The five men accused of killing rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and his friend, chef and businessman, Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane, plan to appeal a court ruling which denied them bail on Wednesday.
A Corruption Watch survey report has found 81% of the people they interviewed believe the government is not doing enough to address corruption in the provision of basic services.
The family of a matric pupil who died during a classmate's memorial service is still in shock.
While SA’s worst bird flu outbreak to date appears to be mostly under control, there are still 10 open cases on quarantined farms in the Gauteng area, provincial government experts said.
A 29-year-old woman from Pretoria has been sentenced to an effective 10 years' imprisonment after she murdered her two minor children because she said her husband was cheating on her and not helping with parental duties.
After years of water outages, Johannesburg Water is finally working to extend the ageing Commando System.
With two weeks left before South Africans head to the polls, DA leader John Steenhuisen told supporters not to lose steam and to push to convince every voter to support the party.
Some University of Limpopo students expressed outrage and fear following the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old near the gates of the institution during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Buffalo City mayor Princess Faku has called on law enforcement to apprehend and prosecute those who orchestrated the shooting of Ntombikayise Tom, who served as the municipality's MMC for corporate affairs.
A ban on the sale of inefficient lightbulbs will start being implemented next week, which will effectively prevent the sale of regular fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs for general household use.
The South African Weather Service has warned of a high risk of fires in at least three provinces.
The rand weathered a potential market storm after the NHI bill was signed into law on Wednesday thanks to benign US inflation data that bolstered the case for future rate cuts.
A "reasonable, informed and objective person" would not jump to the conclusion the Electoral Commission of South Africa prejudged excluding uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma's candidature for the election, the IEC's lawyer submitted to the Constitutional Court.
The accused in the decade old rape case of Gauteng businesswoman Andy Kawa, who was attacked in the dunes of the Gqeberha beachfront and gang-raped for 16 hours, was a no-show in the Gqeberha Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially signed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded in the abdomen after a government meeting on Wednesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa may as well have signed the death warrant of healthcare in South Africa when he signed the NHI Bill into law, and provided the ANC with a licence to loot on a scale that makes their thievery at Eskom look like shoplifting, writes John Steenhuisen.
Traffic officers at the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality, in Ngcobo, say their department is dysfunctional.
A meeting by the portfolio committee on basic education to discuss proposed new legislation was at one point reduced to a shouting match after the chairperson had a fiery exchange with a member – before booting him out of the virtual platform.
The Lions go into their must-win URC game against table-topping Glasgow keen to shed their reputation as a naïve team that can fall prey to spoiling tactics ... and to put in an 80-minute performance.
Western Cape High Court Judge Robert Henney on Wednesday blasted a Durban dog unit police officer for admitting to setting up the arrest of an asset manager upon request from alleged gang boss Nafiz Modack.
The Competition Tribunal has ordered the Emfuleni Local Municipality to produce documents to assist steel producer Cape Gate in its excessive pricing complaint.
Former deputy president and speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete says 30 years is not enough time to solve social ills, end poverty, provide jobs, clean drinking water, or any water at all, and deliver houses to all.
Ireland is certain to recognise Palestinian statehood by the end of May, the country's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday, without specifying a date.
The Mineworkers Investment Company is part of a private equity-led consortium that has bought a majority interest in locally based Chill Beverages, whose brands include premium mixer Fitch & Leedes and Score energy drinks.