Motorists in Johannesburg have been advised to avoid Klipspruit Valley Road, which is closed between Kumalo Main Road and Martha Louw Street in Orlando, Soweto.

ANC social transformation subcommittee chair Lindiwe Sisulu has confirmed the basic income grant is on the cards, saying finance minister Enoch Godongwana will give the final verdict.

A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed think tank is seeking $50 billion in backing to help African nations with distressed debt to re-enter capital markets and to protect against future defaults.

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is back in the Pretoria high court after a postponement to allow accused 1 to 4 to sort out legal representation after the recusal of advocate Malesela Teffo as their defence counsel.

Two grade 12 girls were hacked to death before their bodies were dismembered on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.

President Joe Biden said a US strike in Afghanistan over the weekend killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, calling him a longtime terrorist commander who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.

Cost is just one part of the equation: war, civil unrest and climate disasters all drive starvation and hinder recovery.

A complainant in the Bishop Zondo rape trial told the court she only opened up about her sexual assault in 2020.

The frontrunner to become British prime minister, Liz Truss, said she would scrap plans to restrict multi-buy deals on food and drink high in fat, salt, or sugar and would not impose any new levies on unhealthy food.

Taiwan is preparing its air-raid shelters as rising tension with China and Russia's invasion of Ukraine raise new fears about the possibility of a Chinese attack on the democratic island.

As middle class incomes are put under pressure, domestic cleaning is one of the first expenses to get cut.

Spanish businesses, restaurants, museums and public transport will be required to adhere to strict temperature requirements under emergency measures the government announced on Monday to save energy.

Twelve months later South Africans are still trying to make sense of the riots and pick up the pieces.

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

A lunch box, 2-litre bottle of water and safety gear are all Clarence Moshoane needs to start his day - though he could remain in the sky until sundown.

Two suspects in the Collin's Chabane mayor murder case remain in custody and await a bail hearing after being arrested last week.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said his country is interested in joining the BRICS group, telling a TV interviewer that Algeria largely meets the conditions of joining the group.

According to Google Maps, the main routes that are currently blocked are Reverend RTJ Namane Dr Andrew Mapheto and the R21.

The health department says the vaccine is free to anyone over the age of 12 at one of the many public vaccination sites.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over monkeypox on Monday in a move aimed at bolstering vaccination efforts to slow the spread of an outbreak that has infected more than 5,800 Americans.

US President Joe Biden said on Monday he is ready to pursue a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and called on Moscow to act in good faith as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said there could be no winners in any nuclear war.

Ukraine updates.

The death toll in the Thembisa protests on Monday evening rose to four.

National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola says there will be tighter monitoring in crime hotspots across the country.

Eskom is experiencing such high crime levels that the lives of senior managers and their family members are threatened and they have to use bodyguards in public spaces.

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE SA) on Monday welcomed the suspension of anti-dumping duties on chicken imported from Brazil, Spain, Poland, Ireland and Denmark for 12 months, saying this decision is a win for millions of cash-s...

Formula is lucrative in SA while the country has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding on the continent

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, mother of two and HIV activist Valeriia Rachynska was already displaced after fleeing her home in Luhansk in 2014 when pro-Russian separatists took control of the city.

Reserve manager makes rare discovery during walkabout in Milnerton Racecourse Conservation Area

DoD record keeping is in such a poor state that contracts of more than R205m million could not be properly audited