ANC Eastern Cape provincial task team leaders will meet with party officials on Wednesday, ahead of the province's crucial congress scheduled to take place over the weekend.

The City of Cape Town has abandoned its proposal to transform Sea Point Promenade into a pedestrian-only zone, allowing cyclists, rollerbladers and skateboarders to use the pavement on the seaside of Beach Road, but banning motorised devices.

Durban's iconic Umgeni Steam Railway is looking to fundraise more than R1 million to get trains up and running after the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal.

A man who was dubbed the 'Facebook rapist' has been found dead in his cell at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein.

The South African National Taxi Council's new chairperson for the Western Cape, Mandla Hermanus, had to wait until he finished school before his taxi driver dad would let him get a driver's licence.

Media personality-turned businesswoman DJ Zinhle has opened a case against her former employee after allegedly being robbed of half a million rand.

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One person has died and another 14 have been injured in a collision between a taxi and a car on a district road in Wartburg in KwaZulu-Natal.

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Tuesday condemned the manner in which advocate Malesela Teffo was arrested last week.

While ideological differences were evident, parties across the political spectrum agreed: South Africans aren't free as long as so many are mired in poverty.

Two Patriotic Alliance councillors have ditched the party and joined the DA. It follows a massive fallout between the party that resulted in the PA pulling out in two Western Cape municipalities, including Matzikama.

Two people have been arrested following a mass shootout between a group of armed robbers and police in Eerste River, Cape Town.

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The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the Kai! Garib Local Municipality of the Northern Cape.

Several government departments - such as the Labour Department and a SAPS training centre - were plunged into darkness.

The chairperson of the ANC, Gwede Mantashe, believes the spike in the killing of party members and leaders will only be deterred if law enforcement officials "arrest, prosecute and convict perpetrators of crime for lengthy jail terms".

The Hawks are investigating 14 cases of immigrants kidnapped for ransom in the past few months in the Eastern Cape. The victims are usually owners of businesses such as hardware stores and spaza shops.

A 49-year-old woman was raped, stabbed, and left for dead in Johannesburg south and crawled to the nearest taxi rank to seek help.

The Labour Court ruled against the group of workers, who were represented by the South African Municipal Workers Union.

The SA National Defence Force will remain in flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape until June.