The Florida teenager accused of being behind the hack of celebrity Twitter accounts last year has pleaded guilty in the state's 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Tampa and agreed to serve three years in juvenile prison.

The former COO of Denel Aero Manpower Group, Johannes Jacobus Venter, has lost a bid to overturn his conviction on four counts of rape and seven counts of indecent assault which occurred between 1998 and 2002.

The administrators of SAA hope to hand control of the business back to management by the end of the month, the state-owned airline said in a letter to affected parties seen by Reuters.

EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has weighed in about the illegal high-calibre firearm found at a fees protest, saying it is an attempt to criminalise students.

Some accused Madonsela of "defending the indefensible" and asked the former public protector to explain the term "generically black".

The US and China levelled sharp rebukes of each others' policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration on Thursday, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display during the meeting's ope...

The crocodiles escaped from the farm three weeks ago through a hole in a fence of the farm they were enclosed in.

Mexico's government said on Thursday it would restrict movement on its southern border with Guatemala to help contain the spread of Covid-19 as the Biden administration set out plans to loan Mexico vaccines to fight the pandemic.

A mother who confided in a friend about allegedly putting her newborn baby in boiling water to kill it is expected to face a charge of murder on Friday.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and US President Joe Biden should hold live online talks in coming days after Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and diplomatic ties sank to a new post-Cold War low.

The Boko Haram vigilante group is accused of running a multimillion-rand scheme in which hostels are hijacked, illegally occupied and payments meant for the Tshwane metro stolen.

“I have done nothing wrong.” That is Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane’s emphatic response to a decision by the University of Fort Hare to deregister him as a masters student.

Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan will be sworn in as president on Friday, the presidency said, a historic move that is set to make her the East African country's first female head of state.

A 25-year-old Patensie woman who stole R6.6m says she did it purely out of greed, and not out of need.

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants nicknamed "Dreamers," who are living illegally in the United States after entering as children, as well as for a large number of immigrant farm...

Former president FW de Klerk said on his 85th birthday that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

US President Joe Biden does not regret calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a killer during a national television interview this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday.

Social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook have been under scrutiny for the way they handle accounts of politicians.

A system of severe thunderstorms that spawned tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi was moving across the US  Southeast on Thursday, threatening northern Florida, southern Georgia and the Carolinas, the US National Weather Service said.

Those without access to digital technology will not be excluded from Covid-19 vaccine rollout in SA.

Former US first lady Michelle Obama will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame along with eight other women including former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, soccer icon Mia Hamm and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died last year.

King Goodwill Zwelithini ruled the kingdom for almost 50 years. He was installed as the eighth monarch of the Zulus in December 1971.

AmaZulu prime minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi paid tribute to the late king at his memorial service at the KwaKhethomthandayo Royal Palace.

Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre have called for a speedy investigation into the principal of Luthuthu Junior Secondary School principal, Lubeko Mgandela, who is accused of instructing an 11-year-old pupil to retrieve his cellphone...

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In 'Vrye Weekblad' this week: South Africa’s armed forces are in their worst crisis in decades, driven to the brink of a disastrous loss of strategic capabilities by a combination of an ever-shrinking budget, poor leadership, and a dire mismatch b...

If you’re yet to taste this American classic, now’s your chance: corn dogs are being made and sold frozen in SA supermarkets by local entrepreneur Mabel Akinlabi.

SA recorded 1,464 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday.

Tributes poured in for King Goodwill Zwelithini, who ruled with authority and distinction for almost half a century

'To keep the lights on for the four hours, Eskom has had to supplement the supply by burning more diesel,' said Eskom's Sikonathi Mantshantsha.