Beneficiaries will receive the standard R480 and an additional R240.

Pakistan will reduce its official work week to five days from six in a bid to reduce energy and fuel consumption as part of an energy conservation plan approved by the country's cabinet on Tuesday, the information minister said.

The battle for the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is brutal and will determine the fate of the Donbas region, said the country's president, as Russian troops lay waste to the city in an assault aimed at controlling eastern Ukraine.

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Algeria suspended a 20-year-old friendship treaty with Spain that committed the two sides to co-operation in controlling migration flows, and also banned imports from Spain, escalating a row over Madrid's stance on Western Sahara.

A 10-year-old Florida girl has been arrested after police say she retrieved a gun from her mother's backpack and fatally shot a woman during a physical altercation between the two women on Memorial Day.

People who have had a documented Covid-19 infection are more likely to be hospitalised or develop diabetes or hypertension in the months after their illness, an indication of the severity of so-called long Covid, according to a study by SA’s bigges...

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The catch-up project, which will use two theatres specifically built for Covid-19 patients, is set to perform 1,500 elective surgeries in one year.

Owen Rogers is known for the breadth of his legal knowledge, including expertise in competition law, tax law and pension funds law.

The US and China are expected to use Asia's top security meeting this week to trade blows over everything from Taiwan's sovereignty to the war in Ukraine, although both sides have indicated a willingness to discuss managing differences.

Gauteng residents may have to put up with the 'big stink' until Saturday.

There have been more than 1,000 monkeypox cases reported to the World Health Organization in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has been fending off allegations that he covered up a robbery at his game farm in Limpopo, plans to hold a cattle auction at the property next week.

Former gymnast and whistleblower Rachael Denhollander said lawsuits filed on Wednesday alleging the FBI botched its investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar could bring about meaningful change for survivors of abuse.

Police have rescued a businessman snatched at his workplace in Hercules, Pretoria, on Saturday.

The NICD recommends vaccination against Covid-19.

The Ga-Rankuwa police station has been without power for almost 10 months.

North West education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela on Wednesday said she was disturbed about the loss of five educators, a general assistant and two pupils who died in various incidents in the past two weeks.

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About 5,000 South African adults and children are awaiting a life-saving organ or cornea transplant, according to the Organ Donor Foundation.

Ngoepe’s book – not an autobiography, but an autoethnography, he said – is a thoughtful collection of anecdotes and reflections from his life. It is a call to examine some of the fundamental problems of South African society, he told journalist...

Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Wednesday showed 2,093 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours.

The 20 deaths at level crossings recorded by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) in its 2020/21 state of safety report were entirely preventable because motorists and pedestrians frequently overestimate their abilities when they are at a level crossin...

Western Cape High Court Judge Owen Rogers is SA's newest Constitutional Court judge.

Mlungisi Clive Manci, the former acting CEO of Enterprise iLembe, appeared in the Durban specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday on charges of corruption and accepting a bribe.

The accused and his friend assisted the people who had initially stolen the truck. He drove it for them towards the Esikhawini area to avoid detection.

Sars says it conceived the idea to make the seized clothing, blankets and footwear available for relief efforts. Such items are usually destroyed.

Russian forces pile pressure on Ukrainian defenders in key eastern city. Ukraine commanders accuse Russians of attacking farmland and other agricultural sites in southern region.

At least 18 people died and 86 others were injured when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, state television reported.