Imagine going to cash in your winning lottery ticket, only to find your coins were collected by someone else using your name.

Australian authorities have fined two nude beach sunbathers for breaching a Covid-19 lockdown after they ran into a forest on being surprised by a wild deer and got lost, an incident that went viral on social media.

A video posted on social media showing two toddlers allegedly left unattended and without food by their mother has resulted in them being removed from their home in KZN by social workers.

Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to manage the filling for a second time of a giant dam that it is building on the Blue Nile, a senior official said on Sunday, deepening a regional dispute over the project.

Archaeologist Mate Parica was examining satellite images of Croatia's coastline when he spotted something unusual.

A month after an engineering report warned of “major structural damage” that required prompt repair in 2018, a Surfside, Florida, official assured residents of Champlain Towers South that their building was sound, US media reported.

Creches and daycare centres will remain open under adjusted alert level 4.

An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said.

With the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme under way, no person, insured or uninsured, is expected to pay to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.

Correctional services has a Covid-19 recovery rate of 95%, and its inmates have made face masks and sanitiser stands.

A taxi driver who had offered a lift to a person who appeared to be stranded on a highway was allegedly kidnapped, robbed and left bound alongside the woman he had been forced to rape.

Political parties have accused government of forcing South Africans to pay the price for vaccine rollout failures by adopting the adjusted level 4 lockdown, while concern is mounting for those at risk of losing their incomes.

Scores have reacted to the move to level 4 lockdown following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on Sunday night.

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The Delta variant has hit SA hard and the president says he had no choice but to reintroduce stricter measures

President Cyril Ramaphosa has brought forward the closure of schools for the winter holidays by a few weeks as the country battles to curb the rise of new Covid-19 infections.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has, for the fourth time since lockdown was declared, banned the sale of alcohol both for on-site and off-site consumption.

SA has lost another 122 people to complications caused by the coronavirus, the health department said on Sunday evening.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Hawks say they have adopted a strategy to create dedicated and sustainable capacity to investigate and prosecute apartheid-era atrocity crimes.

Netcare has refuted claims that 26 doctors have been admitted to its Milpark hospital’s ICU.

Vaccination is optional in Zimbabwe but the government intends to make it mandatory for people who work in service industries.

The KwaZulu-Natal department of education has announced a temporary suspension of the vaccine rollout at sites in three of its districts in the province, but says there is no need to panic.

Petrochemical firm Sasol said last month it was selling the stake in the ROMPCO pipeline from Mozambique to SA to a consortium of investors including Reatile Group for an initial amount of R4.15bn

Stop gatherings, encourage work-from-home policies and maintain current level three lockdown restrictions while accelerating vaccine rollout, liquor industry proposes, as alternatives to a total booze ban.

While the Western Cape braces for a cold front, "spring-like" weather is predicted for the north-eastern parts of SA.

Cape Town police have rescued a Chinese businessman after a four-day kidnapping and extortion ordeal.

An update will be provided by Wednesday on the outcomes of the consultations, says the national health department.

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