Stellenbosch University (SU) has been rocked by another urination scandal.

Questions remain over why two pupils jumped from the second floor of a building at a private school in Johannesburg this week.

South Korea's military has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, days before a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris.

Russia struck the Pechenihy dam on the Siverskyi Donets River in northeast Ukraine this week using short-range ballistic missiles or similar weapons, the British military said on Saturday.

Police in Gauteng have arrested two suspects linked to the Soweto tavern massacre in which 16 people were shot dead.

Prince Vanana Zulu of Minya royal palace has challenged the government to act on alleged threats by some Zulu royal rebels and their sympathisers to disrupt last weekend's annual reed dance.

An estimated 926,500 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Friday morning five days after Hurricane Fiona hit, causing an island-wide power outage for its roughly 3.3 million people.

At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday.

The Hermanus regional court on Friday sentenced a gang member who killed a man linked to abalone smuggling who refused to pay extortion money to 30 years’ imprisonment.

Same-sex parenting is not normal, a senior member of the far-right party expected to win Italy's election on Sunday has suggested, casting a fresh spotlight on its socially conservative agenda.

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.

The US treasury department on Friday issued guidance expanding the range of internet services available to Iranians despite US sanctions on the country, amid protests around Iran after the death of a 22-year-old woman in custody.

Some air traffic control staff at airports in West and Central Africa went on strike over working conditions and pay on Friday as their union defied court rulings and government bans barring them from doing so.

The high court in East London has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit a preservation order against a vehicle bought for a senior Eastern Cape education department official, allegedly as gratification for awarding a tender for the supply of personal pro...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had reached an agreement with companies to maintain prices of basic food items, as inflation continues to tick up.

Three more Ebola patients have died in Uganda, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the total death toll to four, days after authorities confirmed an outbreak of a strain of the deadly disease for which no vaccine has yet been approved.

The Hawks seized boxes of counterfeit Anchor Yeast and Gold Star Yeast with an estimated value of more than R20,000 at five tuck shops in the Sekhukhune district municipality this week.

Indications are stage 3 load-shedding will be implemented most of next week due to capacity constraints, Eskom warned.

Food such as meat, milk and cheeses are particularly prone to becoming contaminated when the fridge temperature rises above 4°C.

SA continues to shed its gross domestic product growth value due to an inability to provide a stable and reliable energy supply, says Business Unity SA president Bonang Mohale.

Five suspected zama zamas have been arrested in Boksburg, on Gauteng's East Rand, after a shoot-out with police on Friday.

The owner of the truck involved in a deadly Pongola crash says what the driver was doing at the time can therefore not be established.

A primary school in Durban was robbed on Friday morning by two armed men, who allegedly pretended they were there to pay school fees.

"We can’t keep pointing fingers at Eskom. Those who derive pleasure from complaining should do so. Many of us are sick and tired of not having energy in our homes."

How load-shedding is hurting a printing company owner, tax practitioner, fashion designer and student.

The R255m asbestos corruption case against suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and his co-accused has been postponed to January 20 by the high court in Bloemfontein.

Most crime in SA is committed by South Africans, not foreigners, says former president Thabo Mbeki.

“It can never be feasible to keep the lights on at all cost because there is a limit to the cost you will be able to bare," says independent economic and energy analyst Tshepo Kgadima.

Solar power installers are profiting from Eskom's continued load-shedding, charging between R60,000 and R200,000 for solar panels and installation.

Eskom says it is working to repair damage at the Kriel power station after it caught fire on Wednesday.