Current Affairs

Almost one year before her murder, Vicki Terblanche had tried to commit suicide as a result of allegedly being verbally, emotionally and also physically abused by her estranged husband...

Fast bowler Duanne Olivier has made himself available to play for the Proteas again and has confirmed that the national selectors have made contact with him.

Police in Mpumalanga have launched a manhunt for an unknown number of suspects following a cash-in-transit heist on the N4, resulting in the shooting of two police officers and two security guards on Saturday.

The man who faces a possible lawsuit from Deputy President David Mabuza is adamant he will not withdraw a string of allegations he has levelled against the former Mpumalanga premier.

The Munster rugby team, stranded in South Africa after a member of the travelling party contracted Covid-19, have been cleared to return home, according to the Irish sports minister.

Saving the economy and preventing another lockdown has informed Cosatu's change of heart regarding compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations.

Business anticipates that employers will be legally challenged for implementing mandatory vaccination policies, and is working on launching an application for a declaratory order on the matter.

Residents of Makause informal settlement in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, woke up on Monday morning to find bullet-riddled bodies of seven people at different parts of their settlement.

Angola, Mauritius, Rwanda and the Seychelles have halted flights from South Africa in a bid to shield themselves from Omicron.

Vernon Philander received a warm send-off from the Pakistan players and management on Monday.

Aspen said on Monday that it's in "advanced discussions" for a licensing agreement to allow it to produce and sell a Covid-19 vaccine in Africa.

Two South African United Rugby Championship derbies originally scheduled for February 2022 have been brought forward and will be played in Durban and Cape Town this weekend.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the world needed to resist unjustified and unscientific Covid-19 travel restrictions that mostly hurt developing nations.

Activists launch campaign against overcrowding.

Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth is in the running along with five other players for the inaugural Autumn Nations Player of the Series award.

Direct flights between South Africa and the United Kingdom restart this week but won’t be as frequent while red list restrictions stand.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told an international audience travel bans on South Africa, after discovering a new Covid-19 variant, were essentially a punishment for world-class science and responsible global citizenship as well as transparency and openness.

Almost half of the new confirmed Covid-19 infections reported in South Africa on Sunday were recorded in the City of Tshwane.

S'bu Zikode, who represents a 100 000 strong shack dwellers movement, told the SAHRC hearings that he believed the unrest had been planned "at a high political level".

The petrol price will be hiked by 81c a litre on Wednesday, while diesel will go up by between 72.5c a litre (0.05% sulphur) and 74.5c (0.005% sulphur), the department of mineral resources and energy announced.