Police acting on intelligence have intercepted a man with an "assault rifle" wrapped in a blanket en route from KwaZulu-Natal to Gauteng.

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, has been allowed out of Tehran's Evin prison on a one-week furlough, his lawyer said on Saturday.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog called for the release of the director-general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, saying his detention posed a threat to safety and security.

At least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match in Indonesia, officials said on Sunday, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has lost another court bid to stop the auditor-general (AG) from delivering her report on the organisation for the 2021-2022 financial year.

A 41-year-old Soweto man allegedly behind a series of cash-in-transit heists was arrested in a Hawks raid on his home where officers recovered unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

Two Johannesburg men linked to alleged vehicle financing fraud have appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court.

Mandy Rambharos, the head of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s energy transition department, has resigned at a time when negotiations with some of the world’s richest nations to secure $8.5 billion in climate finance for South Africa and its state power ...

Airports Company SA (ACSA) says there will be further delays in the delivery of jet fuels to Cape Town International Airport.

Police in the Western Cape are appealing for anyone with information regarding the brazen kidnapping of a Ukrainian woman this week to contact them.

A motorist shot in a suspected attempted hijacking near a Pretoria toll plaza drove nearly 30km to seek help during the early hours of Saturday.

Johannesburg Water has warned residents in high-lying areas of the city of possible water outages due to power trips at a Rand Water purification plant.

New, unconventional drugs are becoming popular in Nigeria, designed by dealers and users to replicate the effects of illegal substances like cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy. They affect how the brain works and cause changes in mood, feelings and beh...

South Africa isn’t alone. Countries across the continent – and the world – have also been hiking rates to manage rising prices. South Africa is the most recent African country to hike rates. Others have included Ghana and Nigeria. And more ...

The Covid-19 lockdowns severed many families, where they found themselves having a limited period to decide who would live where and with whom. In other instances, it cemented the divide which already existed for the non-custodial parent. Post-Covid ...

The cost-of-living crisis has pushed the price of cow’s milk, a staple for households across the UK, above dairy-free alternatives for some shoppers.

The World Bank has said it will provide an additional $530m in support to Ukraine, bringing the total aid by the bank to $13bn, as Russia's invasion of the country continues.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off on Friday a prototype of its humanoid robot 'Optimus', predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions and sell them for under $20,000 - less than a third of the price of a Model Y.

The director general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was detained by a Russian patrol, Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on Saturday.

Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West African country this year.

Four people accused of tender corruption relating to SA Express appeared in the Molopo magistrate’s court in Mmabatho on Friday.

A regional court on Friday dismissed a case brought by a group of Maasai villagers claiming the Tanzanian government used violence to evict them from their ancestral lands in the north of the country.

The Black Business Council (BBC) says the first order of business for the new Eskom board is to release CEO Andre de Ruyter and COO Jan Oberholzer. The council has accused the pair of plunging the country into darkness and consequently paralysing th...

KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Mbali Frazer has appealed to communities to protect and safeguard the education of pupils who often have to bear the brunt of community protests.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order to freeze the pension benefits of Duduzile Babalwa Moyo, a former senior Eskom manager who allegedly unlawfully benefitted to the tune of R24.5m.

A new trove of text messages between Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. executives, close friends, potential investors and Silicon Valley bros sheds light on how a $44 billion deal by the world’s richest person to buy the social media company came about --...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Russia is annexing four occupied regions in Ukraine “forever” and repeated warnings that Moscow will use all available means to defend the territories.

The office of the public protector has found the department of defence's procurement of an unregistered Covid-19 drug worth R35m from Cuba constituted improper conduct and maladministration.

Many clients of the Constantia Insurance Company, caught up in the company’s liquidation drama, are battling to get their cars released to them by panel beaters who haven’t been paid by the insurer.

Calls have been growing for healthcare facilities to be exempt from load-shedding as SA continues to face rolling blackouts. The load-shedding has affected the provision of health care and has hit patients and hospital personnel.