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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Western Cape police have arrested yet another suspect for the brutal murder of taxi boss Dingalomoya Cintso, who was shot dead inside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court over a week ago.

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 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.

Night, an Eastern Cape police dog, has been hailed a hero after a suspected burglar cut the canine's throat and neck when police tried to arrest him in connection with a burglary in Providentia, Gqeberha.

An ANC councillor in the Buffalo City Metro has accused a fellow party councillor of incompetence and being wrongfully deployed due to her proximity to the party or municipal leadership while residents are struggling with infrastructure challenges.

As crowds gathered around the Vatican to pay tribute to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, South Africans joined millions around the world to pay tribute to the pontiff who dedicated his life to the poorest and most marginalised.