A deadly rat virus that killed three people on a cruise ship has hit Johannesburg, leaving one sick patient fighting for survival.

South Africa’s top officials enjoy the most generous medical aid, while police and workers rely on more basic schemes with very different benefits.

A kidnapped spaza shop owner has been released after community protests, with police still searching for suspects behind the crime.

A Gugulethu food seller made nearly four times her usual income at a taxi tournament that brought crowds and new business opportunities.

A Cape Town mother has cut her grocery bill by growing her own vegetables and even sells extra spinach to neighbours.

A domestic worker started selling banana loaves on weekends to cover her bills and now says the extra income has eased her financial pressure.

Police pulled a dead crocodile from the Komati River after finding human remains inside, believed to be linked to a missing businessman.

Trade unions say workers are drowning in debt as the high prices of food, water, electricity and fuel destroy the salaries of South African families.

The amabutho are keeping the peace. That should be the state's job. Thousands of Zulu regiments are marching through South African cities, disciplined and structured, answering to King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. The question is how long that can last, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.

The Department of Home Affairs has suspended two senior bosses after they used fake AI research in a major new policy document on immigration rules.

The Red Ants and police destroyed small business structures at the Mamelodi Hostel, leaving many local families without homes and cutting off their only income.

Nelson Mandela University student Noluthando Dlamini struggles to buy enough daily food because her monthly government allowance cannot cover rising meat, bread and transport costs.