Limpopo police are searching for a 40-year-old tractor driver who is believed to have been swept away while attempting to cross a flooded river at Rankin’s Pass in the Waterberg District on Monday.

Two police officers were killed in an overnight explosion in Moscow when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.

At the time of his death, Hlongwa was facing corruption charges linked to a Special Investigating Unit report that implicated him in alleged fraudulent and corrupt transactions worth R1.2-billion in the provincial health department during his tenure as MEC.

The minister has earned this award by fusing poor timing, questionable priorities and international embarrassment into a single administrative act.

Alicia Koekemoer and her family from Algoa Park have endured a harrowing struggle with her municipality over a malfunctioning sewerage system that has exposed them to health risks, particularly after her husband’s cancer diagnosis. After more than a year of pleas, repairs have finally begun, but the emotional toll of living with raw sewage outside their home has been immense.

The attempt to flee the law by a third suspect in the murder of prosecutor Tracy Brown has been thwarted thanks to a special operation and collaboration between the Eastern Cape and Free State Hawks.

The Christmas story asserts that change comes from the margins, from the testimony of the poor and from within their struggles for justice, from people on the ground. Across the globe today, this is borne out powerfully, writes Thabo Makgoba.

South African motorists can add an expected decent drop in fuel prices in January to the list of reasons to celebrate this festive season.

The Artist of the Year is the creator whose cultural or social influence towered above others, qualities embodied by Ms Rachel, who teaches children while fighting injustice.

The primatologist closed the gap between humanity and the rest of the natural world, dedicating her life to understanding and protecting it.

General dollar weakness amid a US naval blockade of Venezuela sent gold and platinum to new all-time highs, further benefitting the rand.