Basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga has responded to calls for schools to be closed due to an increase in Covid-19 cases, saying they are “irresponsible” and “sad”.

Starlink, the satellite internet unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, expects to be able to provide continuous global coverage by around September but will then need to seek regulatory approvals, its president Gwynne Shotwel said on Tuesday.

An Ekurhuleni metro police officer has been shot dead in a shoot-out with "illegal miners" in Germiston, police confirmed.

Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a “conditional” measure, one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinian enclave's Hamas rulers.

A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday, as the US and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to co-ordinate their policy towards Pyongyang.

Perched atop a tree, Nur Islam watched the waters rise, breach the mud embankments and smash down the wall of his home in the Sundarbans when Cyclone Yaas hit India's east coast last month.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hit back on Tuesday against criticism of authorities' actions against pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily as attempts to “beautify” acts that endangered national security.

Migrant children sent to emergency shelters within the US described crowded living conditions, spoiled food, lack of clean clothes and struggles with depression, according to 17 testimonials filed in a court case on Monday.

A former municipal manager and two company directors appeared in the Springbok magistrate's court this week facing charges of fraud involving a R79.9m tender.

A Free State pastor has been arrested on charges of rape, human trafficking and for being in possession of a stolen car.

Eastern Cape police this week warned that criminals were using cemeteries to find their next victims.

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The NICD said there were 9,160 new Covid-19 cases identified in SA in the past 24 hours, along with 93 deaths.

The White House on Monday laid out a plan to share 55 million US Covid-19 vaccine doses globally, with roughly 75% of the doses allocated to Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa through the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program.

Premier David Makhura on Monday said he was open “to exploring” putting Gauteng under stricter lockdown if need be.

The University of Cape Town’s oldest men’s residence will no longer be known as Smuts Hall after the university council decided to implement a name change.

"Without these roads — and many are dirt roads — we will not be able to feed ourselves," Road Freight Association CEO Gavin Kelly said on Monday.

A 39-year-old man appeared in the Umbumbulu magistrate's court on Monday in connection with the murder of Anele Bhengu.

Togetherness, prayer and fighting to stay alive for their children and granddaughter is what helped a Bloemfontein couple pull through their Covid-19 battle in hospital.

A man convicted of murder and house robbery is back behind bars for allegedly hijacking cars after a failed CIT heist — while he was out on parole.

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday dismissed an appeal by Joao Rodrigues arguing that criminal proceedings against him over the murder of activist Ahmed Timol in October 1971 constituted an unfair trial.

After telling the teacher she was cheeky, the parent lunged forward, smacking the teacher in the face.

Despite preliminary findings that the stones discovered at KwaHlathi, near Ladysmith in KZN, are not diamonds, locals continued their search on Monday.

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A game that is being made by passionate developers, that oozes love and style out of every pixel. Cris Tales, feels like the right game to write about and then ride off into the sunset.

Forty divers have removed abandoned fishing nets covering coral reefs in a protected area in the Gulf of Thailand in a two-day operation ending on Sunday.

Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut “in a matter of days” after authorities froze the company's assets under a national security law, an adviser to jailed owner Jimmy Lai told Reuters on Monday.

The human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate, marked by raids on activists and independent media and allegations of torture, the top UN human rights official said on Monday.