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The state says it will oppose suspended Head of the Gauteng Health Department Barney Selebano's court bid not to testify at the Life Esidimeni hearings.

The National Funeral Directors Association says the manner in which the 42 bodies were being transported on Wednesday in Johannesburg was totally unethical.

AfriForum’s private prosecution unit has announced its intention to prosecute deputy director of the National Prosecuting Agency, (NPA) advocate Nomgcobo Jiba on charges of fraud, defeating the ends of justice and perjury. They alleged Jiba committed fraud and perjury during the process of charging General Johan Booysen with racketeering. Booysen is the former KZN Hawks […]

The Human Sciences Research Council has revealed that stress among men having sex with each other contributes to an increased risk of HIV.

The North West and Northern Cape police have arrested two suspects on charges of hijacking and kidnapping.

The Indian-origin community is being urged to trace their indenture roots, as South Africa commemorates 157 years since the arrival of Indentured Indians to the country.

The Life Esidimeni hearings are continuing in Parktown, Johannesburg following the death of 143 patients who died after being transferred from Life Esidimeni facilities to unlicensed and ill-equipped NGOs.

The Home Affairs Department says it has launched what it calls an improved refugee travel document.

A manager at the state-owned Cullinan Care and Rehabilitation Centre in Pretoria faced some tough grilling on Wednesday regarding the patients who died of hunger and dehydration even after they were re-admitted at Cullinan following the closure of Siyabadinga and Anchor NGOs.

The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union has condemned the transporting of corpses using an open trailer in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

David Ngwenya who is accused of murdering murdering Eskom employee Thembilse Yende has brought an application for bail before the high court.

A nursing manager at one of the deadliest NGO's in the Life Esidimeni Tragedy was grilled by family lawyers over what appears to be gross negligence in the handling of the now deceased patients.

Angry parents have accused the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education of putting their children's lives at risk.

The South African Human Rights Commission is calling for collaboration from the civil society groups, ordinary citizens and other stakeholders to assist in reporting non-delivery of basic school infrastructure.

An investigation is underway into how 42 corpses were being transported in an open trailer after the trailer got dislodged and stuck on the M1 South of Johannesburg.

A pathologist, who conducted a postmortem on five-year-old Michael Komape after his body was retrieved from a pit toilet he drowned in, has testified in the High Court in Polokwane.

The North West province has missed the deadline to fill some of senior management positions at its municipalities.

The EThekwini municipality is cracking down on criminal activity within the municipality.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief of Joint Operations General Barney Hlatshwayo says the National Defence Force is tightening controls on the border with Zimbabwe. But there are no plans to deploy SA military personnel to that country at this stage. The general’s raised concerns about a possible flooding of immigrants to South […]

A serial rapist has been sentenced to a total of 135 years imprisonment by the North Gauteng High court sitting in Potchefstroom.

The Life Esidimeni hearings are continuing in Parktown, Johannesburg following the death of 143 patients who died after being transferred from Life Esidimeni facilities to unlicensed and ill-equipped NGOs.

A non-governmental organization, Sonke Gender Justice, has called for former Deputy Minister of Higher Education Mduduzi Manana to be sacked from parliament.

The contract of a private security company at the University of Free State in Bloemfontein campus has been terminated.

The Life Esidimeni hearings are continuing in Parktown, Johannesburg following the death of 143 patients who died after being transferred from Life Esidimeni facilities to unlicensed and ill-equipped NGOs.

A 21-year-old man is expected to appear in the Tsakane Magistrates court today for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in KwaThema, on Gauteng's East Rand.

Gauteng Police Commissioner Deliwe de Lange has highlighted murder as one of the biggest crime challenges facing police in the province.

The University of Cape Town says it's all systems go as exams start at the institution on Wednesday.

Twelve police officers who were involved in corruption have been dismissed from their posts in the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

A 25 year old man accused of killing his four month-old baby is expected to apply for bail this Wednesday at the Lehurutshe regional court in North West.