A Cape Town woman who says she suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her former partner believes the plight of women will never be addressed as long as the justice system continues to free their abusers.

Eskom withdrew its services in Sibangweni village in the Eastern Cape after villagers threatened an Eskom technician at gunpoint over the weekend.

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A group of inmates sued the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services in 2015 after allegedly being assaulted and tortured by prison officials at Leeuwkop Maximum Correctional Centre in Gauteng.

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The high level of gender-based violence is a stain on South Africa's Women's Day celebrations, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Officials have arrested 20 people for contravening immigration laws and employing undocumented foreign nationals in a raid on a market in Marabastad in downtown Pretoria.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has promised to meet with long-distance bus companies amid concerns of violence and intimidation in the industry.

An investigation was launched after eight members of the group managed to get to the Kuruman police station to complain about the conditions to which they were being subjected.

Sinenhlanhla Ntombela, a teacher from an informal settlement in Tshepisong, collected toiletry packs for more than 500 pupils from poor homes.

Emotions ran high outside the Athlone Magistrate's Court on Monday, where Hanover Park residents managed to door-stop Police Minister Bheki Cele, demanding he should address the scourge of violence against women.

A tenant living at what the authorities called a "known drug house" is bereft after police shot and lilled her muzzled dog.

She nearly died of kidney failure at the age of 13 but today, 49-year-old Robyn Emslie is getting ready to participate in the World Transplant Games in Australia.

The South African National Defence Force says that should President Cyril Ramaphosa authorise the deployment of troops to support the police contain further unrest, it would be to preserve life, health and property and would not be "against people".

While police continue to hunt for two gunmen involved in a foiled business robbery at a Jet clothing story in Qonce last Thursday, 19 employees are receiving trauma counselling following their ordeal.

Tuesday will be cloudy and cool, with morning fog over the Northern Cape and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service. There will be isolated showers in KwaZulu-Natal.

The State requested that warrants be issued for two police officers who failed to appear to testify in the trial-within-a-trial of Meghan Cremer murder-accused Jeremy Sias in the Western Cape High Court.

Amid rampant crime and soaring unemployment, Gauteng Premier David Makhura is set to face even more pressure as the DA seeks to oust him from office.

A Durban killer who was sentenced to life in prison after shooting a man 11 times has convinced the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg to reduce his sentence.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes his strategic dialogue visit to South Africa is the start of a new chapter in efforts to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.