Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Sunday in an Orthodox Easter message that no "wickedness" will destroy the country and prayed that God returns happiness to children and brings solace to grieving mothers.

News, facts, figures, interviews, views and analysis of the impact of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape floods

Live updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Sunday April 24.

Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern city and said its forces did not need to take the plant.

Department of public works is identifying suitable land for affected households, with the focus on building to mitigate climate change and provide safety

An on-duty eThekwini municipality official was shot dead at a water tanker filling point in Ottawa on Saturday.

A man linked to the Cape Town taxi industry has been slapped with a 20-year jail sentence for burning a train. Ricardo Khan was sentenced in the Blue Downs regional court this week.

A viewer who claimed a Standard Bank TV ad featuring an astronaut was one giant leap backwards for black mankind has been brought down to Earth by the advertising watchdog.

Details of the drama, which unfolded on the 30m roof at 1am on February 19, emerged this week in a preliminary serious incident report issued by the SA Civil Aviation Authority.

India wants to be strong friends with the “liberal world” but it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in an interview in Washington on Friday.

If Cathy Botha had been successful in a R4.5m high court damages claim, she would have eclipsed the SA record for libel payouts.

China's financial hub of Shanghai reported more new Covid-19 related deaths on April 22, as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online.

One person was killed and several injured after a magnitude 5.6 quake hit southern Bosnia on Friday night followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, officials and media reported on Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded after a Russian general said Moscow aims to seize control of eastern and southern Ukraine.

Live updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Saturday April 23.

A Cape Town electricity official has died 12 days after being injured while trying to fix cables damaged by theft and vandalism.

Funeral directors in KwaZulu-Natal say bureaucracy and confusion are delaying the funerals of hundreds of flood victims.

Hours after the labour court interdicted the City of Johannesburg from advertising the jobs of 130 employees whose contracts it terminated last month, the bargaining council has quashed their unfair dismissal claim.

A 31-year-old man from  Bloemfontein was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Constable Katlego Mokgadinyane in October 2020.

People who were receiving the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant will have to reapply for it, the department of social department announced on Friday.

Preliminary estimates indicate the loss to the eThekwini GDP since April 14 as a result of damage caused by flooding is R737m

The first expert witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to take the stand on Monday in the high court in Pretoria.

The labour court  on Friday interdicted the City of Johannesburg from implementing a council resolution rescinding the decision taken by the mayoral committee last year that converted 130 staff from contract to permanent.

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An elderly Pretoria woman, who found her husband slumped over their generator, managed to crawl out of the garage to get help after both had been overcome by diesel fumes, paramedics said on Friday.

"Kyiv is the safest place to stay right now," says Anastasia Kondratiuk.

Italy struck new deals to boost natural gas imports from Angola and the Republic of Congo as Mario Draghi’s government rushes to cut energy dependence on Russia.

Botswana’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi has called on SA law enforcement agencies to work with their Botswana counterparts to deal with crimes committed in the two countries.

At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, Palestinian medics said, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews.

Load-shedding will be suspended at 10pm on Friday.