Mobile network operator Vodacom is resorting to concrete cubes, steel vaults and cladding of valuable battery and diesel generators to protect telecom infrastructure from criminal syndicates.

While fans are reeling after the brutal killing of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes on Friday night, thousands are awaiting his Mass Country album, due for public release on February 24.

A grade 11 pupil at Sonyongwane high school in Creighton, southern KwaZulu-Natal, allegedly ended her life on Friday, leaving a note highlighting the torment she endured from some school pupils.

One of the main entry points into Phoenix was blockaded by burning tyres allegedly by residents frustrated over a lack of electricity and water to the sprawling township.

#OverMyDeadBody will open at the Durban Art Gallery on Thursday

In keeping with his stance of protecting the earth, the body of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was returned to dust by aquamation, an environmentally-friendly process using water instead of fire only.

Social media was abuzz with the sighting of a large, travelling body of light on Saturday night.

The crime-ridden streets of Imbali - a township outside KwaZulu-Natal's capital Pietermaritzburg - were bustling on Monday afternoon, a stark contrast to voting stations in the area which were dead quiet.

Several groups marched to Durban's high court on Monday, where they burnt their masks in protest against what they deem as state control.

As temperatures dipped below zero throughout the country, one tourism establishment in the southern Drakensberg was delighted to awaken to a winter wonderland.