Nine taxis were set alight at the Nyanga taxi rank in Cape Town in the early hours of Friday morning amid ongoing tension in the industry in the Western Cape.

When Sergeant Sinovuyo Seti pinned on his new rank at Mitchells Plain Police Station last week, the celebration extended far beyond the station walls. His family and the community were overjoyed.

A 47-year-old Cape Town man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of a man and the attempted rape of another at a shelter for homeless people in Akasia, Pretoria.

While Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has successfully deracialised ownership and created a new class of wealthy black South Africans, it has fallen short of meaningfully reducing poverty for the majority.

Police divers are searching for an American tourist who went missing while swimming in Cape Town.

A judge has ordered property developer Rali Mampeule to stop making defamatory claims that Masondo is involved in “corruption, bribery and unethical business activities”.

Attempted-murder-accused Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe’s bail application has again been pushed back.

The region is key to South Africa’s agriculture, both for exports and for its influence on oil and gas prices, says Wandile Sihlobo.

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has quietly set up a departmental task team to investigate the macro-manufacturing of counterfeit alchohol.

Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg dismissed William Gobizizwe Mbothwe’s appeal against his 18-year sentence for brutally murdering his wife, Nokuthula, at their Kwandengezi home.

Acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discuss the biggest news items of the week.

A group of 12 South African women are running across the country to raise funds for charity. Their goal is to complete the distance between Musina and Cape Agulhas in just over a week in an attempt to set a world record and raise funds for Dynamic Women for Children.

Loved by Cape Malay and coastal communities for centuries, these are six things you can make with SA’s favourite fish.

The lifeless body of a three-year-old toddler was discovered floating in the Breede River, about 20km upstream from the river mouth in Witsand, Western Cape on Friday.

Sivuyile Noyila relived the desperate moments when a raging fire tore through his home in Shakashead, Stanger, trapping his loved ones inside and claiming five young lives.

In a heartwarming display of unity, faith and flavour, young people from Hanover Park’s New Apostolic Church rolled up their sleeves last Friday to build a towering 5.7m gatsby completely from scratch.

South African teenage girls and young women know alcohol leaves them ashamed, broke and hungover – but in a world where drinking signals belonging, “just say no” was never going to cut it.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has ordered the precautionary suspension and disciplinary action against a senior Construction Project Management director.

A group of 38 accused facing charges of defrauding the Mpumalanga Department of Education out of R114 million have been granted bail totalling R1.6 million.

A red tide on the West Coast has caused a rock lobster walkout, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has said.