President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to set a refugee admissions cap at 7 500 people this fiscal year, a record low that prioritises Afrikaners, three people familiar with the matter said.

The South African Weather Service has warned of damaging winds in parts of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Northern Cape, while thundershowers are forecast for five provinces.

According to Trade Minister Parks Tau, SA has secured commitments from Chinese and Indian car companies to upgrade their semi-knocked-down vehicle assembly operations to full-scale manufacturing.

A 66-year-old scholar transport driver has been charged with the rape of a 3-year-old child.

Police are investigating the murder of a man who was shot dead in the parking lot of Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Wednesday after visiting a friend.

Two Indian generic drugmakers – Hetero and Dr Reddy’s – will be funded by the Gates Foundation and Unitaid, respectively, to produce and sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV shot at around R692 per person per year. We break down the potential budget implications in order for lenacapavir – widely regarded as a likely gamechanger – to stop HIV in its tracks.

Many Eastern Cape children have never seen an endemic and endangered parrot living in the forests near their homes. It takes only a short hike to create awareness of the Cape Parrot’s plight – but a lack of adequate shoes is a barrier.

A 30-year-old Eastern Cape man is scheduled to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for the attempted murder of a police officer.

News24 has been granted leave to appeal a Press Ombud ruling against its fact-checking article on the Akkerland Boerdery case.

South African ambassador to France Nathi Mthethwa has been found dead in Paris, France.

The Hey Neighbour music festival, which takes place in Pretoria, has been cancelled, with plans to return next year.

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.