A former security guard who had been on the run after allegedly stealing R4m in 2019 was arrested last week after the Gauteng task team for serious and violent crime received a tip-off that she was hiding in Zola, Soweto.

Health minister Joe Phaahla says Gauteng has exited the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections.

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Health minister Joe Phaahla and deputy health minister Sibongiseni Dhlomo have convened a virtual media briefing on the government’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19.

North Korea apparently tested a missile on Friday, which would make it the third test in two weeks, just hours after criticising a US push for new sanctions over the previous launches as a “provocation” and warning of a strong reaction.

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges river on Friday for a holy bathe despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past one month.

Australia's financial crime regulator said on Friday it had broadened its ongoing investigation of the country's second-biggest casino operator Star Entertainment Group over possible breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws at its...

The Software Defined Radio payload being used in the mission aims to enhance the security and protection of SA marine resources.

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"She will never leave our minds and our hearts. You know your kids, and she was a jolly and happy person and we knew she would never take her own life," says Yunus Asmall, the father of Rochelle Naidoo.

Armed robbers escaped with cash after forcing their way into traffic department offices in Mpumalanga and handcuffing the security guards.

Prince Andrew's lawyers failed to persuade a US judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him which accuses him of sexual abuse.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 5,920 new Covid-19 cases in SA on Thursday.

A community in Orange Farm disrupted activities at Duzenendlela special-needs school on Thursday and demanded jobs and tenders while saying the school should be converted into a mainstream school.

Do people still listen to 'Baby Shark'? Yes we do, do, do, do, do, do (more than 10-billion times).

A 16-year-old pupil from Daveyton in Ekurhuleni allegedly shot dead a classmate during an argument on the first day of school and then turned the gun on himself, the Gauteng department of education said on Thursday.

Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schäfer has called for the scrapping of the one-metre social distancing rule in classrooms so all pupils can return to school.

Cape Town is asking Eskom to withdraw its request for a 20.5% increase in tariffs for 2022-23, saying residents can’t afford it.

The police have tracked down and arrested an alleged rapist in the Free State who has been on the run for the past 13 years.

With unemployment rampant, many young people are turning to online betting platforms. Failing to win, many continue betting, losing money and themselves in the process.

Zandile Christmas Mafe, who is facing a terrorism charge after the fire that destroyed large parts of parliament, began 30 days of observation at a psychiatric hospital on Thursday.

In the clip of Mogoeng's address at the 17th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture in 2019, he spoke against those trying to capture the judiciary.

Africa's top public health body is in talks with Pfizer about bringing in supplies of its antiviral Paxlovid treatment pills for Covid-19 to the continent, its director said on Thursday.

More nations are cutting quarantine periods as the highly-transmissible omicron variant leads to record numbers of infections and workers either on sick leave or in quarantine.