Another 418 people have died of Covid-19 in South Africa and 16 726 new cases have been recorded, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, owner of Brewsters Craft, had to find new innovative ways to keep her brewery afloat during the nationwide lockdown. As the first black woman to own a brewery, she was determined not to fail.

The ANC says it is considering possible disciplinary action against a Cape Town councillor who was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve.

In the final hours of 2020 all the computers in the Sapphire Secondary School in Vanderbijlpark were stolen.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has issued protocols to ensure that the marking of matric papers – which starts on Monday – will be conducted safely.

Police in the Free State arrested 42 people trying to enter the country illegally by crossing the Caledon River using a tube.

Altogether 305 residents of the North West Province spent the early hours of 2021 behind bars – the majority of them for contraventions of Lockdown regulations.

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital's trauma rescue area was empty on New Year's Eve for the first time in its history.

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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.

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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.

What happens in 2020, stays in 2020 - if only. It's 2021 and the prospect of the New Year, has certainly brought with it the hope of a new beginning. News24 asked South Africans what their resolutions for 2021 are.

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.

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.