Two units were destroyed by the fire while four sustained roof and smoke damage.

Dire water shortages, flooding, gridlocked roads and poor civic facilities have become major issues in Bengaluru city, residents in India's tech hub said as they voted on Friday in a general election that is otherwise focused on jobs, inflation and H...

Five men on trial for allegedly killing footballer Senzo Meyiwa are back in the Pretoria high court on Friday.

The Biden administration plans to impose new restrictions on firearms exports and increase scrutiny on transactions to limit diversions of guns to drug cartels, criminal groups, gangs and others, a Commerce Department official said late on Thursday.

Renewed clashes between police and students opposed to Israel's war in Gaza broke out on Thursday, raising questions about forceful methods being used to shut down protests that have intensified since mass arrests at Columbia University last week.

Haiti's transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalising the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish security after years of gang violence wreaking chaos and misery.

The US is suppressing China's development, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday during talks with his US counterpart Antony Blinken who is on a visit to Beijing aimed at resolving trade and policy differences between the superpowers.

Four in 10 South Africans say corruption is one of the top three things on their minds when deciding where they’ll put their crosses in this year’s elections, a survey of 30,000 people across 15 countries showed last year.

Anglo American rejected rival miner BHP Group's $38.8bn (about R737bn) takeover proposal on Friday, saying the bid significantly undervalued the London-listed miner and its future prospects.

National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi explained the challenges the National Prosecuting Authority has been facing to extradite the Gupta brothers back to South Africa from the UAE.

As US inflation worries grow, some investors are preparing for the 10-year US Treasury yield to breach a 16-year high of 5% hit last October.

Mexico's Senate approved the creation of a new pension fund on Thursday aimed at boosting payouts to the lowest-earning recipients.

At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said.

Germany's economic weakness is finally taking a toll on the labour market, with the number of unemployed workers expected to rise to the highest level in almost a decade, according to a study by the German Economic Institute.

Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as “part of public discussion”, rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violen...

The Hawks are on the hunt for a fugitive who allegedly participated in the murder of an off-duty police officer, Capt Sibusiso Mthombothi, 44, who lost his life during a shoot-out at Kanyamazane car wash in Mpumalanga on January 13 2024.

The Pretoria high court has sentenced a hitman for the murder of a taxi businessman in 2019.

A Ukrainian court ordered on Friday for Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky to be taken into custody over allegations of his involvement in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth about $7 million.

MEC of social development Nonhlanhla Khoza visited the Westville correctional centre on Wednesday to hear the concerns of prisoners

A resurfaced post has gone viral, triggering a flood of donations

Former manager of Ditsobotla municipality Tsietsi Isaac Shema and the municipality's project manager, Richard Thamsanqa Mtshali, appeared before the Lichtenburg magistrate’s court on Thursday on charges of fraud and of contravening the Municipal Fi...

The late Kenneth Hlako Rachidi and Peter Cyril Jones are two of the nine Order of Luthuli in Gold recipients who will honoured when President Cyril Ramaphosa confers national orders next Tuesday.

As the clock ticks toward this year’s Global Citizen Now event in New York, some of the world’s luminaries have urged global leaders to take concrete action to end poverty.

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki has returned to the campaign trail in Soweto, making an appearance at Jabulani Mall where he addressed a crowd. This marks Mbeki's first campaign outing in a long time.

Friends, family, colleagues and students gathered at the State Theatre in Pretoria on Thursday in song, dance and celebration as they remembered his lively and cheerful personality at his memorial service.

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned on Thursday by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that launched the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable.

The Special Investigating Unit said on Thursday it has received full payment from former acting CEO of Athletics South Africa (ASA) Terrence Magogodela.

The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, much to the sorrow of tourists.

In a freak accident, the vehicle terminal employee drove the Ford Ranger into the sea.

Nine-year-old *Brandon is set to be called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of his mother and ex-stepfather after the death of his 3-year-old sister *Angel, who is alleged to have suffered horrific abuse since she was an infant.