A fire near the Drakenstein Prison on the R301 between Paarl and Franschhoek has been fuelled by strong winds and dense vegetation.

We live in an era of being overwhelmed and disorientated, so now more than ever there is a value in the distilled essence.

Limpopo police are investigating two deadly domestic disputes that occurred over the weekend – one a murder-suicide in which two women were killed, and the other involving a South African National Defence Force member who allegedly killed his teenaged son.

By-elections on Wednesday saw the Patriotic Alliance (PA) snatch a ward the ANC previously held in Noordgesig, Soweto, and Action SA taking its first ward in the North West in the troubled Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has assured South Africans that the suspension of Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel will not disrupt operations within intelligence services.

As Coca-Cola in South Africa prepares to do battle with a local union over proposed job cuts, a social media post claims the beverage company has fired more than 600 foreign drivers to employ South Africans.

Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe will institute a disciplinary process against the director-general in the department, Peter Netshipale after “serious concerns arising from his conduct in the performance of his duties”.

Intense heat and thundershowers are expected in most parts of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.

Three men accused of murdering an off-duty police officer while assisting his girlfriend with her broken down vehicle in Benrose, Johannesburg, have been arrested.

October is turning out to be a big month for enquiries into what happened to the money, with the ongoing Madlanga Commission into allegedly corrupt police tenders, the spat between Lucky Montana and SARS, and the Road Accident Fund hearing currently in Parliament.

One person has died and approximately 80 others have been displaced after a fire tore through an informal settlement in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, in the early hours of Monday morning.

A Presidential Protection Service officer who was wanted for the murder of a sergeant and attempted murder of his wife, has taken his own life, according to police.

A 26-year-old Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (Leap) officer has succumbed to his injuries while trying to get away from two suspects who had hijacked, stabbed and stoned him in Marikana informal settlement in Philippi on Sunday.

Young women are contracting HIV faster than anyone else in South Africa, with about four out of every 10 new infections coming from just this group, even though they make up only about 8% of the total population. Here’s how an AI chatbot is trying to change that.

Umyezo Drive residents in Luzuko Park, Philippi East, Cape Town, can finally breathe a sigh of relief after critical repairs were conducted to fix potholes, and clear blocked drains, which led to flooding in the area.

Passengers aboard LIFT’s Flight GE133 disembarked safely at Cape Town International Airport on Friday evening after the craft was forced to make an emergency landing.

Before the explosive press conference by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the country’s top cop, General Fannie Masemola, did not know who exactly the high rollers of the criminal underworld were.

French law enforcement authorities are working with a Mthethwa family representative in the investigation into ambassador Nathi Mthethwa’s death in a Paris hotel.

Despite the country’s relative wealth, South Africa has shockingly high levels of childhood malnutrition and stunting. Here is a small team that has made it their business to bring solutions to the table and get nutritious meals to the children of farm workers in the Western Cape.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa was in all likelihood not aware of the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).