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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.

Police, the Hawks and multiple units raided a plush home in Chatsworth, arresting five suspects after uncovering what authorities believe is part of a major drug distribution network.

The world’s biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide said the cost of retrofitting so-called wet flue-gas desulphurisation units at its Medupi power plant would cost R383 billion.

The City of Cape Town’s new draft policy requires evictees to prove they have no alternative housing options to qualify for temporary emergency accommodation.

Carla Schulze, executive chef at Luke Dale Roberts’ Salon in Cape Town, was announced Chef of the Year, while MERTIA in Stellenbosch was announced the Luxe Restaurant of the Year.

After losing their childhood home and now watching their last remaining house burn to ashes, East London siblings Mpho Makoko and Vuyelwa Maseko say they have “lost everything.”

Two people sought in connection with a cash-in-transit robbery in Verulam on Monday have been killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police in Edenvale.

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

Western Cape police are on the hunt for gunmen who shot and killed three people in Joe Slovo, Milnerton, on Saturday night.

Two police sergeants in KwaZulu-Natal have been arrested on charges of extortion, while an internal criminal investigation is under way against other officers accused of helping them evade justice.