He is as competitive as they come but heading into Sunday's highly anticipated Test against Scotland at Murrayfield, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus is urging his players to consider more than simply the result.

La police du Cap occidental enquête sur un cas de meurtre après une fusillade dans une taverne à Belville vendredi soir, au cours de laquelle deux personnes ont été tuées, dont un ressortissant chinois de 40 ans.

Un avertissement de niveau 4 pour les orages sévères, attendus de minuit dimanche, a été émis pour de nombreuses parties du KwaZulu-Natal.

Halalisani Nchunu was arrested this week by a SAPS task team, which had been deployed to investigate the theft of minerals as well as the murders of executives and businessmen at RBM.

By prioritising economic interests over principled diplomacy, South Africa risks undermining the credibility it once garnered through global solidarity in the anti-apartheid era, argues Tara Roos.

The excitement in Edinburgh is building ahead of Sunday's Test between the Springboks and Scotland.

Le candidat du Kenya pour le premier emploi à l'Union africaine a déclaré samedi que si le président élu américain Donald Trump ne voulait pas travailler avec l'Afrique, le continent a des "autres amis".

Taxpayers are forking out R40 billion per annum to fund the Covid-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant - and, should this grant become permanent, with more people taking it up, it could rise to R171 billion by the year 2032.

La Somalie a insisté samedi pour que l'Éthiopie ne fasse pas partie d'une nouvelle mission de maintien de la paix de l'Union africaine, car les deux nations restent enfermées dans un différend qui a envoyé des frissons à travers la corne de l'Afrique.

A French woman who was captured on video throwing her dog from a balcony of the third floor of the OR Tambo International Airport on Friday morning is presently at a health facility at the airport and yet to be questioned by police.

A Port Alfred woman claims to have discovered two surgical face masks inside a packet of frozen chicken pieces.

A man who married a woman in secret and then orchestrated her murder by poisoning, has been sentenced to life behind bars along with two other men.

Even if this sometimes seems a matter of right and wrong, of conservatives versus the enlightened, it’s more than that. What is clear is that we all seem to agree that there is no dignity and nothing to gain in drawn out suffering and pain, for the individual and their families, writes Sean O’Connor.

Authorities are searching for a French woman who was captured on video throwing a dog from the balcony of the third floor at OR Tambo international Airport on Friday morning.

Andy Farrell said there were "no excuses" and the best team won after New Zealand beat Six Nations champions Ireland 23-13 to end their 19-match winning streak at Lansdowne Road on Friday.

Sunday’s Springbok side vividly demonstrates their mushrooming confidence in the calibre of the total group’s parts, writes Rob Houwing.

The expected reshuffling of the nightlife extortion economy following the assassination of alleged kingpin, Mark Lifman, could give police the window they need to crack down on extortion, say crime experts.

A Gqeberha mother is facing a charge of murder for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill her son who struggled with drug addiction and was considered a nuisance at home.

A batting collapse saw the Proteas lose their T20 international series opener as India won by 61 runs on Friday night at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.

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The Eastern Cape government has been criticised for failing to provide a marquee for the funeral of Chieftainess Thenjiwe Nogcinile Mtirara, who was shot dead inside her royal family homestead in Mqhekezweni outside Mthatha on 30 October.

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The short turnaround between the Springboks' UK tour opener against Scotland and their second Test against England has forced coach Rassie Erasmus to name a team with both matches very much in mind.

The South African side of Mozambique's border has been opened to allow Mozambican nationals in the country to head back home.

South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate change, its environment minister said on Friday.

Former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, accused of looting the police's slush fund, has spent years fighting the South African Police Service to pay for his legal defence. Now, he is grappling with legal aid for assistance.

Itumeleng Khune speaks with a lump on his throat when he talks about the first few weeks he spent no longer able to call himself a Kaizer Chiefs' player, a title he has gone by for 25 of the 37 years.

The head of France’s state development bank expects other development finance institutions to add to a €400 million climate loan for South Africa that partners will likely sign within days.