In a video doing the rounds on social media, a group of men can be seen standing next to the carcass of a beached whale in Nelson Mandela Bay, while one of them uses an axe to try to chop off the whale's tail.
EFF leader Julius Malema says he is not running away from answering questions on the VBS bank scandal - he's just tired of answering nonsense.
The Independent Media group has been served with another a letter of demand from lawyers representing a University of KwaZulu-Natal lecturer who rejected its apology as "not enough" after it accused him of being behind a ghost X account under the handle @goolammv.
Rwanda's all-powerful President Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term in office with 99.18 percent of the vote, according to full provisional results published Thursday.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1 billion loan for South Africa's Transnet to aid the troubled logistics firm's recovery plan, the bank and the company said on Thursday.
The State is ready for trial in the case of Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo, who is accused of using a fraudulent matric certificate to get a government job more than 20 years ago.
A Pretoria couple, arrested in connection with the murder of former world high jump champion Jacques Freitag, who was found dead earlier this month, will remain behind bars while the prosecution obtains the necessary bail information.
The world's biggest meat and dairy companies are failing to address the environmental impact of their livestock and impeding the climate fight, according to a report from the Changing Markets Foundation.
Authorities are working to "understand the fate" of 44 containers that fell off a cargo ship off the coast of South Africa.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday made her final pitch to win EU lawmakers' backing for a second term, vowing to bolster Europe's defence and strengthening its industry through greater investment.
The City of Cape Town has confirmed that the Philippi Clinic has been closed after heavy showers flooded the facility overnight.
In a by-election in the Newcastle Local Municipality on Wednesday, the IFP snatched a ward from Team Sugar South Africa, where the MK Party performed strongly in the May general elections.
Despite residents' hopes for a reprieve, heavy rain and gusty winds continued to batter the Western Cape on Thursday.
The Gauteng Department of Education has retracted a statement in which it said the first mpox case at a school was reported at Iketleng Primary School in Hammanskraal, outside Pretoria.
The global mining group reported strong production out of various operations, but De Beers, Amplats and Kumba all reported lower volumes.
A power-sharing deal between the IFP and the ANC has isolated the MK Party in the uMzumbe Local Municipality on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
A fire that broke out overnight at a residential building in a working-class neighbourhood of the southern French city of Nice killed seven people, firefighters said early Thursday.
Chris Jones explores the enduring legacy of Nelson Mandela in addressing global inequality, linking historical insights with contemporary challenges through the lens of António Guterres's 2020 lecture and Walter Scheidel's analysis of societal levelling mechanisms.
The need to shore up South Africa’s fundamentals and choke points is not simply to fix past problems, but to ensure the South African state can be more competitive and ready to compete in the evolving geopolitical environment, writes TK Pooe.
Western Cape infrastructure is still under too much water for authorities to make accurate assessments, said Western Cape Local Government MEC Anton Bredell.
The Blitzboks departed for Paris on Wednesday, with speedster Siviwe Soyizwapi affirming their commitment to securing an Olympic medal.
MK Party parliamentary leader John Hlophe has called the successful prosecution of EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini for assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm an "abuse of state resources".
Shares in Kumba Iron Ore lifted more than 3% on Thursday after the Anglo American subsidiary reported it received some relief from SA's logistics dysfunction in its second quarter.
South African comedian Trevor Noah and his projects have received three Emmy nominations for his Netflix comedy special and hosting the 66th Grammy Awards.
A row has broken out between KwaZulu-Natal government partners, the ANC and IFP, over IFP Cogta MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi's shake-up of administrators and officials in key municipalities.
