Business Leadership South Africa is considering how to help boost the capacity of the National Prosecuting Authority as it embarks on prosecuting those implicated in state capture "without compromising any ethical considerations".

Load-shedding is being ramped up to stage 4 from 11am on Friday until midnight and will continue through the weekend as embattled Eskom faces protest action and tries to conserve emergency reserves.

"Why is the trend among men who have sex with men? That's probably how it was introduced in countries outside Africa,” says the National Health Laboratory Service’s Prof Kholeka Mlisana.

Four students at The American University in Cairo have developed cement capable of absorbing energy from the sun and lighting up in the dark.

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says the department will continue to support Covid-19 vaccination for all pupils aged from 12 years with parental consent.

Yemeni architect Zaid al-Kuhlani watched his workers dab white paint around stained glass windows from scaffolds, part of a large-scale restoration effort of UNESCO-listed historic Old Sanaa that has endured years of bombings during the war.

A group of 24 US senators on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to ensure direct US involvement in the investigation of the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist who was covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank last month.

Protests at nine power stations and facilities over the past 24 hours could result in load-shedding at higher stages, the power utility warned on Friday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit France next week as his new Labor government looks to repair relations strained last year when Australia scrapped a French submarine deal.

The high court in Pietermaritzburg has found KwaZulu-Natal farmer Edward Philip Walter Solomon, 69, guilty of murder and attempted murder during an altercation in 2017 on his farm in Cramond..

A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures passed the US Senate late on Thursday even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defense.

“He is not happy with the objectivity of the panel that has been appointed. He has decided not to participate and will take further legal action," the student's lawyer said.

A suspect in custody has been 'linked to' and charged with the murder of University of Limpopo professor Mohamed Saber Tayob.

Taiwan will donate $1 million to Afghan earthquake relief efforts in response to a call from the United Nations and others for humanitarian assistance, the government said late on Thursday.

Government and SA's national airline are being sued by a little-known investment firm, which wants the sale of a majority stake in the carrier scrapped and rerun due to a lack of transparency.

Phaahla said the rapid spread of Covid-19 during the Omicron-dominated waves led to increased natural immunity.

Plans are underway for the erection of a memorial in Phoenix, which became an epicentre of violent clashes between black and Indian people during the July 2021 unrest in KwaZulu-Natal .

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Advocacy group the African Diaspora Forum said it was seeking clarity on the origin of the blaze, which had affected many foreigners. The group said it had heard two stories - one being that the blaze was a xenophobic attack and another that it was s...

City Power said on Thursday load-shedding is putting a strain on its resources, with some substations unable to return during restorations.

A 64-year-old company owner and director who allegedly defrauded the UIF's Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) is due to appear in the Bellville specialised commercial crimes court on Friday.

Senior Zulu royal family members have - for the first time - pointed the finger at Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as the "architect" of the chaos that has engulfed the family since the passing of King Goodwill Zwelithini.

Following confirmation of the first monkeypox case in SA on Thursday, residents of  Johannesburg should remain calm and inform themselves about the facts around the illness.

Controversial taxi boss Vusi 'Khekhe' Mathibela, dubbed 'Mamelodi's No 1 Tsotsi', and his co-accused were on Thursday found guilty of murdering North West businessman Wandile Bozwana.

The public protector's office says it has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting him to submit to parliament a plan on how he will implement the recommendations of the Zondo report.

Eleven people accused of murdering e-hailing taxi driver Abongile Mafalala appeared in the Wynberg magistrate's court on Thursday.

Classes and exams have been suspended at Mangosuthu University of Technology in Durban after a violent student protest on Thursday.

A Durban couple pleaded guilty in the specialised commercial crimes court this week to stealing R13.7m from the KwaZulu-Natal Blind and Deaf Society between 2012 and 2019.

The scrapping of some Covid-19 regulations, including wearing face masks, will boost growth in the tourism sector, tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday.