Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has said his comments likening student protests to a US soapie were not directed at "discrediting student struggles".

The criminal case against Norma Mngoma, the estranged wife of former finance minister Malusi Gigaba, has been withdrawn.

The court battle between the EFF and Legal Resource Centre against the City of Cape Town has kicked off in a new hearing before three new judges.

Through his foundation, Jacob Zuma has released a scathing statement on the ConCourt case aimed at finding him in contempt of court for failing to appear before the Zondo commission.

Three autopsies had to be carried out to remove a bullet from an Eastern Cape man killed in an alleged police brutality case due to a lack of critical equipment.

Two people who allegedly shot and robbed two security guards in a cash-in-transit heist in KwaZulu-Natal have been arrested.

Epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim has described his work on the Covid-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee as a labour of love.

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South Africa recorded 1 554 new Covid-19 infections by Thursday along with 163 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 52 535.

A bogus doctor who dispensed medication for sick patients without having any qualifications and a valid licence has been found guilty in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Bellville.

British endurance athlete Andrea Mason is on a quest to raise funds to provide underprivileged girls in Stellenbosch with free reusable sanitary pads.

Shipping companies would face massive costs and weeks-long delays if they opt to abandon the Suez Canal and journey round the southern tip of Africa.

The recent protests in Cape Town are "merely politicking and thuggery masked as service delivery protests," DA Western Cape leader Bonginkosi Madikizela says.

Uncertainty over when the large-scale vaccination programme will start is frustrating workers who are struggling to survive due to reduced work opportunities during the pandemic.

Johannesburg Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo has encouraged the public to participate in the debate over the proposed renaming of William Nicol Drive to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Drive.

A search operation has been launched to find a 69-year old man, who has been missing for two days, in the Silvermine Dam area in Cape Town.

Para-athlete Caleb Swanepoel has been squeezing extra reps into his weekly workouts this month. Not because he wants to bulk up faster, but because he is on a mission to raise funds for a deserving boy in Cape Town.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority says it will not be pulled into “political fights” around the embattled SAA, after it was allegedly accused of favouritism.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside an order made by the Equality Court, in which it declared a judgment null in the case involving trade union Solidarity and Black First Land First.

The criminal case against dozens of accused implicated in an allegedly fraudulent tender scheme to brand police vehicles has been struck from the court roll.