A 16 year old boy was driving a vehicle alone this weekend when he lost control, knocked over a cyclist, ploughed through a garden wall and landed upside down in the garden of a house in Birchleigh North, Kempton Park.

The generation system is still vulnerable to breakdowns and load-shedding may be required.

Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June.

Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Saturday as the city marked the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with officials including the United Nations secretary-general warning of a new arms race following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A 12-year-old British boy with brain damage at the center of a legal battle over whether to continue his life support system died on Saturday after a hospital ended treatment, his family said.

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Sunday that it had sent aircraft and ships to "appropriately" react to Chinese military drills around the island.

Israeli officials say air strikes on Gaza have targeted the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement rather than Hamas, the militant group which rules the enclave. What is the difference between the two groups?

A second fuel storage tank near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas exploded on Saturday morning following a blaze which burnt through the night after lightning hit another tank on Friday evening.

Ukraine - Russia updates.

Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is probing suspected wasteful expenditure incurred by the department of public works during the refurbishment of a parliamentary building.

Damning allegations of senior police officials involved in corruption, an inadequate police force and high levels of gender-based violence (GBV) were among concerns raised by West Rand residents when they aired their frustrations at an imbizo in Krug...

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has welcomed the appointment of Professor Barney Pityana as chair of its board.

Cape Town commemorated law enforcement and emergency services staff who have died in the line of duty and during the Covid-19 pandemic at its annual Remembrance Day service on Saturday.

The N3 has reopened after a major truck collision on Friday evening which claimed the life of one person near the Mariannhill Toll Plaza.

The police ministry and ministers of home affairs and mineral resources and energy have embarked on a two-day Iimbizo in Krugersdorp to address illegal mining and other crimes that stem from it.

Businesswoman Bongi Ngema-Zuma, social development minister Lindiwe Zulu and defence minister Thandi Modise were among those rubbing shoulders with actors, entertainers and celebrity plastic surgeons at actor Connie Ferguson's foundation launch.

Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has for years championed the rights of LGBT people in Uganda, where homosexuality remains illegal and gay people face arrest, ostracism and violence.

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is investigating the awarding of honours degrees at Fort Hare University.

The biggest challenge for the four men competing to succeed Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to ease the cost of living crisis engulfing East Africa’s biggest economy.

Ukraine updates.

A serial rapist who entered SA illegally from Lesotho and raped three children and a young woman will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The family of murdered Mangosuthu University of Technology student Xolile Mbatha said losing a child so close to completing her studies was a devastating blow.

The N3 to Durban was closed on Friday evening after a horrific crash before the Mariannhill toll plaza in Pinetown.

Stellenbosch University has expelled a student found guilty of sexually assaulting a fellow student.

An Ekurhuleni man who allegedly submitted a fake doctor's note to his employer has been charged with fraud, the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) said on Friday

If you were wondering if Coca-Cola is a safe substitute for fuel, the answer is no.

Residents of Munsieville, Krugersdorp, on Friday combed a koppie in search of zama zamas operating in the area.

Advocate Malesela Teffo on Friday denied allegations of misconduct levelled against him by the Legal Practice Council.

Ekurhuleni is introducing a debt relief plan to help historically indebted residents and reviewing its threshold for indigent applications, mayor Tania Campbell told residents on Friday.