The Office of the solicitor-general has investigated a claim that former Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini is being deprived of her pension. It has found that the instruction to withhold the payment was received from Sassa.

The rapist has been under investigation for the last eight years for a number of cases in Benoni, Daveyton, Etwatwa, Putfontein and Crystal Park.

A man, who was in his 50s, has died when the bakkie he was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a truck on the R42 in Delmas, according to ER24.

The NSRI has urged the public to avoid the site of the Bos 400 shipwreck in Hout Bay, Cape Town, after three rescue missions at the site in the past month.

Thembelani Zake, 29, is a cleaner at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. He had Covid-19 last year and sees the impact of the disease daily in his work.

Residents are asking why market stalls built in central Giyani, Mopani District, Limpopo, more than seven years ago were never allocated to hawkers.

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A former police finance administrator has been ordered by the court to pay back funds she misappropriated, or face jail time.

South Africa has recorded 998 new Covid-19 infections along with 263 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 49 413.

Opposition MPs have expressed their concern about corruption at the Government Employees Medical Scheme after News24 exclusively revealed allegations of tender rigging, fraud, corruption and maladministration valued at more than R300 million.

UCT and Stellenbosch University are bracing themselves for more applications, as more than 22 634 matriculants receive their results.

A Western Cape Emergency Medical Services rescue team located her body at around 13:30, says EMS spokesperson Deanna Bessick.

President Cyril Ramaphosa say he supports the call for rich countries to donate 5% of their vaccines to poorer countries.

A motorcyclist was granted bail in the George Magistrate's Court on Tuesday for allegedly running over a provincial traffic law enforcement officer.

Mijeloyamanzi Nqoma, better known as "Jeza" from SABC 1's YoTV has achieved six distinctions in her matric exams.

Despite a drop below 80% in its matric pass rate, dropping from 82.3% in 2019 to 79.9%, the Western Cape government is adamant schools have managed to increase their pass rates during the pandemic.

"Maths is a subject I have always been passionate about, so naturally, I would want to do more of it," says matriculant Muhammed Goolam, who got 100% for the subject.

Luhle-uthando Somana, 18, is one of a handful of pupils from the King William's Town school, who passed despite challenges presented by Covid-19.

For Marvin Milford, 2020 was a year of being scared of contracting Covid-19; being scared of not being able to cope with the catch up workload when they returned to school after the first long lockdown; and scared that they would not finish the curri...

With Covid-19 infections decreasing in the country, Mediclinic Cape Town recently said goodbye to its last Covid-19 patient.