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Promoting "the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic" will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision on who to appoint as South Africa's next ambassador to the United States.

Although the DA and EFF will square off in court against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Tuesday, there is one thing all three of them agree on: VAT will increase on 1 May unless the court intervenes.

The award of a R360-million SAPS tender to state-procurement doyen Vusimusi Cat Matlala was riven by irregularities, misrepresentation and scandal, according to an internal audit. Top cop Fannie Masemola was warned about this in January and advised to cancel the tender. He didn't.

Stellenbosch municipality’s suspended Corporate Service director, Annalene de Beer, has approached the Cape Town Labour Court in a desperate bid to get her job back.

The City of Cape Town and a team of water researchers are in disagreement over the management of the proposed Faure New Water Scheme.

Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he offered his condolences on behalf of the government and South Africans to Catholics on the passing of the pontiff.

It was a bloody Easter weekend in Cape Town after five people were shot dead and six others hospitalised for gunshot wounds in separate incidents across the city. A sixth body was also discovered, but no obvious wounds were found to determine the cause of death.

Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in many regions, which could cause localised flooding, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Six people died in a head-on collision on the R49 road between Zeerust and Kopfontein Port of entry in the North West on Sunday.

Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has said that Pope Francis will be remembered as a champion and custodian of the poor's hopes and dreams.

A total of 26 people have thus far died in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the Easter weekend, authorities said.

Two tavern shootings over the weekend left a Limpopo owner dead and a Free State owner arrested for shooting a patron he accused of having an affair with his wife.

Nathan Clarke's story starts in the streets of Mitchells Plain, a mountain away from the glamour of Cape Town's fine dining scene.

A month before he was set to become the first in his family to graduate, 32-year-old Thandile Ndaliso's dreams came crashing down.

About six weeks have passed since the start of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial and prosecutors now have two more pieces of evidence that they can rely on: Exhibits JJ and KK, statements two of the accused had given to police.

Every two minutes, succulents are poached in South Africa, according to a wildlife trade watchdog report.

Three years ago, he was instrumental in denying Zurenah Smit's civil claim to her murdered husband's millions. And if Bradley van Eysland's version of events is accepted in the criminal trial into the killing of Stefan Smit, he could be one of the main reasons she faces life behind bars.

More cash-strapped parents of pupils attending private and former Model C schools are defaulting on fee payments.

A multidisciplinary investigation is under way to establish the origin of the fire that led to the evacuation of 81 patients from the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng on Saturday night.

As the KwaZulu-Natal traffic authorities push for more jail sentences for drunk driving, at least 13 people have been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence since Friday.