South African lawmakers on Wednesday backed a bill reforming the country’s pension laws to allow members to withdraw as much as a third of their savings before retirement.
Parliament's ethics committee has given Deputy President Paul Mashatile seven days to respond to a raft of corruption allegations hanging over his head.
Five men have been killed and another five have been injured in a shooting at a house in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay, Cape Town.
Former president Jacob Zuma has suffered a sixth legal loss in his campaign to privately prosecute state advocate Billy Downer and this writer, after Supreme Court of Appeal President Mahube Molemela dismissed his latest appeal bid.
Many of us are gearing up for road trips and family getaways this Easter weekend. But before you hit the road, it's essential to ensure your car is in top condition to reach your destination safely.
When a Democrat ousted Republicans from a district in deeply conservative Alabama this week, she won hearts and minds with a pitch about repealing the state's no-exceptions abortion ban and protecting reproductive rights.
While hope abounds that the Sharks have turned the corner with last week's Ulster win, franchise and Springbok legend John Smit still needs more convincing that the team won't continue to flatter to deceive.
Singer and songwriter Lira said she was exploring her legal options about using her name and pictures unlawfully.
What the ANC is good at is coming up with policy documents - but these statements of intent do little if, as before, it is not followed up with action, writes Matlala Setlhalogile.
The National Institute For Communicable Diseases has warned of a potential outbreak of rubella (German measles) in the Garden Route region.
A US judge gave a sceptical reception to an attempt by US President Joe Biden's son Hunter to dismiss his criminal tax-evasion case on the grounds that he was selectively targeted for prosecution due to political pressure.
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie is putting up an R1 million reward for the safe return of missing six-year-old Saldanha Bay girl Joshlin Smith.
Cape Town lawyer William Booth says he never represented Jerome "Donkie" Booysen as claimed in evidence by Mr A who is testifying in the trial of Nafiz Modack and 14 others in the Western Cape High Court.
A California state judge said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 US presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.
Several Indian Premier League records were shattered on Wednesday as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in a high-scoring thriller.
The bodies of two construction workers were found in the cold waters of Baltimore harbour, trapped in their red pick-up truck after a giant cargo ship slammed into the bridge they had been filling potholes on.
The United States has taken a public distance from Israel as never before over the Gaza war but the decisive test will be Rafah and whether Israel heeds US warnings.
The Hawks in the Northern Cape have arrested Nama-Khoi Local Municipality manager Jan Swartz for fraud and corruption.
Three people have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Mpumalanga man and cutting off his hands.
Six people were injured, two of them seriously, when gunmen opened fire on the occupants of a minibus taxi in Lansdowne, Cape Town.
Many Western Cape homes will be without pickled fish and hot cross buns this Easter, due to what local fishers say is a shortage of fish that is driving up prices.
A US federal judge upheld the conviction of Glen Point Capital co-founder Neil Phillips, who was found guilty last year of manipulating the US dollar-South African rand exchange rate, despite questioning the Justice Department’s role as the policeman of financial markets around the globe.
Amid the polycrises that have been thrust at South Africans over the past 30 years of ANC rule, the disgraced party is again appealing to a most disgruntled electorate to vote for it. Should they be given another chance, asks Ebrahim Harvey.
A teacher, who was among six out of 22 teachers at his school whose contracts were not renewed, has alleged he was sidelined because of comments he made at a staff meeting earlier this year.