President Cyril Ramaphosa has provided a written submission to the National Assembly's independent panel that must provide a recommendation to the House on whether it should have an inquiry into the Phala Phala saga.

A man has gone missing during a fishing competition at Ingwe Beach in St Lucia after reportedly being caught in a rip current while attempting to salvage fishing equipment.

EFF leader Julius Malema has expressed his displeasure over his party's failure to elect women at its Eastern Cape elective congress, and the snubbing of its only female provincial chairperson in the Free State in favour of a man.

The London Metropolitan Police in the UK are investigating the death of a South African woman who was found in an upmarket hotel room. Thandeka Hlongwa's body was found at the five star The May Fair Hotel, in the exclusive suburb of Mayfair.

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Critical incidents that have disrupted exams across the country in the past seven days have included load shedding, protest action, and stormy weather.

A report into the abuse of public funds by the mayor and deputy mayor of AbaQulusi Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has found that the pair are unfit to hold public office, and has recommended that serious action be taken against them.

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Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety and Security spokesperson Moeti Mmusi says the deceased included three adults and three children, all occupants of a Mercedes-Benz.

The North West community safety department has spent R780 000 on 20 donkey carts which were given to villagers in the districts of Mahikeng.

Reginaldo Fulaho and Narsisco Julius Mavalela were re-arrested at the Lebombo border post in Komatipoort after reportedly attempting to cross over to Mozambique.

The 2022 matric exams started on a chaotic note that saw 53 pupils missing their Economics paper due to protests in which shots were fired, a pregnant pupil barred from writing and load shedding that resulted in myriad problems, including lost work.

A teenager died and another is still missing after getting into difficulty in the surf line at Strand Beach on Saturday, the National Sea Rescue Institute said.

Five men were killed and two injured in KwaZulu-Natal after gunmen stormed a tuckshop where a group of people were drinking alcohol, and opened fire on them.

The community of Mabopane, Tshwane chased and apprehended a suspect believed to have been involved in the murder of an off-duty police office during a home invasion.

Twelve inmates escaped from the Komatipoort police station after allegedly attacking police and stealing two firearms.

A three-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a murder spree that left six people dead at a house in New Brighton, Eastern Cape.

The body of a security officer shot and killed in Kwazulu-Natal was dumbed inside a manhole on Friday.

Superintendent Eddie Bouventura, who worked for the KwaDukuza Local Municipality, was killed on the N2 Blythedale Beach when he tried to approach a suspicious vehicle alleged to have been involved in the commission of a crime.

An Intercape Sleepliner coach carrying 46 passengers caught light while traveling from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Friday night.