Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande says his department will distribute close to 50 000 laptops to NSFAS-funded students at colleges and universities, with 22 000 arriving in the country by the end of the month.

The South African National Editors’ Forum is mourning the death of media freedom activist, editor, and publisher Wandile “Wara” Fana.

A gas explosion in the north of Johannesburg on Saturday evening has left the nearby community rattled.

South Africa has recorded a further 9 320 COVID-19 infections in the last 24-hour cycle. This brings the accumulative number of cases to 1739 425.

One-quarter of all emergency room admissions, one-third of all suicides, and more than half of all homicides and incidents of domestic violence in SA are alcohol related

The family of a 66-year-old man in Limpopo, who allegedly shot and killed his wife and their one-year-old son, say they are traumatised by the incident.

The last 24 hours saw the country recording more than 8,000 new COVID-19 infections, with Gauteng accounting for 60% of all cases.

Free State Health Department is concerned about a drop in the number of people registering to be vaccinated. It believes that last week’s cold weather had a negative impact on the turn out.

Free State Health Department is concerned about a drop in the number of people registering to be vaccinated. It believes that last week’s cold weather had a negative impact on the turn out.

In the last 24 hours cycle South Africa recorded just over 8 000 new COVID-19 infections with Gauteng topping the list with 60% of reported cases.

In Manenberg on Saturday morning – four victims died in a hail of bullets.

“Load shedding costing the Western Cape economy R75 million per stage per day. Over the last two weeks bloodshedding has cost the Western Cape economy approximately R3.85 billion,” said MEC for Finance and Economic Opportunities David Maynier.

Acting Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says an intervention team will be sent to Gauteng to help with the rising COVID-19 numbers in the province.

The South African Medical Research Council has called for the government to prioritise and improve emergency medical response.

Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said the contamination of the vaccines is a major setback to the country’s immunisation campaign.

Prof. Kgomotso Mlisana delivers the Tsietsi Mashinini Memorial Lecture on the myths, truths, and conspiracies about COVID-19.

Two hijackers dressed in police uniforms have been shot and killed by a motorist, who was also killed in the shootout, according to the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department.

A Tshwane University of Technology lecturer has made history after he became the first South African to obtain a doctorate in fashion design.

A 28-year-old detective from the Barkley East Police Station, in the Eastern Cape, has been arrested by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on murder and assault charges.

A 46-year-old woman has been killed in a fire at her Mitchells Plain house, the City of Cape Town says.

Judgment has been reserved in the sprawling battle over whether lawyer Barnabas Xulu should pay back R20 million in legal fees he says he rightfully earned from the Department of Fisheries..