Little Raynecia Kortje was strangled and drowned in a wheelie bin by her father before he bashed in her mother’s head with a fire extinguisher and stabbed her to death for breaking up with him.
Former Mossel Bay municipal manager Thys Giliomee has resurfaced as the DA's first choice for the Hessequa Local Municipality, despite him being fired amid sexual harassment and misconduct allegations earlier this year.
Government is considering introducing vaccine mandates - but where do individual rights end and the right to health start? In this week's Friday Briefing, we examine the constitutionality of vaccine mandates and whether it places any limitations on human rights.
As the National Assembly debated the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, opposition MPs slammed the government and questioned the futility of debating it while the scourge continues.
More than 6 000 new Covid-19 infections have been recorded in Gauteng, with a total of 8 561 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 being recorded countrywide on Wednesday.
Six life terms plus almost 200 years have been handed to an Eastern Cape serial rapist. He profiled himself on Facebook as a famous local soccer star, and after gaining the attention of the victims, he arranged for them to meet him.
The company's own figures suggest Eskom will be drawing only 40% of Karpowership's available power, while paying for a minimum of 72.7% - meaning the effective tariff will be nearly double what Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe told the public in March.
The Covid-19 vaccination rate, which had slowed down, started rising again this week. With news of the new variant, Omicron, spreading fast, more people have been showing up at vaccination sites.
It was an evening of heated back and forths between KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and evidence leaders at the SA Human Rights Commission.
The Department of Correctional Services says it has embarked on actions to enforce security plans at correctional facilities following numerous reports of criminal activities.
Cricket South Africa's acting chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki said the contents of the Cricket for Social Justice and Nation-building report will be made public.
Over the last 18 months, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a leadership failure from government. Andre Vlok writes examines what government can do to partially undo this failure as well as the conflict cycles that are developing as the fourth wave approaches.