Dramatic scenes have played out in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal, where members of the police's Special Task Force have breached a cash and carry store to rescue 10 staff members who were held hostage.

A weather warning for disruptive rain has been issued for Gauteng and parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and emergency workers have been placed on high alert.

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A 59-year-old man has died after being assaulted in a suspected vigilante attack in the Giyani area in Limpopo.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says South Africa has recorded 889 new Covid-19 infections, representing a 5.3% positivity rate. One new Covid-19 death has been reported.

The Department of Justice is planning to establish magisterial districts and district courts in four provinces to make courts more accessible.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa told ANC members their decision to elect a murder accused has consequences on the party.

Flights were delayed at King Shaka International Airport on Sunday after a technical glitch in refuelling.

ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane's campaign to be re-elected has been given a boost, as a key region appears to be in support of his re-election.

A woman in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni, has been arrested and charged with murder after her teenage nephew's body was discovered buried in her backyard.

Limpopo police are on the hunt for a group of people who killed a 35-year-old man in Lephalale on Saturday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his best wishes to the Muslim community as the holy month of Ramadan starts on Sunday.

The Jacob Zuma Foundation says "justice was most definitely not serviced" following the former president's latest legal defeat after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed Zuma's application for leave to appeal.

Humanitarian aid organisation Gift of the Givers is on a mission to hand out 10 000 food parcels to underprivileged areas within the Western Cape as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is set to kick off on Sunday.

Video footage showing pregnant women sleeping on the floor for more than three days at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg has caused outrage.

Increased levels of crime, particularly gender-based violence and drug dealing, took centre stage as Minister of Police Bheki Cele met with North West residents at the Lonely Park sports ground in Mahikeng over the weekend.

The Hawks seized large quantities of counterfeit washing powder at a manufacturing facility in Springs, Gauteng, on Friday.

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has expressed its disappointment in the City of Cape Town after it reinstated the McLaren Circus permit.

Former state security minister Bongani Bongo and his 11 co-accused will go on trial in November in connection with a R74-million fraud and corruption case.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's quest for a second term as ANC president has received a shot in the arm after his ally Mandla Ndlovu was elected chair of the party in Mpumalanga.