people who have experienced mild illness, and have recovered from Covid-19 is not recommended," said the NICD.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has indefinitely deferred the reopening of schools, citing high numbers of Covid-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.

The country is facing a shortage of rapid antigen test kits, while Morrison said the government would not cover the cost for people to test themselves, which he put at A$15 ($10.80).

Panama authorities arrested on Monday a former member of the Colombian military wanted for questioning in connection with the assassination last year of Haiti President Jovenel Moise, two people familiar with the matter said.

Hamdok, who had failed to name a government as protests continued against the military takeover in October, said a roundtable discussion was needed to produce a new agreement for Sudan's political transition.

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Seven people travelling in a Toyota Condor were injured in a collision with another vehicle north of Tzaneen, Limpopo, on Monday afternoon.

Police arrested a man who was found in possession of a drill hand grenade at the Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein, causing the airport to be evacuated on Monday.

Cape Town emergency services officials hope reinforced staff will help douse the flames.

A fire that ripped through parliament in Cape Town on Sunday has again erupted.

The Mogwase magistrate’s court in the North West on Monday postponed the case against a man accused of assaulting and raping his estranged wife last week.

SA recorded just more than 3,200 new Covid-19 cases and 87 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Busy conditions continued on SA's roads on Monday as holidaymakers made their way home.

Fire at the parliament building in Cape Town is starting to get close to trees just metres from Tuynhuys, says the office of the president.

Faced with 11 bathers swept out to sea at once, a suicide attempt and a suspect allegedly using the sea to evade arrest, SA lifeguards had their hands full over the New Year weekend.

About 4,000 art or heritage pieces were housed in parliament during the fire on Sunday, but the status of the all historic pieces is not yet known, according to parliamentary presiding officers.