Residents of Hillbrow, which in the past was associated with violence and unruliness, mostly spent New Year's Eve indoors as 2020 drew to a close.

It's alleged that a taxi overtook another when it hit a truck in the oncoming lane on the N1 near Leeu-Gamka in the Western Cape.

The man was spotted clinging to a branch on a small ledge 40m down the 95m cliff face.

The teenager had gone missing, which prompted a search-and-rescue mission.

Following a shootout with three men, leaving one of them wounded, Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officers recovered a stolen vehicle and a 9mm pistol.

One man was caught doing 124km/h in a 60km/h zone in his VW Polo in Germiston.

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Health minister Zweli Mkhezi has led a candle lighting ceremony at King Edward Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal on New Year's Eve to pay tribute to the more than 28 000 lives lost to Covid-19 in 2020.

R4.5 million in suspected counterfeit spices and packaging have been seized from premises on old Vereeniging Road on Thursday in Gauteng.

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In his closing remarks for the year, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, thanked the Western Cape for their “shining light of kindness and humanity” in the face of Covid-19.

UDM leader Mncedisi Filtane died of Covid-19 in November.

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The President also cautioned about the road that lay ahead for the country that is dealing with the second wave of infections.

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Four people have been killed and five seriously injured after two vehicles collided head-on on the N2 between East London and Butterworth in the Eastern Cape.

A Port Elizabeth man was assaulted and robbed allegedly by his wife, her two brothers, and two unknown men during a break-in at his home on Wednesday night.

The first day of 2021 brings inclement weather for KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, the Free State and the North West, according to the South African Weather Service.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education does not have a budget to buy personal protective equipment for its 5 037 public schools in 2021.

It's been an unprecedented year, one that many South Africans are eager to wave goodbye to. As the year slowly winds down, News24 hit the streets to ask Capetonians what lessons they learnt from 2020.