The Press Council of South Africa has announced the appointment of Thabo Leshilo as the new public advocate.

It was a big sporting weekend, but also a contrasting one. Well-known for their calm, quiet and subdued nature, rugby supporters were out in force in Durban to see South Africa thrash Argentina 67-30 to top the table, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu breaking a test points record.

A man who is believed to be part of a group behind a series of robberies at schools in Ritavi, Limpopo, was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The body of a teenager who went missing in the Berg River in Rooibaai, Laaiplek, on the West Coast of the Western Cape, was retrieved on Saturday.

Middleburg police are investigating a murder case following the discovery of two dismembered bodies on a plot in Kranspoort, located along the N11 Groblersdal Road, in Mpumalanga.

North West police this week dealt a significant blow to organised crime, confiscating counterfeit goods valued at more than R260 million.

There is no evidence to show that the use of paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) during pregnancy is linked to autism spectrum disorder, doctors have said.

A violent altercation between a group of pupils has resulted in a matric pupil being stabbed to death at Humansdorp Senior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday morning.

President Cyril Ramaphosa told a meeting of global heads of state that a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel is dependent on the whole international community following the law.

A video showing primary school pupils pushing a broken-down scholar transport minibus in Pietermaritzburg has sparked outrage and renewed calls for urgent action to address safety in the sector.

Thundershowers are forecast in most provinces, but sunny skies will dominate in Limpopo, according to the South African Weather Service.

Eight men have been arrested in Bellville after police uncovered a cache of assault rifles and pistols allegedly destined for Cape Flats gangs.

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A hospital cleaner in Mpumalanga has been arrested after being found in possession of human placentas, allegedly with the intent to sell them.

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Bringing to an end “one of the longest manhunts” in the Eastern Cape, the Hawks have arrested a woman who made it onto the list of the “most wanted”.

Watch News24’s legal journalist, Karyn Maughan, explains the most significant developments from the first day.

The ANC in the Free State says it will not hesitate to withdraw the names of several mayors, who are clinging to power after being instructed to resign, from the party’s list held by the IEC.

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application by former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s family to overturn its previous ruling, which ordered his remains to be repatriated for a state funeral in Zambia.

We remember two icons of the local mountain biking and muscle car scene. Their influence on off-road cycling and historic V8s, will never be forgotten.

Scores of ANC councillors have gathered in a massive dome near FNB Stadium in Soweto.