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One of the men accused of brutally murdering e-hailing driver Abongile Mafalala applied for bail in the Wynberg magistrate’s court in Cape Town on Friday.

Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis while the US pledged more military support five months into the invasion.

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Kaizer Chiefs founder and chair Kaizer Motaung was on Friday conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Eight people have been arrested after a botched truck hijacking in Ekurhuleni on Friday, said Gauteng police.

Some of the children who died at the Enyobeni tavern last month were victims of theft as they lay dead on the tavern floor, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.

The state has notified the Pretoria high court it intends to lodge an "unreasonable delay" application in the R1.8bn Bosasa fraud and corruption case in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act.

Along a stretch of hundreds of kilometres of frontline that winds through the south and east of the country, lie ghost villages like Mala Tokmachka.

A resident in Crosby, Johannesburg, says he was given permission to flip a switch at the tripped substation where he sustained an electric shock on Wednesday.

The bail application of a farmer facing two counts of attempted murder and one of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm has been postponed to Tuesday while the Ermelo magistrate’s court waits for medical reports.

Twitter Inc. cultivated Saudi Arabian leaders to boost the use of its platform in the Middle East. At the same time, it prided itself on providing a forum where the country’s dissidents and activists could anonymously post their criticism of the ro...

Three suspects have been arrested and another detained for questioning in connection with the murder of Surprise Mkhwanazi.

Steve Bannon’s defense team was advised by a judge to not make a “political circus” out of his criminal contempt trial for refusing to cooperate with the House committee probing the Capitol riot.

US social-media companies are poised to see more than $76 billion wiped off their stock-market values Friday, after disappointing revenue from Snap Inc. and a lackluster report from Twitter Inc. raised concerns about the outlook for online advertisin...

The department said on Friday it had captured more than 165,000 grade 1 and 8 admission applications for next year by noon on Friday.

The trial of the three men accused of killing Hillary Gardee has been postponed to August 22 for preparation of the indictment.

Five people have been arrested after security guards on duty at Middelburg Provincial Hospital were allegedly shot at by guards from another company on Thursday.

The Gauteng department of education had electronically captured more than 165,000 grade 1 and 8 admission applications for next year by noon on Friday.

The Labour Court has found that a man who claimed compassionate leave for the deaths of women he described as his 'mothers' and a relative he called a 'son', under cultural customs, was not dishonest.

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Two German nationals who struck a plea deal in their trial for the illegal trade and possession of reptiles and controlled substances in the Northern Cape have been rearrested on similar charges for an alleged case in Gauteng.

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to protect access to contraception, responding to concerns that it could be threatened by a conservative Supreme Court that revoked the ruling that guaranteed a nationwide right to abortion.

Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the US, has tested positive for Covid-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said on Thursday.

Britain's spy chief said on Thursday he was skeptical that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran won't try to halt talks either.

Virgin Music Africa Label & Artist Services launched in June for independent African labels and artists and will digitise out-of-print music catalogues to tap into the growing market for the sounds and chart-toppers of the continent.

Tshwane metro police have arrested a sangoma and his crew allegedly found digging up graves to get human bones for muti in Mabopane.

China will suffer the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days, with high temperatures expected from east to west, meteorologists warned, with some cities issuing the highest level warning on Friday.

SANParks says their conduct was contrary to the ethos of the organisation whose primary goal is to act as the custodian of wildlife.

The disciplinary hearing judgment expelling student Theuns du Toit, who urinated on the desk of African student, Babalo Ndwayana, provided a scathing assessment of the "drinking culture" at Stellenbosch University.