Almost R280 million in national lottery winnings have been unclaimed, with around R110 million of these winnings set to expire in the next six months.

Drugs worth more than R1.5 million have been seized in a Durban bust. Police also confiscated several firearms and more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

A former South African National Defence Force official has been handed a life sentence for raping an 11-year-old girl.

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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has remained mum over EFF leaders blockading the French embassy and demanding that ambassador Aurélien Lechevallier come and receive their memorandum despite having reservations.

Commemorating Africa Day, the EFF marched to the French Embassy, to demand the European country withdraw its troops on the African continent.

The Supreme Court of Appeal is expected to hear an appeal next month against a ruling on former president Jacob Zuma's release on medical parole.

Parliament will have to wait a little bit longer for the appointment of its new secretary after the presiding officers acceded to opposition parties' request to postpone the motion for Xolile George's appointment.

A former Free State police official was arrested for searching premises unlawfully under the pretence of being a Brigadier at the Hawks.

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Residents in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni municipalities are in for hefty tariff hikes for water and electricity.

The Hawks in Mpumalanga are searching for a man who allegedly gunned down his girlfriend and her police officer sister.

In his Africa Day speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Africans were not the enemies of South Africans, adding poverty, crime, unemployment and social exclusion. were.

South African disease experts do not see a need for mass vaccination campaigns globally against monkeypox or believe that cases will explode in the same way as Covid-19.

The EFF is calling out the Mpumalanga authorities to intervene with the province's roads following the accident that claimed four EFF members lives.

The Parow Sexual Offences Court has racked up a backlog of almost 200 outstanding cases since September last year due to constantly broken recording equipment.

ANC member of the Western Cape legislature Andile Lili, dubbed the "poo protester", was found guilty of incitement to murder during a fiery speech on the sidelines of his poo protest case at the Bellville Magistrate's Court.

Attempts by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) to use the conference of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) to wrest back control lie in tatters after the majority of delegates voted against its motion to lift the suspension of fo

The Manenberg mother, Shireen Essop, is believed to have been abducted by unknown individuals.

Ruan van Heerden has been sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for the murder of his mother after stabbing her more than 30 times in their home in Pretoria.