A wildfire that closed northern California's scenic coastal highway and threatened a famous bridge burned into its third night on Sunday, as some 500 people remained under evacuation orders, officials said.

The government of Burkina Faso denied a coup attempt was in progress after heavy gunfire was reported at military facilities on Sunday following months of protests calling for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to step down.

The party has committed to supporting pupils seeking to register at universities, to ensure they do so without being prejudiced.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party lost access to his official WeChat social media account months ago, politicians said on Monday

Bathobile Mlangeni, the former SBV security guard who made headlines for her alleged brazen theft of R4m in 2019, has chosen to abandon her quest for bail.

After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week.

SA's royal couple of epidemiology have bagged another award.

The former finance minister said he hit the "dangerous" potholes between Dullstroom and Lydenburg, saying they need to be fixed immediately.

Justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola and the department of correctional services have failed to convince the Constitutional Court to overturn a 2018 high court ruling granting three sentenced prisoners permission to keep their lap...

With high temperatures forecast for many parts of the country, the National Sea Rescue Institute has appealed to South Africans to be safe in and around water.

Ladysmith resident Feroza Kharva and her family have experienced 15 floods during more than five decades of living in the area.

"There are no issues between them," said the Jacob Zuma Foundation

Medical and scientific bodies have called for the Commission for Gender Equality to withdraw its warning against imposing mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations on female workers and students, saying such an influential body could "unknowingly or otherwise"...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with Covid-19, one for patients with critical disease and another for non-severe cases.

In a dramatic turn of events, a Limpopo woman was allegedly murdered by a vigilante group for allegedly helping to assault and kill her daughter’s boyfriend over the weekend.

The World Health Organisation has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with Covid-19, one for patients with critical disease and another for non-severe cases.

Five men held up a Tshwane vaccination team at gunpoint on Friday, the same day Gauteng emergency service workers held a march to highlight ongoing attacks on paramedics.

The presidency said Lindiwe Sisulu apologised during a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa and admitted her article was not backed by any facts.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde has suspended the province's community safety MEC Albert Fritz pending an investigation into allegations made against him.

The blaze started at about 7pm on Sunday and was put out within an hour.

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Repairs are under way to faulty cables that have caused a power outage affecting most parts of Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg.

Firefighters are busy fighting a fire that was started by lightning on Saturday afternoon in Agter-Vinkrivier in the Robertson Valley in the Western Cape.

Residents of Durban have been warned of “possible harmful smoke” from a fire which started in the city centre on Friday.

A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport from Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police said.

The Cape Town building on which a gigantic "Zuma Must Fall" billboard was erected in 2016 is the subject of a recent high court judgment.

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has urged police to act speedily and to leave no stone unturned in tracking down those behind the killing of a deputy principal at Phomolong high school in Thembisa.

Russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine, a senior UK minister said on Sunday after Britain accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader there.

Survivors were left with cuts and lingering questions about extent of safety precautions and the speed and effectiveness of the authorities' response.

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