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A man was found guilty on almost 800 charges relating to the possession and distribution of child pornography, rape, sexual assault, and human trafficking in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday.

Stellenbosch municipality's suspended corporate services director, Annalene de Beer, has lost her court bid to be reinstated on Tuesday after the Cape Town Labour Court ruled the matter was not urgent.

Before Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff announcement, some analysts had hoped that an stable electricity supply and the government of national unity could push SA's GDP growth above 2%.

During site visits in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said that this year’s Easter weekend appears to have seen fewer accidents than in previous years.

Zimbabwe's indefinite national shutdown due to start after the Easter weekend - called for by war veterans leader Blessed Geza - failed to take off on Tuesday.

Alleged high-ranking Junk Funky Kids gang member Abubaker Adams is set to join his co-accused Shireen Matthews in the dock on Wednesday after making a brief appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Former Blitzboks head coach and ex-scrumhalf Norman Mbiko passed away at the age of 79 after battling a long illness, including Parkinson's disease.

After arrests in connection with the kidnapping of Joshlin Smith were made in March last year, fortune tellers, TikTokkers and sangomas - all offering to help - crawled out of the woodwork, the investigating officer told the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, on Tuesday.

The EFF has accused Finance Minster Enoch Godongwana of deception by creating the impression that his 0.5 percentage point VAT hike could be reversed.

Renowned gospel singer Rebecca Malope has addressed the recent controversy surrounding a resurfaced video of her performing with self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri.

Four suspected members of the notorious "West Gang" have been arrested in Cato Manor in Durban over the weekend, with the group now linked to over 20 cases of murder and multiple attempted murders in the Amaoti area of Inanda.

KwaZulu-Natal ANC convener Jeff Radebe testified on Tuesday that the death of ANC leader Chief Albert John Luthuli was a result of his growing influence in the battle against the apartheid regime.

A sharp fall in SA’s mine production for the month of February foreshadows a dismal first-quarter performance for the sector, which in turn is expected to deliver a blow to real GDP in the first three months of the year.

Alegria Nyoka has remembered her brother, slain anti-apartheid activist Caiphus Nyoka, as a much-loved member of their community in Daveyton, Gauteng, and someone who stood up for others.

Parliament has not lawfully endorsed the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase that will come into effect on 1 May, the DA argued as their urgent application to suspend the VAT increase was heard before a full bench of the Western Cape High Court.

A significant hike in Cape Town property tariffs is expected to heap stress on already stretched middle-income households.

The US announced its intention to impose tariffs of up to 3 521% on solar panels from Southeast Asia, a move aimed at countering alleged Chinese subsidies and dumping in the sector.

As the Budget 2025 process heads to court, Mbhazima Shilowa outlines the scenarios that those parties who helped approve the first vote may have.

A group of aggrieved parents protested outside the Pitlochry Primary School in Westville, Durban, on Tuesday morning, demanding the immediate suspension of a teacher accused of sending inappropriate messages to a 12-year-old pupil.

Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok is nearing a return to full fitness for the business end of the United Rugby Championship.