A record 42,000 migrants bound for North America have this year entered Panama by trekking across the perilous jungle area known as the Darien Gap, Panamanian authorities said on Wednesday, warning the numbers are likely to increase as borders open u...

The Durban port is running short on space to store containers and running out of plug points used to keep containers cool, which will result in massive food wastage if not resolved immediately, say two organisations.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her Covid-19 vaccine in public on Wednesday, in the most decisive signal yet of a break from the policies of her late predecessor who repeatedly dismissed the threat of the pandemic.

Ethiopia's Somali region said on Wednesday a vital road and rail trade route linking the landlocked capital of Addis Ababa to the seaport of Djibouti was blocked by youths angered by a deadly militia attack on their region.

A security guard is fighting for his life in hospital after he was stabbed in the chest during a protest by construction workers over unpaid salaries in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.

A Hyundai sedan reported stolen on Tuesday in the Silverton area in Tshwane has been recovered, after being stripped of parts and mounted on bricks.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is not President Vladimir Putin's "cashier" nor did he buy Chelsea FC as a vehicle to corrupt the West, his lawyer told England's High Court in a defamation hearing over a book about Putin's Russia.

A massive forest fire in southern Turkey spread to the town of Manavgat as the flames were fanned by strong winds on Wednesday, according to the local mayor, and TV footage showed residents running for their cars as streets were engulfed in smoke.

A Nigerian court on Wednesday acquitted Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a banned Shi'ite group, of all eight criminal charges against him, defence and prosecution lawyers said.

A California man accused of attacking police with bear spray and a large metal sign during the January 6 US Capitol assault by supporters of then-President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges including riot-related felonie...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and long-time rival Laurent Gbagbo hugged on Tuesday at their first meeting in over a decade, part of efforts to ease political tensions in the West African country.

Zimbabwe has authorised the emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, the first Western-made shot to be approved by the southern African nation, its medicines regulator said on Wednesday.

The "assassin" asked for R5,000 cash to divulge details of the people who had hired him.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said vaccinations alone would not bring an end to a Covid-19 lockdown in Sydney as residents of the country's largest city face another month under tough curbs to stamp out an outbreak of the Delta variant.

The fatal beatings of six men suspected of involvement in the killing of a security guard in the Western Cape has culminated in effective life imprisonment for 14 vigilantes.

A "trust deficit" is one of the factors that led to the recent civil unrest which degenerated into violence, looting, deaths and destruction of infrastructure, says the chairperson of the Moral Regeneration Movement, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa.

A fire has damaged one of the residences belonging to Girls and Boys Town SA

According to UCT, Chibale has received worldwide recognition for his work. In 2018, Fortune magazine named him one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders.

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Another historic Mthatha building has been gutted by fire.

The public enterprises department announced on Wednesday that Transnet has restored port operations following a cyber attack disruption at its key container terminals.

The basic education department has hit back at media reports that it compelled staff to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or face being fired.

In some good news, SA passed the 7-million mark for number of vaccines administered. There were 194,891 jabs administered by 5pm on Wednesday, taking the national tally to 7,065,432.

The Western Cape high court has found that sections of parliament’s impeachment rules are unconstitutional - in a judgment that has cast doubt on the lawfulness of the impeachment process so far against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu's lawyers will on Thursday present evidence before the Randburg magistrate's court in support of his application to be released on bail in his incitement case.

The winner, from the North West, used the Absa banking app to buy the winning ticket on the day of the draw.