The Philippines on Saturday reported a spike in coronavirus infections and its first case of the highly contagious variant first identified in Brazil, while confirming nearly 100 infections of a new variant discovered locally.

Bishops Diocesan College is investigating an alleged rape at the school after a video of the incident was published on social media.

In a bid to save Cape vultures from extinction, conservationists fit them with wing tags. But a new study has found the tags are endangering the birds’ lives.

A joint operation between police, City of Cape Town law enforcement units and Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) rangers netted 65 abalone poachers this week.

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On Friday the HPCSA confirmed that Basson, dubbed “Dr Death” for his role in service of the apartheid government, will face a new inquiry.

Another 1,225 Covid-19 cases and 69 deaths were recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.

Police in Gauteng stopped a consignment of drugs worth R6.5m and hidden in statue from being shipped to Australia.

She was a caring parent and showed signs of behaviour similar to that of her modern bird cousins, say researchers

Gauteng police and other law enforcement agencies recovered more than 10 illegal firearms in the past 24 hours in different parts of the province.

Eskom has announced that it has extended load-shedding to Sunday due to constrained generation capacity and further breakdowns

A recently-released report on sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual offences within the department of defence has revealed the military is not the safest place to work, particularly for women.

Drought-stricken municipalities in the Eastern Cape breathed a sigh of relief on Friday when human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu handed over 20 water trucks to the Amatola Water board.

The defence ministry has been directed to transfer the prime beachfront “Natal Command” site to the eThekwini municipality, which in turn must transfer it to movie mogul Anant Singh for the development of a film studio.

Italy will be placed under a nationwide lockdown over the Easter weekend for the second year running, a draft decree law seen by Reuters said on Friday.

A Durban University of Technology student who allegedly murdered a fellow student by stabbing him in the neck was arrested on Thursday after two months on the run.

Petrus Hermanus Visser, a security manager working for alleged underworld boss Nafiz Modack, was granted R20,000 bail after appearing in court on Friday.

Mthokozisi Ntumba wanted to better his family member’s lives. However, his heartbroken cousin says what happened to him on Wednesday means this dream could be cut short.

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The Durban University of Technology has extended its registration period by two weeks, saying it is concerned that the number of first time students appears to be lower than projected.

The South African Informal Traders Alliance (Saita) has called on the police to monitor attacks on foreign traders and maintain a presence in affected areas until the situation returns to normal.

The bodies of Vusimusi Nhlanhla Mathebula and Franklin Peterson were found tied with wire and wrapped in plastic and blankets in the main bedroom of a home in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, on March 5.

Those in the dock stand accused of smuggling nearly a ton of cocaine into SA aboard a ship.

'If it means we need to join forces to do it, we are prepared to do anything for students,' said Wits University SRC deputy president Sthembiso Dabula.

Apprentice Shamiela Cloete worked alongside dozens of qualified plumbers to revamp the plumbing systems at Holy Cross Orphanage in Parow Valley, Cape Town, on Thursday.

Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could have ramifications for regenerative medicine.

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Limpopo ANC treasurer Danny Msiza and former provincial ANC Youth League leader Kabelo Matsepe were released on bail on Friday in connection with the alleged plundering of VBS Mutual Bank.

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Tanzania's President John Magufuli is in good health and working normally, one of his diplomats has told a broadcaster in Namibia, countering reports he had been flown to hospital in Kenya and then India in a critical condition with Covid-19.