Just hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about government efforts to curb gender-based violence and femicide, school pupils led police to the body of a brutally murdered young mother.

Shareholders of SA's largest oil refinery Sapref, south of Durban, have decided to suspend operations indefinitely by the end of March as they consider selling the plant.

The cost of the services ballooned from an estimated R6.1m to R431m spent.

Police minister Bheki Cele had a clear instruction for law enforcement officers before the state of the nation address: “Be kind, but don’t allow anyone to walk over you.”

Thirty-two years to the day since Nelson Mandela was freed, Zandile Mafe appeared in court on Friday for his alleged involvement in the fire at parliament on January 2.

The Life Esidimeni inquest heard by the Pretoria high court continues on Friday.

The hundreds of Cape fur seal pups and sub-adults that died in the Western Cape in September 2021 succumbed to a variety of factors, including malnutrition, and not biotoxins as was previously suspected.

The DA’s proposal to extend school days by an hour has met with a cold reception from the basic education department.

A project funded by the US Department of Agriculture aims to invest $61 million over five years to accelerate cashew processing in West Africa, representatives said at the launch on Thursday in Abidjan.

More truck drivers responsible for transporting food supplies into Hong Kong have tested positive for coronavirus at the mainland China border, sparking concerns that the city may be hit by another round of fresh-food shortages.

The United Nations Security Council expressed “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso in a statement more than two weeks after a military coup deposed President Roch Kabore.

'The sales pitch for going to Mars is it’s going to be cramped, dangerous and difficult.'

"Sona has become nothing but the Met Gala of old aged officials which are clinging onto power," said one user.

The SAPS has been ordered to pay former deputy national commissioner for human resource management Lt-Gen Bonang Mgwenya more than R300,000 by February 28 after her “substantively and procedurally unfair” dismissal in 2020.

The organisations in the coalition led by Chefs with Compassion told TimesLIVE there was a growing hunger problem in SA which can be prevented in collaboration with the government.

Police search and rescue teams have found the body of a man believed to be the driver of an e-hailing taxi washed away in Midstream, Tshwane on Saturday.

Lack of proper planning and organisation could lead to isolation, burnout, depression, domestic violence and musculoskeletal injuries.

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported 3,169 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

Police minister Bheki Cele says crime has dropped in Cape Town – even his hairdresser has noticed this.

The relatives of a Pietermaritzburg family who were gunned down at their home last week fear for their safety.

Police minister Bheki Cele would not be drawn on what intelligence services have picked up about whether President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address could be disrupted.

Cape Town police have dispersed a small group of protesters who had gathered at the corner of Darling and Corporation streets hoping to tell President Cyril Ramaphosa their grievances ahead of the state of the nation address on Thursday evening.

The alleged kingpin, Mohammed Dilpazeer Azam, was arrested in Centurion in the early hours of Sunday morning and appeared in court on Thursday.

Police minister Bheki Cele told police officers on Thursday that SA is not under attack and urged them to protect their fellow South Africans and property.

A hotel guest at Tsogo Sun’s StayEasy hotel in Rustenburg woke up on Saturday morning to find that his bakkie’s wheels had been stolen.

United Airlines plans to operate three non-stop flights a week between New York and Cape Town, and they will operate year-round, the US airline said on Thursday.

The city says after impassioned pleas to customers to pay their accounts on time and in full fell on deaf ears, public disconnections were the only option left.

Two injured people were taken to hospital after their light aircraft crashed near Cape Point on Thursday.