Four classrooms were completely burnt down with the fifth one, a Grade R classroom, partially burnt....
An Ethiopian national sentenced to a R60 000 fine or eight months' imprisonment for corruption....
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Strong winds and waves, disruptive snow and rain are forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and the Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service....
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NSFAS embarked on their first picket in Cape Town, as it gears up for a possible full-scale strike....
"We are taking the findings seriously and are committed to studying the recommendations carefully."...
SANDF Spokesperson, Prince Tshabalala says Raynard's service weapon was recovered at the scene....
The FlySafair negotiations aim to resolve the ongoing pilot strike which has entered its second week...
Two men arrested for the murder of a Wynberg police officer as well as a taxi owner from Vrygrond, will stay behind bars for another two weeks....
Almost 30 years since the Cuba-SA doctors’ training programme was launched, it still divides opinion....
The National Council of Provinces passed the Appropriation Bill on Wednesday, bringing Budget 2025’s fraught passage through Parliament to an end....
The Eskom Debt Relief has been approved to potentially ease the financial burden of power utility....
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi called for a probe into the deaths at the hospital last year....
Three suspects are accused of fatally shooting Ditebogo Phalane last year....
Johannesburg Metro Police Xolani Fihla says the child has since been taken to a place of safety....
Patients were “freezing to death” during a year-long electricity outage at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, the health ombud has said....
The man raped the now 19-year-old teenager when she was just nine years old....
Disbarred advocate and former Limpopo safety MEC Seth Nthai has pleaded guilty to corruption....
Former President Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party face off with President Cyril Ramaphosa....
The DA says over 7 700 patients contracted infections during a hospital stay last year....
Judgment expected to be delivered at the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court in the bail application....
A SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier, who was conducting border patrol duties in Limpopo near Zimbabwe, was trampled to death by a herd of elephants, the military has said....
Ditebogo Phalane was shot dead in Soshanguve last year...
He is charged with the premeditated murder of Fose, whose remains were discovered in an open veld...
The 41-year-old man was arrested earlier this year and has since abandoned his bail application....
Three more people have appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court in connection with a R300 million shareholder fraud case, bringing the total number of accused to 10....
Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of an Eastern Cape politician....
The sporting community is mourning the death of Kerry Grundlingh, a women’s rowing student-athlete at Princeton University in the United States....
Mayor John Mpe said it was unfair to expect him to know about municipal employees’ relationships after allegations the city manager’s boyfriend was awarded a R56 million tender...
The police minister has said that the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s statements about him took him by surprise...
Kunene, the PA’s deputy president, resigned as a councillor after links to murder suspect Katiso Molefe...
It was found that the tender amount ballooned from R216 million to nearly R600 million....
Commission for Gender Equality criticized government for failing to address funding delays by NSFAS....
Deputy minister says ports of entry are a risk because through them people are trafficked....
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has expressed concerns over the decline in government efficiency and crime-fighting systems that he recalls were in place during his tenure....
The woman who was shot and killed inside her car along the R300 highway on Saturday night has been identified as 41-year-old Amanda Manentsa, a mother and sister remembered for her unwavering dedicati...
The family of a six-year-old boy who died during a perilous 19-hour, 30km journey on foot to see his sickly mother is now facing another nightmare - the possible loss of the three surviving boys who a...
An Eastern Cape teacher was gunned down in the presence of a pupil and a student teacher in Mqanduli on Monday morning....
The man accused of severely assaulting his four-month-old son – known as Baby M – allegedly had a history of violent behaviour whose victims included his girlfriend and her mother....
The body of a University of Cape Town student was found at an off-campus student residential property in Victoria Road, Woodstock at the weekend....
A witness in the murder trial of a taxi driver who died after being assaulted and set alight during the July unrest in Phoenix has told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban that the entire ordeal wa...
Dennise Bloem has described the alleged use of EPWP funding for inflated salaries as a disgrace....
An alternative water supply through Rand Water's back-up system has been implemented....
Joburg mayor ensures that, despite the challenges the city is facing, they're ready to host G20...
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of strong winds resulting in damage to temporary structures in parts of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape....
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Cocaine bullets worth over R4.5 million were seized....
The response follows the barricading of roads by residents from a number of informal settlements....
National Treasury has instructed North West municipalities to settle their outstanding debts....
The latest development in Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s business ties has fuelled further questions about transparency and conflicts of interest....
The NPA remains resolute in its pursuit of justice for Jayden-Lee Meek....
A forensic investigation into a more than R800 million oxygen plant tender awarded by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against IDT CEO Tebogo M...
A 25-year-old Brazilian national was apprehended at OR Tambo International Airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of R4.2 million....
Katiso "KT" Molefe, has been positively linked to the murder of Hector " DJ Vintos" Buthelezi....
Mathanzima Mweli has made significant progress in creating an inclusive environment for learners....
KZN police has arrested a foreign two man and a woman after finding them with drugs in Durban...
Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray in Makhanda....
Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s inquiry into KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of criminal infiltration into the South African justice system has an estimated budge...
Traffic in the Bezuidenhout Valley arises as protestors block the road in this area....
Eighteen people were killed in a mass shooting in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape last year....
Judge Anneline Africa delivered the judgment on Tuesday....
Electricity has been restored to five schools and two offices in the Ditsobotla...
Tiffany Meek was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, with the court ruling that she poses a significant flight risk and that her release would compromise public safety....
Sefoka was killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in November 2022....
Three of the four men accused of assassinating Oupa John Sefoka, known as DJ Sumbody, now face an additional charge for the murder of Don Tindleni, while all four are charged with the murder of Hector...
Sefoka was killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in November 2022....
Land Reform Minister addressed claimants in Stutterheim on Monday....
The Hawks have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a police officer who was shot dead outside his home in Vrygrond, Muizenberg, on 30 May....
Zethembe Mzulwini was arrested in January for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition....
After intercepting a cache of weapons destined for the Western Cape, Gauteng police say they have “broken the back of a syndicate involved in the trafficking of unlicensed firearms”....
The suspects were caught with 30 unlicensed 9mm firearms, believed to be headed to the Western Cape...
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Lawson Naidoo says that it seems like work by the commission has started behind the scenes....
Authorities say the closure is a safety measure as the tanker carries flammable liquid....
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga says that the work of the Commission has commenced in earnest....
The state wants to make use the information of intercepted phone calls in the murder trial....
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The South African Weather Service has forecast isolated showers and windy conditions in the Northern Cape, while it will be fine and cool but cold in most parts of the country....
Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape Town, the soft-spoken...
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Two other men are expected to appear at the Emalahleni Magistrate's Court on similar charges....
A KwaZulu-Natal home address submitted by murder-accused Tiffany Meek was the centre of contention during her bail application in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Monday....
From August, clinics countrywide will issue patients who are doing well on their ARVs, a six-month supply, twice a year. 6MMD is widespread in Africa and started in the Western Cape last year. How wil...
A 41-year-old taxi driver who was rearrested in connection with the 2020 murder of traffic officer Walton van Rooyen is set to apply for bail, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard....
As the trial of six men accused of killing 18 people in Lusikisiki last year begins, grieving families hope the proceedings will finally reveal the motive behind the Eastern Cape’s deadliest mass kill...
Security was stepped up for the resumption of the Brian Wainstein murder trial in the Western Cape High Court on Monday following the hit on murder-accused security boss Andre Naudé....
The Political Killings Task Team has arrested a former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Local Municipality in connection with the murder of former ANC Youth League secretary, Sindiso Magaqa....
President Cyril Ramaphosa established the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate explosive allegations of political interference and police complicity in crime made by KwaZulu-Natal po...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his reasons for placing police minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Professor Firoz Cachalia to act, which he described as sound and rational....
Former president Thabo Mbeki and his justice minister Brigitte Mabandla insist accusations that their administration interfered in the prosecution of apartheid-era atrocity cases are false - and are f...
The very same executive that includes ANC politicians implicated in the Zondo Commission’s report on state capture is “finalising anti-corruption architecture proposals” as part of the Ramaphosa admin...
Defence lawyer Noven Naidoo delivered his closing arguments during Meek's bail hearing....
The 79-year-old was found in a shallow grave inside his house in Botshabelo earlier this month....
The 37-year-old woman is accused of abducting nine-day old baby from Middestad Mall in Cape Town....
The investigation will take place over a period of 14 days....
NW Department of Community Safety and Transport has put aside more than R1 billion for transport....
Gauteng Health Department has started a drive to compensate ex miners over mining related sickness....
COGTA will reconsider the EPWP after Minister Dean Macpherson halted the funding...