Themba Cabeka was homeless and desperate when he and a friend climbed inside the landing gear recess of a British Airways flight from SA to the UK in search of a better life.

Three people were gunned down while watching TV in their Durban home on Tuesday night.

The first bout of load-shedding for 2021 is here.

The family of a KZN woman who was allegedly stabbed 14 times by an ex-boyfriend on Christmas Day say it is a miracle she is still alive.

Former public protector Thuli Madonsela says government should not put all its hopes on a Covid-19 cure, and should put more emphasis on prevention to fight the spread of the coronavirus.

Disclosed someone’s Covid-19 status without their permission? You could be fined R3,000.

Uitenhage and Walmer have topped the list of burglary hotspots since lockdown regulations were relaxed and criminal activity started to rise in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The South African economy and better prospects for employment are leading foreign nationals to flock to SA.

The bodies of two maintenance workers were recovered from a sewage pit behind a hotel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Tuesday night.

A fire-prone Cape Town shack settlement will be transformed into a model state housing development next to a sensitive wetland, the government confirmed on Wednesday.

"The challenge was initiated by consumers and is in no way supported by the brand."

A 34-year-old man is due to appear in court in connection with the death of his girlfriend, whose decomposing body was found in a shallow grave at his house in Sharpeville, Sedibeng.

Democrats and Republicans were locked in tight US Senate races in Georgia as final votes were counted in a showdown that will decide whether President-elect Joe Biden enjoys control of Congress or faces stiff Republican opposition to his reform plans...

A company led by American-Senegalese R&B singer Akon has signed a deal to finance a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint venture with a state miner, according to a contract published by the mines ministry.

Senegal President Macky Sall on Tuesday announced a new state of emergency in response to record cases of coronavirus sweeping parts of the West African nation.

Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer of criminal charges in the shooting a black man from behind in the presence of his young children, leaving him paralysed and triggering deadly protests that inflamed US racial tensions.

Despite pressure from US President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence will stick to his ceremonial duties and not block Wednesday's certification by Congress of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, advisers s...

Should government be worried if its ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products under the hard lockdown is ultimately found by the courts to be unlawful? Could the state face a claim for damages?

Will the national coronavirus command council resolve to move SA back to level 5?

In one night, 12 Covid patients were admitted and seven of them were certified dead within 12 hours

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet with the national coronavirus command council at 9am on Wednesday.

As Covid-19 deaths mount, some undertakers are already experiencing a shortage of coffins.

This is only the second time the country has recorded more than 500 deaths in a single day.

Police minister Bheki Cele has some tough questions for his officers in Durban, asking why Yaganathan Pillay, known as Teddy Mafia, was never brought to book despite being a "known gangster and drug dealer".

It is in discussions with SA pharmaceutical giant in an effort to get ahead in the race for a vaccine

The KZN organised crime unit has taken over investigations into the murder of suspected Durban drug kingpin Yaganathan Pillay.

Despite continuing alarm across the world, and in many African states, the African Union has suggested its 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly be convened physically in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Western Cape has begun importing oxygen from outside the province to help deal with the peak of its Covid-19 epidemic, provincial head of health Keith Cloete said on Tuesday.

Cows and other domestic animals in the Qumbu region of the Eastern Cape will be vaccinated against rabies from Wednesday after a cow bit the leg of a school teacher who subsequently died.

Fita said the appeal was worrisome, as it signalled the potential arrival of yet another cigarette sales ban.