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Lesotho’s army had a surprise outing this weekend. On Saturday Prime Minister Tom Thabane deployed troops in the streets to “restore order”, although there was...

Before the weekend South Africa had 2,506 Covid-19 cases. Now we have 3,158 — an increase of more than 650 in four days —...

Violent robbers in Lagos targeting rich houses during the coronavirus lockdown have written a letter (above) to residents warning they’re on their way. In the...

South African army representatives have visited the home of Collins Khosa, the man allegedly beaten to death by soldiers in Alexandra on the weekend. The visit to Colllins’ family took place on Tuesday. Collins died in front of his wife after allegedly being beaten for drinking a beer.

On the weekend, we reported how Collins Khosa was allegedly beaten to death by soldiers in Alexandra for drinking a beer. But, as one of...

Each morning, Modikwe Modikwe wakes up wrapped in a dirty blanket.The first thing he does is light a fire to warm himself.As the sun gets warmer, Modikwe, pictured above, usually drags his trolley and heads to the streets of Sandton to collect ...

This may be bad news for your 21-day lockdown plans.  A global shortage of condoms is looming. The world's biggest producer, Malaysia's Karex, has not produced...

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) says reports ‘Phindile’ hacked its systems to rig results and hand out distinctions are false.

Nearly 5.000 South African Airways jobs could be cut.

The government has confirmed four new cases, all in the same group that travelled to Italy with the first two cases.