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ANC Northern Cape chair Premier Zamani Saul appears to be apprehensive about claims that Deputy President Paul Mashatile survived an assassination attempt.

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Sithembiso Mdlalose says his confession to the commission of inquiry into the deadly Usindiso building fire was made "under duress" – and he wants the court to disregard it.

Here's what some of South Africa's favourite rugby stars got up to this Easter weekend.

Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang say the past has some answers for the current fight.

Authorities remain on high alert in the Buffalo City and Amathole District municipalities after a forecast for heavy rains on Tuesday.

Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected across multiple provinces, with widespread rainfall in specific areas, according to the South African Weather Service.

Raquel "Kelly" Smith, who stands accused of being the mastermind in the kidnapping and trafficking of her young daughter, Joshlin, denied telling the investigating officer that Joshlin's disappearance made her famous.

South Africa's largest drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare warned on Tuesday that a material contract dispute may shave off R2 billion in operating profits off its manufacturing business.

The port of Richards Bay has exceeded its own expectations and moved record volumes in the past financial year, largely thanks to higher coal, chrome and magnetite volumes.

The late ANC stalwart Chief Albert John Luthuli was the first leader of the party to appeal across colour lines, and this was why the racist apartheid regime hated him so much.

Despite only being 19, Udeme Okon has scaled a lot of harrowing obstacles to be the overnight sensation he is considered to be in athletics circles.

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Just three days ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's official working visit to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa engaged in a telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

One of the men accused of beating a 45-year-old man to death on a farm in 2023 detailed how the victim, Dumisani Phakathi, walked around like a headless chicken after allegedly being kicked in the face.

Thirty-seven years later, Alegria Nyoka still becomes emotional when she remembers the bruised and bloodied body of her brother, murdered anti-apartheid activist Caiphus Nyoka, in the mortuary.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has expressed disappointment over allegations that a senior teacher at Pitlochry Primary School in Westville sent inappropriate and explicit messages to a 12-year-old pupil.

Central and eastern parts of South Africa will be affected by severe weather in the coming days, say meteorologists.

The Walter Sisulu University council has announced the appointment of a retired judge to lead an independent commission of inquiry to probe the shooting incident that led to the death of a student on campus last week.

Surging gold and the slide in oil prices are offering some African countries a rare boost, as the region copes with the fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war and freeze on US aid.