The kids brave the streets of Alexandra on lockdown, entertaining people gathering on corners. They don't do it for money – they do it for love.

Free State journalist Paul Nthoba, allegedly beaten up twice by police, has fled to Lesotho for United Nations protection.

Seven men were shot execution-style in a house in eMsahweni, south of Durban, on Wednesday night.

The Department of Health has named the ten hardest-hit districts likely to remain at high lockdown levels.

This year’s matric pupils will be examined on the full curriculum, says Deputy Education Minister Makgabo Mhaule.

Schools will reopen on 1 June, but only for grades 7 and 12, says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. The return of other grades “will be discussed later”.

Alexandra police officers are scared that their police station could be infected with the virus. Officers want the station evacuated, sanitized and its members tested.

Lesotho prime minister Tom Thabane has finally resigned after clinging onto power until Tuesday.

A Cameroon pastor and former presidential candidate has left his followers wondering whether they caught Covid-19 from him.

Starving residents near Marikana in North West took to the streets on Monday to protest about councillors diverting food parcels to their friends, relatives and political allies.

On Sunday South Africa recorded its highest-ever increase in Covid-19 cases: 1,160 new cases in a single day.

Tom Thabane, the Lesotho Prime Minister accused of murder, is still refusing to quit.