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International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is confident of restoring ties with the USA.

While businesses are preparing for the VAT hike, retailers have said there is still uncertainty over which foods will be added to the zero-rated basket by 1 May.

The Confederation of African Football has acted following various clashes during quarter-final clashes in the Champions League over the past two weeks.

Judge Phillip Loubser will determine the guilt of former Free State premier Ace Magashule and tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi in the R255 million asbestos scam case - and he's made it clear he won’t accept any more delays in the trial.

South Africa's teams seem primed to surge in the URC, but only if eyes stay devotedly on the ball, writes Rob Houwing.

An aviation employee in charge of investigating baggage pilfering incidents was brutally assaulted recently. News24 asked airlines which items are most stolen, and how passengers can deter would-be thieves.

Residents' associations are up in arms, and object to new fixed charges as well as a mandatory cleaning tariff.

Limpopo teacher, Job Legodi, learnt a hard lesson after telling his principal to "voetsek". He approached the Education Labour Relations Council after the provincial education department fined him R3 000 and issued a final written warning for using the vulgar word in an exchange with his principal, Marupeng Ramootla.

Beloved South African wrestling icon Freddie Harmse is gearing up for the fight of his life after being diagnosed with stage four cancer. He has relinquished the title he still held at the amazing age of 63 to give himself the best chance of overcoming his illness.

The ANC's dominance is diminishing even further while the DA is emerging as a viable alternative for voters, according to recent polls from three organisations.

For the past three weeks leading up to Easter, small-scale fishers along the pristine Hout Bay coastline have been burning the midnight oil – but now, an eerie silence lingers as business remains slow.

The MK Party's meteoric rise in KwaZulu-Natal continues as the party leapfrogged the DA and the ANC in eThekwini's Ward 110 which, according to residents and a former DA member, has been plagued by service delivery issues for more than a year.

Gunvor, Adnoc Shortlisted for Shell South Africa Unit Abu Dhabi National Oil and Swiss commodities trading firm Gunvor are among companies that have been shortlisted to buy Shell's downstream assets in South Africa, according to people familiar with the matter.

The South African Revenue Service has been denied permission to appeal a ruling requiring it to stop deducting funds from Road Accident Fund levies, allocated towards its R5.1 billion settlement agreement with Eskom.

The reopened inquest into the 1967 death of ANC leader Chief Albert John Luthuli will resume in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabunyane said that he had received worrying messages from Mercedes-Benz about the impact of the 25% tariff on SA auto exports to the US.

The US Embassy in South Africa has expressed its gratitude to the South African Police Service for locating and rescuing a kidnapped US citizen in the Eastern Cape.

Amid concern from MPs about six suspended magistrates sitting at home while earning a combined R31 million, the DA also had misgivings about a magistrate who remains working: Magistrate Ezra Morrison.

An investigation by the North-West University into allegations that a sangoma was brought in to perform rituals at a female residence has found no evidence to support the claim.

A well-known motorsport executive charged with the rape and sexual grooming of two sisters under the age of six was granted R20 000 bail in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.