Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina and Gauteng MEC for human settlements Lebogang Maile described Teboho Makhoa as a dedicated and humble public servant who steered away from corruption.

Two tow truck operators, attending to a broken-down heavy-duty vehicle, were killed when a second truck mowed into them on the N2 freeway near Umhlanga, Durban on Monday night.

More police officers, particularly from the flying squad, have been deployed to patrol the N4, R104 and R513 routes from 6pm to 6am, said community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko.

An illegal school that had been operating from a house under the guise of providing home schooling has now been closed and its owner will also face fraud charges.

Oarabile Mashigo refused to let the rejection of his application for funding by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) get him down.

A portion of a parking lot collapsed into a giant sinkhole at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon.

MEC blames house invasion syndicates for housing official Teboho Makhoa's death.

Almost one in every five Cambodians has already received a dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine, catapulting the country well past wealthier, bigger Southeast Asian neighbours. Like the doses, the success story is labelled 'Made in China'.

SA cannot yet approve the rollout of the next phase of the Johnson & Johnson vaccination programme, despite the education sector standing in line to receive the jab.

Australian police arrested more than 200 people involved in organised crime after infiltrating an encrypted messaging app that opened up nearly 25 million messages about “industrial scale” drug imports and murder plots, officials said on Tuesday.

A report on the origins of Covid-19 by a US government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves further investigation, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing peopl...

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South Africa has taken second place at the 28th pan-African Mathematical Olympiad, with the team receiving two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.

Nomamelika Philiso received her vaccine at her home in Mandleni, Alfred Nzo municipality in the Eastern Cape, the health ministry announced on Monday.

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Investigators seized 63.7 bitcoins, now valued at about $2.3m, paid by Colonial after last month's hack of its systems that led to massive shortages at US East Coast petrol stations.

The capital injection is earmarked for projects to be completed in the financial year 2022. Projects include upgrades to operating facilities, installation of new equipment at selected plants, product innovations and other necessary operating systems...

“We saw a huge dip in a number of crimes under levels five and four. But then they started shooting up again as soon as the levels opened up,” said Lizette Lancaster of the Institute for Security Studies.

West Virginia is offering those who get vaccinated a chance to win hunting rifles or shotguns, among other prizes.

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Police spokesperson Col Brenda Muridili said a swift response from Mooinooi police resulted in the arrest of 10 people and the recovery of 12 firearms, ammunition, stained cash and four vehicles.

"I have built a life in SA and consider it to be my permanent home," Iqbal Sharma says in an affidavit before the Bloemfontein magistrate's court.

The Gauteng government is worried that other staff members could become victims of targeted hits after the weekend slaying of senior housing official Teboho Makhoa.

SA stands on the verge of 1.7 million confirmed Covid-19 cases after 3,285 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday.

The following are some of the main events of US President Joe Biden's schedule on an eight-day trip to the UK, Belgium and Switzerland, the first foreign trip of his presidency, beginning on Wednesday and lasting through June 16.

A top World Health Organisation official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on Covid-19's origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the "next level".

Gauteng police have opened a case of house robbery and attempted murder after a renowned medical doctor and his wife were attacked in Waterkloof Ridge on Sunday.

Transport DG Alec Moemi said the financial implications of many accidents are becoming the government's responsibility, but this shouldn't be the case.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been returned to the original correctional facility where he had been serving out a sentence after he recovered from a hunger strike at a hospital in a different prison, the TASS news agency reported on Monday...

Democratic Republic of Congo will start a phased return of residents who fled Goma in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption that destroyed thousands of homes and threatened to overrun the city, the government said on Monday.