The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men's genitals and uploaded videos to his "Eunuch Maker" website was jailed for a minimum of 22 years in a London court on Friday.
The Alice Magistrate's Court has warned that it will strike the University of Fort Hare fraud and corruption case from the roll if the State's investigation is not finalised within four months.
The United States, European Union, and Japan are celebrating an African victory in an ongoing war with China around minerals critical in high-tech applications.
Western Cape police have rubbished claims by Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie that another person has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Saldanha schoolgirl, Joshlin Smith.
A South African man is awaiting trial in Alaska after he allegedly ran amok, attacking and stabbing several people on a cruise ship this week, where he was employed. Ntando Sogoni was arrested after disembarking from the ship in Juneau, Alaska, on 7 May.
Africa’s largest packaging group, Nampak, has been forced to shift the publication of its interim results out by a month to June after a cyber breach in March saw an unknown third-party gain access to its IT systems.
President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and that Russia would not tolerate any threats from the West.
On Thursday morning, the National Assembly decided to let the consideration of a motion to address a gap in party funding legislation stand over until next week, pending further consultations between parties.
Parking lots in Cape Town’s city centre should be used for affordable housing, Ndifuna Ukwazi says.
In 1998, the Constitutional Court faced a challenges to its integrity, from businessman Louis Luyt. Now it is facing a similar challenger from former president Jacob Zuma. The two cases underscore the delicate balance between judicial impartiality and the perception of bias in the nation's highest court, writes Serjeant at the Bar.
Depending on voter turnout, we may find that news of the death of South Africa's larger political parties have been greatly exaggerated by the myriad of mystical polls preceding the election, writes Natasha Marrian.
Jannes Kirsten's belated return to the Bulls fold swells the ranks of Jake White's band of underrated but consistent performers.
The Olympic torch relay began in Marseille on Thursday with football legend Basile Boli taking the flame in front of the iconic basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde, a day after it made a spectacular entrance by sea.
Musa Kekana – one of three men charged with the hit-style killing of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart last month – has been linked to a murder attempt on former Muvhango actress Tebogo Thobejane.
The Aids denialist whose efforts to seek the impeachment of Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo have been rejected by a Judicial Service Commission majority, after he threatened the "most extreme and destructive vengeance" if he didn't "get simple justice".
Iran will change its nuclear doctrine if Israel threatens its existence, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader said, the latest comment by an Iranian official that raises questions about what Tehran says is its peaceful nuclear program.
While 37 construction workers have been pulled out of the rubble, the families of trapped colleagues are still waiting in agony for news of their loved ones.
In 2013, one of my best friends visited my home village of Mcambalala in Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape. One of the first things she said to me on arriving at my village was: "Bongekile, you guys hear of democracy, but you do not know what it is."
The Bulls have secured long-term contract extensions with three key playing members.
Prince Harry was in London on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans, but no meeting was scheduled with his estranged father King Charles III.
In a community where residents still rely on pit toilets, communal taps for running water and drive on gravel roads, Gabampone Mosime and her son Oratile say they hope President Cyril Ramaphosa will not use his latest presidential imbizo as a platform to persuade residents of the Northern Cape to support the ANC.
Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel slammed a late offside call, calling the decision an "absolute disaster" as Real Madrid eliminated his side in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.
There can be little to no doubt that we are staring into the eye of a gathering societal storm of unprecedented proportions because of a growing, worsening and convulsive socioeconomic crisis, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
The controversial Electoral Matters Amendment Act came into effect on Wednesday, leaving an enormous hole in the statute book that allows political parties to rake in unlimited and undeclared donations.
Ramaphosa promised us a new dawn. But just as he made it his business not to know what the Guptas were doing while he was the deputy president, he is again looking the other way, writes Carol Paton.
