The inquiry into suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office continues on Wednesday with Sphelo Samuel's evidence. TimesLIVE recaps the first two weeks.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday the price tag for one of his flagship infrastructure projects, known as the Mayan Train, could reach up to $20bn.

Ukrainian soldier Mykola Zabavchuk planned to marry his girlfriend when he next returned home from the war against Russia, but never made it back.

Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni is back in court on Wednesday.

A live debate between the two candidates vying to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister came to a dramatic end on Tuesday when the presenter fainted.

Five suspects have been killed in a shoot-out and one is in a critical condition. A seventh suspect has been arrested.

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

A security guard was seriously injured when he fell through a roof while chasing a suspect at premises on Bluff Road, south of Durban, on Wednesday morning.

The hijacked Lexus and Golf 7 are suspected to have been used as getaway cars during the commission of cash-in-transit and business robberies.

A truck destined for Cape Town was intercepted in the Free State after it was found to contain around R300,000 worth of khat plants and leaves.

The mining industry has a pipeline of 73 projects from 24 mining companies to generate 5.1GW (5,116MW), valued at more than R65bn, as SA’s battles to secure energy security.

The campaign began in her home county of Uluru in Australia on March 22. She has already completed runs in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

When little Thabang Klaas tucked into the packet of chips his mother’s ex-boyfriend bought him, he could not have known it would be the last thing he would eat.

North Korea has held a large mask-free public event for the first time since declaring a Covid-19 emergency in May, honouring veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War just days after saying its coronavirus crisis was nearly over.

"From our side, we have done everything practically possible in terms of the extradition treaty, which requires us to follow certain requirements and comply, which we have done," said justice minister Ronald Lamola.

Australia sees the world's climate emergency as an opportunity to create jobs, the new Labor government said on Wednesday, introducing legislation to enshrine an emissions reduction target.

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, badly damaging a hospital and buildings in a northern province and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila.

Former president Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing ANC for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said even where 70% vaccination coverage is achieved, if significant numbers of health workers, older people and other at-risk groups remain unvaccinated, deaths will continue, health systems will re...

The case against three alleged Free State kidnappers was postponed until September 6 to allow for further investigation.

The Gauteng department of education said it is aware and is deeply concerned about the allegation that a teacher at a school in Eersterust, Pretoria, accused of assaulting a pupil earlier this year, has been accused of assaulting a teacher.

Load-shedding contributed to the severity of the effects of the KwaZulu Natal floods as warning alerts could not reach certain areas due to the network shutdown in April.

Ukraine updates.

The husband of a Worcester pastor who appeared in court last week charged with human trafficking and possession of child pornography, was arrested and appeared in the Worcester magistrate’s court on Tuesday.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s power plan is a strong means of taking the country out of the current electricity crisis and laying the pathway for future development, but warns there were some potential flaws.

SA is ranked 55th, while intrepid South Africans can travel to 105 countries without a visa

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula was stuck in a train during a ride to monitor the reopening of Cape Town’s central line.The line has been closed since 2019 because of theft and vandalism.

A man who took a braai stand into his room on Monday night to keep warm after having a braai with friends was found dead several hours later.

Renewable energy proponent The Green Connection said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on the energy crisis on Monday did not mention his failure to sign into law a section of legislation which provides for the annual publication of an integrated...

The results of a rape kit, cellphone records, blood swabs and ballistic testing of the alleged murder weapon in the Hillary Gardee murder trial are all outstanding, but police believe once these are released they will link the three accused to her mu...