It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday.

In a dramatic about-turn, a number of prominent ANC Eastern Cape figures will be back in court this week to face charges relating to a seven-year-old scandal over alleged misuse of funds meant for former president Nelson Mandela's funeral.

Britain is looking at greater testing of all people who have arrived from abroad while they are self-isolating to defend against new variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, a minister said on Tuesday.

Russia's Sputnik-V has become the third Covid-19 vaccine to be approved by Pakistan for emergency use after China's Sinopharm and the one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, the country's health minister said on Tuesday.

Christine Rossouw, 57, and Chantell, 37, face charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. They have not yet pleaded

The Mpumalanga government needs at least R425m to repair damage caused by heavy rains that ravaged parts of the province in the past few weeks.

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Tembisa hospital's head of internal medicine, Dr Portia Ngwatha, paces through gentle pillars of morning light that spill onto the hospital's corridors.

"Does this mean Gauteng residents are going to get discounted water bills?"

The bodies of four children were found after they fell into a hole in Nyanga, Cape Town, the city's emergency services said.

The Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University is conducting tests on the safety and efficacy of a herbal product from the M5 MediGroup.

The death of the veteran broadcaster last month has raised important questions about the future of SA radio, and how to make it work in everyone's interests

The AstraZeneca vaccine is not particularly effective against mild to moderate disease caused by the dominant Covid-19 variant.

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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That was the question put to health-care workers on Friday. And the responses were mixed.

This is the third episode of 'Justice for Kopano', a short podcast series that dissects exactly what happened to Kopano Molelekedi, who was struck down by a motorist, abducted in front of numerous witnesses and left for dead.

A woman who was raped in Port Elizabeth in 2010 has taken her case to the highest court.

South African front-line health-care staff have been tirelessly battling the Covid-19 pandemic since the country's first cases were recorded in March 2020.

There were just 1,375 new cases of Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since November 8.

Mpumalanga police have confirmed that three suspects are expected to appear before the Kanyamazane magistrate’s court on Tuesday for arson, possession of stolen goods and other crimes.

This time a year ago, the Vaal Dam was at just 57%.

The body of a third child, who went missing when a sand bank collapsed in Nyanga, Cape Town, on Monday, has been found. But emergency services are now searching for a fourth person.

A 22-year-old woman is expected to appear before the Smithfield magistrate's court on Tuesday after the lifeless body of a 29-year-old farmworker was found lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound in the chest.

Scientists have about 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine ready to offer health-care workers countrywide in an “implementation study”.

Eastern Cape police on Monday said cocaine worth R14m had been discovered on a ship last month.

Managers of an East London establishment have been arrested after a video surfaced showing patrons ignoring lockdown regulations.

Durban's Mobeni Heights crematorium started operating on Monday after years of battling dysfunctional furnaces which left the community outraged.

The estimated cost to repair the Durban Engen refinery after an explosion and subsequent fire which gutted parts of the plant in December is R800m.

A 28-year-old man who sexually molested his girlfriend’s five-year-old child was sentenced to life imprisonment in the KwaDukuza regional court on Monday.

A truck driver was seriously injured after he lost control of the vehicle and crashed through the roof of a factory in Westmead, Durban, on Monday.