The newly formed Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced that women will be banned from participating in any sporting activities.

On Wednesday, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, announced 1 November as the date for local elections.

Coming face to face in the cell with the man who had come to be known as the Beast of Tembisa, he seemed relaxed. He had accepted his fate as a man who will spend a very long time behind bars.

One of the country's oldest casinos, Mmabatho Palms hotel in the North West, was destroyed by a raging fire on Wednesday morning.

Opposition parties are up in arms over the decision of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to re-open voter list registration.

Months of investigations conducted by a detective and a team of advocates culminated on Monday with Gift Mkhwanazi being handed 12 life sentences and over 300 years in prison.

A prisoner was shot dead inside a courtroom at the East London Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday as he allegedly tried to stab a court clerk and escorting officials. He was armed with a self-made sharpened object.

They are siblings who may once have watched out for one another. But right now the brother is in the mortuary while his sister is being held in a dark police cell.

The Zulu Royal family has invited King of eSwatini, Makhosetive Mswati III, to help resolve the current battle for succession in the family.

SABC 1 has effectively confirmed that The Braai Show with Cass will air as scheduled on Wednesday night, after it teased about some of season 2’s special guests on Tuesday.

As heavy rains continue to fall over eThekwini, fears are growing over the safety of its coastal communities.

Spending the past weekend in Dundee, North of KwaZulu-Natal, for the second Prince Mangosuthu Ultra Marathon, I wondered why these marathons are not held all over the country.