An argument over a parking spot in the Mahikeng CBD in the North West turned violent over the weekend and claimed the lives of two men in their 30s, according to an organisation.

A Limpopo pastor and two congregants have been sentenced in terms of a plea and sentencing agreement they had reached with the State in a case in which they were accused of torturing a western barn owl at their church.

A call to carry out urgent safety inspection of all commercial fishing vessels is too little too late for the families of 11 men who died when their trawler sank earlier this year.

Two of South Africa’s elite schools, Michaelhouse in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town, have been ranked among the top 150 private schools in the world in 2024.

Rand Water issued a warning regarding Gauteng’s critically low water supply, but non-profit group WaterCAN said the precarious situation was due to a lack of maintenance over many years.

Four men accused of extortion and murder at a Durban construction site claim to be the victims of a violent ambush, allegedly at the hands of 15 armed security guards and a contractor.

The State is yet to verify the origin of 105 bank cards allegedly found in the possession of a Cato Manor constable who was arrested after a bank card belonging to the parent of an 11-year-old Malvern girl who died during a hijacking incident was found in his belongings.

The Special Investigating Unit will probe allegations of the flouting of processes in the awarding of contracts by the Eastern Cape Department of Health.

Only one case of extortion in the Western Cape was reported to the provincial police’s extortion hotline last year, according to a parliamentary response.

The EFF councillor in Tshwane who wanted to “moer a boer” will be responsible for the agriculture portfolio in the mayoral committee, Tshwane’s new mayor, Nasiphi Moya, announced on Sunday afternoon.

An unattended bag of cocaine with a street value of R25 million was discovered on a carousel at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Friday.

Years of detective work and a keen instinct helped a Johannesburg police officer nab one of South Africa’s most prolific serial rapists.

The eThekwini Metro is embarking on water restrictions from Thursday amid a shortage of tankers needed to distribute water to affected neighbourhoods.

A 31-year-old man linked to the brutal murder of a DA councillor who was shot 10 times in front of his family temporarily abandoned his bail bid during his appearance in the Howick Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

The administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Freeman Nomvalo, told a conference that a former classmate called him recently asking whether the scheme subsidises domestic workers.

Limpopo Social Development MEC Florence Radzilani wants residents at the Vutlhari Old Age and Disability Centre in Sekgosese to be moved and for the facility to shut its doors.

Barely a fortnight after Cogta MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi (IFP) instructed the eThekwini metro to reverse deputy city manager of trading services Sibusiso Makhanya’s suspension, the ANC-led bloc of councillors ratified the suspension.

South Africa’s feel-good child, Desmond Koolen, is over the moon after bagging 27 medals at the South African Championships of Performing Arts.

Crucial evidence that could have proved – or disproved – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s version of events around how millions of dollars in cash ended up on his Limpopo farm and the subsequent burglary during which the cash was stolen – was not available to investigators.

A survey has found that an overwhelming majority of South Africans live with food insecurity.

Nolubabalo Fatyela was appointed as CEO of the Wild Coast-based public healthcare facility in 2021.