A teen on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Bongakonke Mthembu and her mother, Smangele Simamane, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban – more than a year after her guilty plea was rejected.

Police are searching for an alleged illegal mining kingpin who has evaded authorities since November last year and was a “no-show” at the first day of his trial on Monday.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has issued a warning – tight budgets and lost foreign aid are pushing the province into uncertain times.

Sarah Scott believed the Uber she had requested was outside her friend’s home in Hyde Park when she opened the gate to wait for it – and then narrowly survived a violent attempted kidnapping.

A reverse image search of keyframes in a viral video of a python claims its location to be Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa.

Bradley van Eysland knew his half-brother was the type of person who would shoot someone, he testified in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on Wednesday.

The corruption case of former South African cricketer Thami Tsolekile, who is accused of accepting R1.195 million to fix matches during the 2015 T20 season, has been postponed to give him an opportunity to find a lawyer.

Mahindra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding as it partners with SA’s Industrial Development Corporation to conduct a feasibility study on the potential of a local assembly facility.

Aerial resources were deployed at first light to battle escalating wildfires that have been raging on Table Mountain National Park.

In what should have been a picturesque escape to the Maldives, Darren Gallias and his wife Erica became victims of a cunning scam allegedly orchestrated by Francois Swart, the managing director of Priority Escapes.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has found seven Chinese nationals guilty of a raft of crimes – including human trafficking – linked to a sweatshop they were operating out of the CBD.

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in various regions, including parts of KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

Vuyiswa Molly Jikajika, a 49-year-old runner and devoted waitress, was attacked and killed at her home in Kwetyana village, East London.

According to International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola and Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero, mass cleanup efforts in the city happen every day and not because the G20 is coming to town at the end of the year.

Limpopo police are on the hunt for a man who raped four college students at gunpoint at a Tlharihani TVET College residence in Bolobedu over the weekend.

Under Mmamoloko Kubayi, the Department of Human Settlements has spent around R16 million on travel – including R11 million on unspecified domestic travel – since July last year.