Disgruntled residents took to the streets on Wednesday and looted several foreign-owned shops in the Tsakane area of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.
An alleged serial rapist and murderer, who admitted to killing six Johannesburg sex workers, claimed the confession he made to his father at the Johannesburg Central police station was nevertheless going to be heard by someone else.
Things took a heated turn in the Senzo Meyiwa trial at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, with an apparent stand-off between Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng and defence lawyer, advocate Zandile Mshololo.
A heat wave, with persistently high temperatures, is expected in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Free State, according to the SA Weather Service.
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David Bedingham, the Proteas' shining light in a messy defeat in the first Test against New Zealand, says he doesn't want to focus too much on the negatives from the game as there's still an opportunity for atonement.
Capetonians were buzzing with excitement on Wednesday ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) semi-final between South Africa and Nigeria.
Beaufort West Mayor Ebenezer Botha of the Patriotic Alliance has resigned with immediate effect following allegations of gender-based violence.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is seeking investors to work with the country's private sector, particularly in the extractive industry, where there's an estimated R460 trillion in untapped mineral deposits.
An Eskom maintenance manager, her alleged accomplice, and their two companies have been charged with fraud, theft and money laundering by the Hawks in Mpumalanga after she was allegedly found to have done business with the power utility.
As Nigeria and South Africa prepare to face off in an African football semi-final on Wednesday, there’s no contest for who’s already won in the bond market.
While our minister of justice may think otherwise, antisemitism does exist, just as it does in any country where Jews are living, writes David Saks.
Berdine Odendaal has had her latest bid to unlock funds from one of her frozen bank accounts struck down.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce the 2024 elections date within 15 days of delivering his State of the Nation Address on Thursday.
The community of Gelvandale in Gqeberha, where Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams was born and bred, is gearing up for Wednesday night's Afcon match against Nigeria.
The brutal deaths of Nadine Terblanche, 32, and her son, Ruandré Vorster, nine, were allegedly orchestrated by her lover, Freddie Stapelberg, 34, to benefit from her funeral policies and life cover, a packed Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court heard.
A bullish EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has vowed that the red berets will stop at nothing from holding President Cyril Ramaphosa's executive to account.
There are lessons to be learnt from the mistakes made in Eskom's shutdown of the Komati coal plant, says Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has laid the city's pressing concerns at President Cyril Ramaphosa's door in the hope that he will address the matter during his State of the Nation Address.
An investment trust run for over a decade by a former chair of the St Stithians Old Boys' Association has been sequestrated. The BHI Trust's court-appointed trustees can now sell off its assets to pay creditors - but questions remain about the missing millions.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for a Gqeberha man charged with indecent exposure after he allegedly broke into a woman's house and masturbated in front of her while wearing her underwear on his head.
One person died during a massive power outage affecting multiple Western Cape towns in the Central Karoo.
The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget the civilians caught up in the war in Sudan, appealing for $4.1 billion to meet their humanitarian needs and support those who have fled to neighbouring countries.
The Special Investigating Unit probe into the troubled National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has led to recoveries to the tune of more than R700 million.
King Charles III will withdraw from public life to undergo treatment for cancer. What does this mean for the British monarchy?
