‘Moderna, Pfizer vaccines effective against SA’s coronavirus variant’
The murder trial of six teenagers and two adults accused of killing 28-year-old Thoriso Themane is expected to resume on Monday at the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo.
Limpopo's Social Development Department remains on high alert to provide relief to people who are affected by tropical storm Eloise.
Since the beginning of 2021 several high-profile South Africans have passed on. SABC Digital News compiled this special obituary on those that died.
US President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told Reuters.
As of Sunday, cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa at 1 412 986 with 8 147 new cases identified since the last report.
Mpumalanga premier, Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane, has come under fire after she was seen without a mask during the funeral of Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, at Emalahleni in Mpumalanga, on Sunday afternoon.
The Vhembe District has been hard hit by the floods, with several houses and cars submerged.
Some funeral undertakers in the North West say they can no longer cope with the high number of funerals they are handling daily. They say the pre-COVID weekly number of three to four, has jumped to over five.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says it is on high alert following threats and allegations of disruptions within the freight industry.
A couple in Warrenton in the Northern Cape insists their decision to bury their baby in a shallow grave behind their home was a necessary one.
The South African Weather Service says Cyclone Eloise has been downgraded to a depression that is currently over the extreme northern parts of Limpopo causing heavy rain in some areas of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal are bracing themselves for the impact of tropical cyclone Eloise.
South Africa has recorded 12 271 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total cases to 12 271. The death toll has climbed to 40 574 after 498 new deaths were reported.
The people of Babanango, a far-flung rural town in the Zululand district municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal, say the shortage of healthcare facilities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, impacts negatively on their lives.
Mpumalanga has put measures in place to mitigate the impact of heavy rains expected to hit large parts of the province as a result of tropical storm Eloise.
The mother of a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a traditional healer, says she wants the man to spend the rest of his life in jail.
The South African Weather Service says cyclone Eloise will affect the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal from around midday Sunday.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted the new school regulations, which are likely to pave the way for private schools to open on the first of next month.
The Hawks in the Free State say they are confident that they have a strong case against multi-award-winning Lesedi FM anchor, Motseki "Ba2Cada" Leine.
Tropical cyclone Eloise is expected to make landfall in the coastal town of Beira in Mozambique early this morning. It will then head to South Africa and hit parts of the Mopani and Vhembe districts of Limpopo.
The Tshegofatso Pule murder trial in the Johannesburg High Court has again been postponed to February 19.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has sought to explain issues regarding the processing of temporary disability grants and a lack of service points.
Women and children often risk their lives to cross an overflowing river at Khayamandi village, in Cofimvaba, in the Eastern Cape. A number of people have died while attempting to cross using poles and other makeshift tools.
Jackson Mthembu's political life included stints as the spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC) at the provincial and national levels.
The anaesthetist who assisted the emergency team with Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu’s resuscitation, Dr. Rudolph Mononyane, was killed in a rescue helicopter crash on Thursday afternoon.
Thirty-three traffic officers have died of COVID-19 related complications over the 2020 festive season and more than 500 have tested positive.
Johannesburg police says four alleged cash-in-transit robbery suspects have been killed during a shootout with police at a safe house in Katlegong on the Gauteng East Rand.
A case of sexual assault has been opened against a senior official at the Northern Cape Department of Education in Kimberley.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in Brixton in Johannesburg in connection with the killing of a 20-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter last week.
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has dismissed with costs the application of French arms company Thales' challenge of Racketeering and money laundering charges against it.
