UK regulators opened four investigations in relation to the statutory audits by London-based King & King of companies in Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance.

Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich, the man who broke the news to Mikhail Gorbachev that the Soviet Union was being consigned to history, has died at the age of 87, Belarusian media quoted his wife as saying on Wednesday.

The SA Post Office has temporarily suspended its air mail service to China due to travel restrictions.

The head of the City of Johannesburg’s anti-corruption unit, Gen Shadrack Sibiya, has gone on voluntary leave pending investigations into his conduct regarding allegations he unlawfully procured intelligence gathering tools.

The Constitutional Court’s response to the revelation of the infamous text message about a pending application before it has caused “the utmost dismay and concern on the part of the public protector”, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s lawyers said in a se...

Eskom will address the media on system challenges

Protesters rallied under the slogan "off our bodies" in cities across the United States on Tuesday, demanding abortion rights be protected after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

"May her soul rest in perfect permanent peace. We will find them," said EFF leader Julius Malema.

North Korea's office workers and factory labourers have been dispatched to farming areas around the country to join a fight against drought, state media reported on Wednesday, amid concerns over prolonged food shortages.

Hundreds of workers from a massive copper mine took to the streets of Peru's capital on Tuesday, waving flags and chanting slogans that demand the government find a solution to a grinding conflict that has temporarily shuttered the project.

The impact of the recent devastating floods on the ocean will not affect this year’s sardine run in KwaZulu-Natal.

Former Wimbledon and US Open finalist Kevin Anderson announced his retirement on Tuesday, aged 35, bringing to an end a career that showed immense promise but was derailed by injuries.

Had government substantially increased the excise tax rather than banned the sale of tobacco products in 2020, it would have achieved a similar public health outcome, received more revenue and presumably not further entrenched the illicit market.

"We have entered the fifth wave in most provinces," said health minster Joe Phaahla.

A man was killed and 14 people were injured when a light motor vehicle and a taxi collided on a road in Swayimane, Wartburg in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.

SA is among the top 10 countries found to have experienced the most cybercrime in 2021, according to the latest research by cybersecurity company Surfshark.

Ukraine updates.

Almost 230 children die from burns in South Africa every year.

Chief justice Raymond Zondo said the arrest of anybody, let alone a legal practitioner, inside a courtroom is unacceptable and should not happen.

Daily official updates released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Tuesday showed that 3,785 new Covid-19 cases have been identified in SA.

The department of correctional services on Tuesday confirmed that Thabo Bester was found dead in his single cell at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein around 03.35am.

The high court in Johannesburg on Tuesday upheld an appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority’s investigating directorate (ID) to restrain the assets of Regiments Capital to the value of more than R1bn.

Musician Sello “Chicco” Twala appeared in the Randburg magistrate's court on Tuesday, where he was granted bail of R2,000.

The North West High Court has granted a number of occupiers of government-owned farms leave to appeal against an order interdicting them from residing on the 10 farms worth more than R50m.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal is to kick off its first in-person graduation season since 2019 on Wednesday.

Some flood-hit areas in Durban still have no access to water or are battling with irregular supply, KZN premier Sihle Zikalala told a media briefing on Tuesday.

Fake ER24 learnership recruitment adverts are doing the rounds, says the private emergency medical care provider.

After a 30-day fast, the Muslim community in SA celebrated Eid ul Fitr on Monday.

Eskom says since Monday a generation unit each at Lethabo, Tutuka, Ingula, Drakensberg and Arnot, as well as two units each at Hendrina and Matla power stations, suffered breakdowns.

“Sassa warns the public against the fake information. The agency is not running any grant promotion and the SMS does not come from Sassa. Please stay vigilant," said Sassa.