Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than South Africans, the Institute for Security Studies has found.

Joseph Phage has been sentenced to life behind bars, plus additional prison terms for a series of events that started with the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in 2020 and ended in the murder of her 10-year-old daughter in 2021.

A Mpumalanga man has been sentenced to an effective 35 years' imprisonment for a range of crimes, including murder, kidnapping and robbery.

Residents from Gubevu Street at Kosovo informal settlement in Samora Machel are concerned about their health due to blocked drains and stormwater pipes.

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A man applied for leave to appeal a life sentence for raping an 11-year-old girl by claiming her father gave her to him as a wife, telling him the girl was 15. He claimed his culture allows marriages to 15-year-olds.

In a speech meant to declare that the race for the ANC presidency was on, presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize lambasted those who 'unashamedly' abuse political power through state machinery.

On Thursday, Deputy President David Mabuza will be in the National Assembly to answer questions from MPs.

Covid-19 vaccine doses destined to be binned next month are 'a shocking indictment' and questions need to be asked about how effective the country’s vaccination drive has been, some public health experts say. Ufrieda Ho reports.

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Former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo will chair an independent panel that will determine whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a prima facie case to answer on Phala Phala.

The men allegedly broke a study room window to enter the house. The break-in triggered a security alarm which prompted the house owner to investigate.

The IFP denied the allegations saying the ANC was grasping at straws because it was losing support in the area.

The defence teams in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial fought tooth and nail to stop State witness Tumelo Madlala from identifying any of the accused as being in the house on the evening the former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper was shot.

Polise spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu has identified the woman as Sharon Ann Butlion.

This brings the number of arrests to nine officials in connection with "money dumping" , which is the practise of extending expired vehicle discs and having money paid to officials, instead of the department.

The dust is starting to settle after cracks appeared in the Johannesburg multiparty government last month.

The South African Weather Service has issued extremely high fire danger warnings for parts of the Eastern Cape and Western Cape.

Newly-elected Gauteng EFF chairperson Nkululeko Dunga says he plans to dislodge the ANC through tackling voter apathy.

A woman testifying in the sex trafficking trial of two men and a woman was accused of being used in a plot cooked up by a man trying to get back at the accused for laying a complaint against his brother who is a police officer.