Capetonians woke up to heavy smoke after firefighters spent the night battling two blazes.

The Pretoria Magistrate's Court has denied bail to a 29-year-old teacher who is accused of raping a Grade 6 pupil.

A head of department at Cogta in Mpumalanga has been arrested in connection with a R6 million personal protective equipment fraud case.

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Murder-accused Jeremy Sias maintains he did not kill Meghan Cremer, but had found her body in the boot of her car after taking it for a joyride.

Nafiz Modack has been charged with the murder of a Hawks policeman's dad in Melkbosstrand in 2019. The NPA alleges he is the funder in the hit which was supposed to have taken out the policeman.

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The Constitutional Court has dismissed a Johannesburg mom's application against the Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC, in which she alleged that staff at a local hospital were to blame for her son's cerebral palsy.

The ANC has ousted the DA in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality in Graaff-Reinett and took control of the council after its members were elected mayor and council chief whip on Tuesday.

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Jaco Swart, who was convicted of severely assaulting his estranged wife, was handed a "shockingly inappropriate" sentence because the State failed to submit the video footage of the beatings as evidence in aggravation of sentence, AfriForum said.

In a last-ditch effort to stop the impeachment process against her, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has approached the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.

Deputy President David Mabuza says there is no need for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down.

As the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, schools have been encouraged to ensure pupils are not left behind.

Alexandra residents allegedly assaulted and put tyres around a 40-year-old woman who they accused of being part of the Dudula Movement suspected of terrorising residents.

The Durban Regional Court sentenced Nhlanhla Samkelo Mthembu, 31, after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a motor vehicle belonging to a Mobeni business.

The KwaZulu-Natal education department said the teacher was ambushed by unknown assailants, who fled the scene immediately afterwards.

After a public spat with former DA leader Tony Leon over a comment about potholes, Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse has come to her own defence.

Exams are under way at the University of Cape Town, but students say they are made to feel “uneasy” after a group of protesters disrupted the start of exams on Monday morning.

The Special Investigating Unit has asked for more time to investigate possible irregularities at Umgeni Water in KwaZulu-Natal.