Shortly before 6.00pm local time on Monday, Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram were hit by an outage which lasted several hours.

A nine-year-old boy was subjected to hours of physical torture after being wrongly accused of raping a four-year-old toddler.

It is disgusting that Makhadzi has to apologise for being human. No woman has to apologise and cover up their marks, legs, colour or anything else for fear of being ridiculed.

With Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s term ending next week, the race for his replacement is heating up.

A leak of almost 12 million documents has exposed the shady and secretive business dealings of the world’s richest and most powerful people.

Former Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba’s political party, ActionSA, is heading to court after the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave “unsatisfactory reasons” for excluding party names in the ballot paper designs.

Former radio DJ and TV personality Nomakula “Kuli” Roberts was ward councillor candidate for only five days before her newly-found political party African Transformation Movement (ATM) dropped her.

Who would have thought acting a fool in South Africa could give an artist enough momentum to launch a music career.

After running a difficult race and on the brink of winning his first major marathon, it was only natural for Sisay Lemma to ease up on the home straight and wave to the crowd, but the move proved costly for the Ethiopian long-distance runner.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) have launched an investigation into Tokyo Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, a year after his former girlfriend accused him of domestic abuse.

We present our Scrolla News report - read by Zuzile Ndlela.

A drug den has been uncovered in the outskirts of Polokwane in Limpopo, where children as young as 11 were said to be hooked on drugs.