A man who was caught red-handed siphoning crude oil from a Transnet pipeline in the Free State has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, while his three accomplices received lesser sentences.

Traditional gondolas and boats in Venice could be seen almost beached in the canals as water levels receded due to an extremely low tide

The Cape Town Carnival is a colourful spectacle, filled with glitz and glamour and showcasing five hubs and 25 diverse shows with 600 performers.

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Brands that support "window dressing" advertising agencies who refuse to transform should be penalised by consumer boycotts, say some industry insiders.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Saturday his country would take care of the “wives and children” fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has driven about 3 million Ukrainians to seek refuge in the EU's eastern flank.

Anni Dewani’s family says her killer Zola Tongo's release from prison has robbed them of an opportunity to discover the true motive for the murder.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in Belize on Saturday for a weeklong Caribbean tour that sparked controversy before it even began amid growing scrutiny of the British Empire's colonial ties to the region.

Pope Francis on Saturday issued a new constitution for the Vatican's central administration, known as the Curia, stating that any baptised lay Catholic, including women, can head Vatican departments.

A 36-year-old man is set to appear in court for possession of drugs worth more than R3.2m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said peace talks are Russia’s “only chance” given the growing number of countries imposing sanctions against it, urging Moscow to engage in negotiations.

Should undocumented immigrants be given an opportunity to leave and try re-enter the country with the right documents?

The Hawks have swooped on a 53-year-old police officer for tampering with evidence in a George, Western Cape, business robbery case.

A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent.

"Conflict gold provides the largest source of revenue to armed groups in eastern DRC where they control mines and exploit miners," the Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said in the statement.

Public order police have been deployed to Robertson in the Western Cape after clashes between seasonal workers from Zimbabwe and Lesotho workers in the local township.

The wife of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng is becoming a key figure in his foreign-bribery trial, as prosecutors argue she helped him launder millions of dollars from the looting of 1MDB.

The billionaire facing the largest US tax-evasion case against an individual is urging a judge to accept his family trust’s offer to put up $1.45bn billion in exchange for the IRS relaxing liens on his property and assets.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google discriminates against Black people, who are “pigeon-holed into dead-end jobs” with low pay and subjected to harassment, a former employee claimed in a lawsuit.

China reported its first Covid-19 deaths since January 2021 as the omicron variant continued to spread across the world’s most-populous nation.

Indonesia estimates 86.6% of its population has developed antibodies against the coronavirus, even though only about half of them have been fully vaccinated.

Wayne Couzens, 49, whose job was to guard diplomatic premises, abducted marketing executive Sarah Everard on a London street as she walked home from visiting a friend in March last year, using his police credentials to force her into his car.

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A man who stole millions from unsuspecting investors over a period of 13 years was on Friday sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of 71 counts of theft.

A recently reported Pretoria high court judgment has set new guidelines for courts to take into consideration before granting surrogacy agreements.

Sodi has been in custody since Tuesday after he handed himself over to the police. His estranged wife Nthateng Lerata laid charges against him.

SA's aviation regulator, the SACAA, is conducting safety audits of the two aircraft maintenance organisations used by Comair.

A legal battle, referred to as the "deadly air" case, in which environmental justice organisations took the government to court for violating their constitutional right to clean air, has finally been decided in the community's favour.